Not exact matches
The value -
added measures are designed to provide estimates of the independent
effect of the teacher
on the growth in a
student's
learning and to separate this from other influences
on achievement such as families, peers, and neighborhoods.
They researched the
effects of different kinds of civics courses
on students» civic knowledge and attitudes, hypothesizing that certain kinds of teaching methods might significantly
add or subtract from
learning about politics.
In the process, they are confronting the technical challenges involved in value -
added analysis, which attempts to estimate a teacher's
effect on student learning by measuring each
student's year - to - year progress.
Creating an integrated resource information system to assess
student, teacher, classroom, and school
effects on value -
added student learning gains and to support more cost - effective budgeting
They did this using a value -
added model as per current federal educational policy imperatives to assess the measurable
effects of teacher education programs
on their teacher graduates»
students»
learning and achievement as compared to other teacher education programs.