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BRIAN JACOB: I think, as the volume states, there really is no one silver bullet and the effort to improve teacher effectiveness is not simply going to be a one-time initiative. It must be an ongoing initiative, both at the state and district level but also at the individual school level, and continuing research is important as we implement any of these recommendations.
I think there is unusual -- I am hard pressed to think of any policy that is so clear cut and there is such overwhelming evidence. I would advocate the entire country switching to it tomorrow with no pretense of evaluation or further work. Professional development, as we develop strategies for professional development, should be evaluated in a rigorous manner. Certainly, different methods of evaluating teachers and handling tenure decisions are fraught with a lot of complexities and should be piloted and should be rigorously evaluated, but this work needs to be done.
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