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Four Ways to Spot a Great Teacher

Parents should seek out educators who have outside intellectual lives, follow the data and ask terrific questions.

Are data-driven.

Effective teachers assess students at the beginning of new units to identify their strengths and weaknesses, then quiz students again when units end to determine whether concepts and skills have sunk in. Research from the cognitive psychologists Andrew Butler and Henry Roediger confirms that students score higher on end-of-year exams when they have been quizzed by their teacher along the way.

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Dana Goldstein

Full Story: http://online.wsj.com/articles/four-ways-to-spot-a-great-teacher-1409848739?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Third

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