Not to be confused with additional classroom time or days of instruction, «days of learning» indicate how much academic progress a student makes within a set timeframe. (txcharterschools.org)
The pilot program calls for teacher evaluations to be based half on classroom observations and half on how much progress students show in learning, including how they perform on standardized tests. (b4njkids.org)
Compared to existing evaluation tools, value - added methodology offers the advantage of providing an objective measure of progress students make year to year rather than measuring solely their achievement level. (carnegieknowledgenetwork.org)