The team used
several years of data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite to measure a sharp down - turn in the Sun's rotation rate in its very outer 150 km.
Kane's 2013 analysis, which was presented at the trial (pdf), looked
at several years of data as teachers moved between schools and found that Chetty's model could accurately identify ineffective teachers and the impact they had on their students» test scores.
The availability
of several years of data from various sources in two HIE early - adopter states gave the chance to do the study, he notes.
The study covered about 15,000 students and 300 teachers, looking at
several years of data in two districts in North Carolina and one in New York where the majority of students were eligible for Title I funds in 2015 — 16.
As a result, some argue that they can not set ELP progress targets for schools until they have at
least several years of data on how ELs perform on these new assessments.
The American Statistical Association has warned «The VAM scores themselves have large standard errors, even when calculated
using several years of data.
Teachers» value - added estimates can vary widely from year to year, raising important concerns about their reliability, and strongly suggesting that
several years of data should be used.