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This is a dissertation that examined the impact of the Danielson rubric. You can read the abstract- very interesting! http://gradworks.umi.com/32/39/3239885.html

Here's an excerpt: The basic components of the survey instrument developed by Dr. Bernard Brogan and Dr. Tina Sweeley were used. In all, 927 teachers were asked to participate in this study. The outcome variable, teachers' concerns, was examined with regard to the overall reported opinions of each domain area, as well as school level, gender, years of experience, tenure status, and familiarity with Danielson's framework for teaching. The results indicated overall disagreement that the domains were concerns to achieving effective teacher status. However, elementary teachers had the lowest level of concerns followed by middle school teachers, and then high school teachers having the highest level of concern. The research also found significant differences in concern among school levels, gender, years of experience, teacher status, and familiarity with Danielson's framework for teaching. Specifically, males had more concerns than females in achieving effective teacher status. Teachers with less than ten years of teaching experience had more concerns that those with eleven years or more teaching experience. Tenured teachers had less concerns than non-tenured teachers. Finally, the research found that teachers who had prior exposure to Danielson's framework responded with less concern than those without any background knowledge of Danielson's framework for teaching.