The measurement of teachers

Reviews Qualities Related to Success in Teaching by F. B. Knight . This volume reports a laborious study of correlates of teaching ability in 153 teachers. Amount of study while in service and ability to pass a professional teaching test correlated with teaching Partial correlation analysis shows the latter to be the sine qua non of teaching success. This, the author believes, is the direct result of the teacher's interest in and application to the job, and may be largely independent of amount of experience, age or intelligence. Of immense practical value is the conclusion that all teacher rating schemes, based on analyzed traits rather than "general merit" are subject to the "halo" effect. The study, not the first in the field, is an excellent first approach to the complicated problem of teacher measurement.