The Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School College of Education AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER EVALUATION IN CHINA A Thesis in Educational Theory and Policy By

Teacher evaluation in China changed with China’s curriculum reform, which focused on nurturing well-rounded students as well as improving the quality of education. In 2009, China implemented its teacher performance pay policy, which is one of the many changes envisioned in the curriculum reform. However, there is no recent research that has been carried out with an aim of establishing whether such teacher evaluation process has been implemented successfully. Building on previous literature on teacher evaluation, this master’s thesis used a questionnaire study that examined the teacher evaluation process in public schools from 8 cities in China and the effects of teacher evaluation on teaching practice. The endpoints of this study include explication of the details of the teacher evaluation process in Chinese public schools. In turn, these details will provide the basis for suggesting improvements on the teacher evaluation system and ultimately teacher effectiveness.

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