Bob served as the Executive Director of Planning and Policy for the Minneapolis Public Schools where he led the development of new models for serving students, expanded the Response to Intervention (RtI) model and assisted develop a «value -
added growth accountability model.»
Not exact matches
However, it
added «the Center continues to note with dismay, however, that governmental
accountability and responsiveness have remained highly insufficient (despite delivery of considerable voice to citizenry under the 4th Republic); public corruption remains pervasive; progress of the constitutionally - mandated political, administrative and fiscal decentralization has stalled; the economy remains characterized by jobless
growth; income and spatial inequality are on the rise in spite of poverty reduction; and the nation's two main political parties which have alternated in power in the 4th Republic have increasingly taken on the features of rival cults (whose primary purpose seemingly is to win elections, achieve «state capture» and practice «winner - takes - all» politics).
In our recent article for Education Next, «Choosing the Right
Growth Measure,» we laid out an argument for why we believe a proportional growth measure that levels the playing field between advantaged and disadvantaged schools (represented in the article by a two - step value - added model) is the best choice for use in state and district accountability sy
Growth Measure,» we laid out an argument for why we believe a proportional
growth measure that levels the playing field between advantaged and disadvantaged schools (represented in the article by a two - step value - added model) is the best choice for use in state and district accountability sy
growth measure that levels the playing field between advantaged and disadvantaged schools (represented in the article by a two - step value -
added model) is the best choice for use in state and district
accountability systems.
If you follow the increasing use of Value -
Added Measures (VAMs) and Student
Growth Percentiles (SGPs) in state -, district -, school -, and teacher -
accountability systems, read this very good new Mathematica working paper.
Setting
accountability in terms of individual student learning
growth implies that schools are assessed much more closely to their value -
added to learning.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers said the state could employ the «value -
added» method developed at UW - Madison to measure student
growth on a new state test as part of a new state
accountability system for schools.
Similarly, Evers has sought
accountability measures for teachers that assess the value a teacher
adds to a student's expected
growth.
Distorting value
added: The use of longitudinal, vertically scaled student achievement data for
growth - based, value -
added accountability
Doing this at the school
accountability level «would also improve alignment with teacher
accountability, which includes student
growth [i.e., teacher - level value -
added] as 50 % of the evaluation.»
Otherwise, the Vice President for Ohio policy and advocacy for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute — a strong supporter of value
added — is quoted as saying that «it makes sense to review the measurement... There are a lot of myths and misconceptions out there, and the more people know, the more people will understand the important role looking at student
growth plays in the
accountability system.»
These schools have received this distinction for their exemplary work in the categories of Student
Growth (measured by the Education Value -
Added Assessment System, Level 5) and / or scoring a 100 % Academic Performance Ranking on the annual School Performance Framework; (the District's primary
accountability tool).
Core Competencies Business Development • P&L
Accountability / Budget Management • Business Analysis & Process Improvement Market Trends • Develop Internal Business Infrastructure • Leadership • Strategic Analysis • Communications Develop Long - Term / Trusting Relationships • Communicate Value -
Add / ROI Strategies • Profit / Volume
Growth