Article Name: Kevin C. Bastian. “A Degree Above? The Value-Added Estimates and Evaluation Ratings of Teachers with a Graduate Degree.” Education Finance and Policy 14, No. 4 (2019): 652–678.
Each critique should be approximately 3-4 double spaced pages, with the full citation of the article included. The following components of each critique are recommended:
- A general summary of the article
- Appropriateness of and/or need for the research problem and/or issue and purpose of the study (is there a strong rationale for the study?)
- Clarity and quality of the literature review used in framing the study and contribution of the study to theory
- Clarity and appropriateness of the research design
- Results that are clearly connected to both the study design and to the larger scholarly literature
- The degree to which the conclusions are derived from the study findings
- Contribution of the study to practice
Critique format may follow either American Psychological Association (APA) publication format (most recent edition) or the format included in the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (this is student choice because both publication styles are found among education finance journals).
Subsequent to the submission of the critiques, you will be asked to provide written peer feedback to one other student’s critique submission. Please use the both the bulleted points included in this description and the critique evaluation rubric to guide your feedback. The feedback should be minimum 200 words. Please try to be as constructive and helpful as possible. The instructor will complete the rubric and provide the numerical score for the critique, independent of the peer feedback. The peer feedback will constitute 20 percent of the critique score.
Title Page
Please include a title page for all submitted critiques and projects to include your name, the class number and title, the title of the project, and the date submitted. Please also include the following affirmation on the title page: