His studies include the design and estimation of value -
added growth measures of school and teacher effectiveness, and he has estimated value - added models for schools in over 25 states.
Not exact matches
The Journal
added that, by cooling its stance on debt, Beijing is hinting that it would rather fuel
growth with higher debt than pursue austerity
measures.
«Monetary policy will not be too tight or too loose,» Yi said,
adding that
growth in M2 money supply and total social financing — a broad
measure of credit — will be at a reasonable pace this year.
On their face, the
added levies would boost inflation
measures by one - tenth of a percentage point while reducing annual GDP
growth by one or two tenths, Barclays said in a note that assumes the moves would not have massive repercussions from U.S. trading partners.
The South China Morning Post has him
adding «If there in an over-reliance on government - led and policy driven
measures to stimulate
growth, not only is this unsustainable, it would even create new problems and risks.»
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Academic proficiency, academic
growth using value -
added measures; graduation rate (four - and five - year cohorts); English - language proficiency
Given these results, a modified two - step value -
added model may be a workable compromise for states and districts that would like to implement a proportional
growth model but also seek to comply with the federal guidelines on
growth measures.
Consequently, we are unable to
measure directly the value our schools are
adding to their students» learning
growth, relative to other schools.
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 s
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 s
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.
For example, Ohio adjusts value -
added calculations for high mobility, and Arizona calculates the percentage of students enrolled for a full academic year and weighs
measures of test score levels and
growth differently based on student mobility and length of enrollment.
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.
In addition, research showing that value -
added measures outperform other teacher characteristics at predicting a teacher's impact on student
growth in future years — and that they also capture information on teachers» impacts on longer - term life outcomes like teen pregnancy, college going, and adult earnings — served as an important justification for differentiating teacher effectiveness.
We all fantasize about a world in which student learning
growth on math and reading tests is calculated and used by central authorities to judge quality, but the reality is that very few school systems actually rely heavily on value -
added measures (VAM).
We examine three broad approaches to
measuring student test - score
growth: aggregated student
growth percentiles, a one - step value -
added model, and a two - step value -
added model.
They use a multitude of
measures — performance - based assessment,
growth models, or value -
added models — to assess teacher practice.
But interpreting
growth measures based on the one - step value -
added approach in this way requires assuming that the available
measures of student and school SES, and the specific methods used to adjust for differences in SES, are both adequate.
For example, a few states use longitudinal
growth models that, in as careful a way as possible,
measure the «value
added» by a given school in the course of a year.
If the
measures are insufficient and the academic
growth of disadvantaged students is lower than that of more advantaged students in ways not captured by the model, the one - step value -
added approach will be biased in favor of high - SES schools at the expense of low - SES schools.
The average gap in school quality between these groups would be eliminated in the first step of the two - step value -
added procedure, and thus would not carry over to the estimated
growth measures.
Here's how Harris characterizes the ERA findings on
growth in a related brief: «None of the application
measures predict the value -
added performance of schools, though there are signs of a positive relationship between the NACSA ratings and value -
added (emphasis
added).
It would start with setting national priorities for transparency on
measures that matter (like student
growth and college - readiness) and
add in a strong federal role in research and innovation.
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.
After analyzing a truly staggering amount of data, the researchers conclude that teacher effectiveness can be
measured by using «value -
added» analysis of student achievement
growth on standardized tests.
The three - year survey of 3,000 teachers in seven school districts by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that the controversial method of
measuring student academic
growth, known as value -
added, was a valid indicator of whether teachers helped boost student achievement.
Growth measures — like «value added» or «student growth percentiles» — are a much fairer way to evaluate schools, since they can control for prior achievement and can ascertain progress over the course of the school
Growth measures — like «value
added» or «student
growth percentiles» — are a much fairer way to evaluate schools, since they can control for prior achievement and can ascertain progress over the course of the school
growth percentiles» — are a much fairer way to evaluate schools, since they can control for prior achievement and can ascertain progress over the course of the school year.
The correlation between teacher effectiveness (as demonstrated by value -
added student
growth measures) and student life outcomes (higher salaries, advanced degrees, neighborhoods of residence, and retirement savings) is staggering; it's not an exaggeration to say that great teachers substantially improve students» future quality of life and those students» contributions to the common good.
As explained in a guest blog this year by by FairTest's Lisa Guisbond, these
measures use student standardized test scores to track the
growth of individual students as they progress through the grades and see how much «value» a teacher has
added.
From among the array of
growth measures, I recommend true value -
added models or student
growth percentiles (though I prefer value -
added models for reasons described here).
The Scholars» Paradise model would use «scale scores» or a «performance index» for the «academic achievement» indicator;
measure growth using a two - step value -
added metric; pick robust «indicators of student success or school quality,» such as chronic absenteeism; and make value
added count the most in a school's final score.
The Education Trust, for example, is urging states to use caution in choosing «comparative»
growth models, including
growth percentiles and value -
added measures, because they don't tell us whether students are making enough progress to hit the college - ready target by the end of high school, or whether low - performing subgroups are making fast enough gains to close achievement gaps.
Value -
added measures use test scores to track the
growth of individual students as they progress through the grades and see how much «value» a teacher has
added.
One major suggestion is
adding ninth graders into the assessment group, which currently consists of third through eighth graders, to
measure student
growth into high school.
The real «reforms,» here, pertained to the extent to which value -
added model (VAM) or other
growth output were combined with these observational
measures, and the extent to which districts adopted state - level observational models as per the centralized educational policies put into place at the same time.
This is telling, and it brings us back to the two premises (out of three) that guide the MET project — that value -
added measures should be included in evaluations, and that other
measures should only be included if they are predictive of students» test score
growth.
Join Teach Plus on Thursday, November 17, from 5 - 7:30 pm for an important conversation on the questions surrounding student
growth measures with experts Noah Bookman, LAUSD Program and Policy Development Advisor, Dr. Rob Meyer, research professor and Director of the Value -
Added Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, and Chris Bertelli, Executive Director at The College - Ready Promise.
Since joining the Association in June 2007, Eileen led the Association in notable efforts including: developing a model that
measures «value -
added»
growth in achievement, which is used for A-F rankings of all Arizona schools; creating trainings that enable teachers and school leaders to collaboratively use data; launching joint purchasing programs; filing lawsuits for equitable funding for all K - 12 students; increasing positive public perceptions of charters; and, building a comprehensive program to support prospective charter school operators.
(c) Beginning with teacher evaluations for the 2015 - 2016 school year, if a teacher's schedule is comprised of grade levels, courses, or subjects for which the value -
added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress
measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply, nor is student progress determinable using the assessments required by division (B)(2) of this section, the teacher's student academic
growth factor shall be determined using a method of attributing student
growth determined in accordance with guidance issued by the department of education.
If passed, this will take what was the state's teacher evaluation system requirement that 20 % of an educator's evaluation be based on «locally selected
measures of achievement,» to a system whereas teachers» value -
added as based on
growth on the state's (Common Core) standardized test scores will be set at 50 %.
Identifies
measures of student academic
growth for grade levels and subjects for which the value -
added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress
measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply;
What reformers should do is develop the tools that can allow families to make school overhauls successful; this includes building comprehensive school data systems that can be used in
measuring success, and continuing to advance teacher quality reforms (including comprehensive teacher and principal evaluations based mostly on value -
added analysis of student test score
growth data, a subject of this week's Dropout Nation Podcast) that can allow school operators of all types to select high - quality talents.
Besides asking whether scores based on value -
added measures can help teachers improve, it's important to consider whether such scores might have harmful consequences for teachers»
growth and professional lives.
Regardless, and put simply, an SGO / SLO is an annual goal for
measuring student
growth / learning of the students instructed by teachers (or principals, for school - level evaluations) who are not eligible to participate in a school's or district's value -
added or student
growth model.
The VAL - ED has not yet been validated to show that the teacher survey rating is related to student achievement
growth, but I'd bet it provides better information about principal performance than either a rating by a supervisor or any currently existing value -
added measure.
Likewise, though, «[a] number of states... have been moving away from [said] student
growth [and value -
added]
measures in [teacher] evaluations,» said a friend, colleague, co-editor, and occasional writer on this blog (see, for example, here and here) Kimberly Kappler Hewitt (University of North Carolina at Greensboro).
Value -
added models try to separate the contribution of individual teachers or schools to students» learning
growth measured by standardized test scores.
The authors» second assumption they imply: that the two most often used teacher evaluation indicators (i.e., the
growth or value -
added and observational
measures) should be highly correlated, which many argue they should be IF in fact they are
measuring general teacher effectiveness.
In addition, Hespe said the state will
add an appeal process for the current year around the use of so - called «student
growth objectives,» a separate
measure that uses assessments other than standardized test scores.
As per an article published last week in The Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) apparently rejected a proposal made by the state's pro-charter school Ohio Coalition for Quality Education and the state's largest online charter school, all of whom wanted to
add (or replace) this state's VAM with another, unnamed «Similar Students»
measure (which could be the Student
Growth Percentiles model discussed prior on this blog, for example, here, here, and here) used in California.
The meaning of this term is never explained, and the most likely way to meet the vague requirement was to assign large or significant weight — 50 percent in some cases — to
measures of student achievement
growth, such as value -
added.