Value-Added Modeling in Education

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Jan 1, 2010

Value-added: Assessing Teachers' Contributions to Student Achievement

Addresses complex issues related to teacher assessment and teacher quality.

Journal Article

Sep 1, 2009

The Intertemporal Variability of Teacher Effect Estimates

This article studies the year-to-year variability in value-added measures for elementary and middle school mathematics teachers from five large Florida school districts.

Journal Article

Jan 1, 2009

Exploring Student-Teacher Interactions in Longitudinal Achievement Data

This article develops a model for longitudinal student achievement data designed to estimate heterogeneity in teacher effects across students of different achievement levels.

Report

Oct 14, 2007

Value-Added Assessment in Practice: Lessons from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System Pilot Project

Examines how Pennsylvania's value-added assessment program has been implemented at the district, school, and classroom levels and its effects on student achievement.

Report

Sep 4, 2007

Controlling for Individual Heterogeneity in Longitudinal Models, with Applications to Student Achievement

Demonstrates through analysis and simulation that the mixed model approach to tracking repeated measurements can mitigate bias due to uncontrolled differences among individuals, and applies it to student achievement measures.

Report

Jan 1, 2007

The Sensitivity of Value-Added Teacher Effect Estimates to Different Mathematics Achievement Measures

Conclusions about individual teachers' performance based on value-added models can be sensitive to the ways in which student achievement is measured.

Journal Article

Jan 1, 2007

Bayesian Methods for Scalable Multivariate Value-Added Assessment

Interest in value-added models relying on longitudinal student-level test score data to isolate teachers' contributions to student achievement.

Journal Article

Jan 1, 2006

A Case Study of Some Practical Challenges of Longitudinal Student Achievement Modeling: The RAND Mosaic II Study

Longitudinal analyses of individual student data provide numerous opportunities for educational research and evaluation.

Journal Article

Jan 1, 2005

Challenges for Value-Added Assessment of Teacher Effects

The use of standardized test scores to facilitate school reform is now a cornerstone of education policy in the United States.

Report

May 2, 2004

Evaluating Value-Added Models for Teacher Accountability

Clarifies the primary questions raised by the use of value-added models (VAM) for measuring teacher effects, reviews the most important recent applications of VAM, and discusses statistical and measurement issues associated with VAM.

Journal Article

Jan 1, 2004

Let's See More Empirical Studies on Value-Added Modeling of Teacher Effects: A Reply to Raudenbush, Rubin, Stuart and Zanutto, and Reckase

The authors identify important challenges for interpreting the output of VAM and for its use with test-based accountability.

Report

Jan 1, 2004

Models for Value-Added Modeling of Teacher Effects

The use of complex value-added models that attempt to isolate the contributions of teachers or schools to student development is increasing. Several variations on these models are being applied in the research literature, and policy makers have expre...

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Value-added: Assessing Teachers' Contributions to Student Achievement

The Intertemporal Variability of Teacher Effect Estimates

Exploring Student-Teacher Interactions in Longitudinal Achievement Data

Value-Added Assessment in Practice: Lessons from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System Pilot Project

Controlling for Individual Heterogeneity in Longitudinal Models, with Applications to Student Achievement

The Sensitivity of Value-Added Teacher Effect Estimates to Different Mathematics Achievement Measures

Bayesian Methods for Scalable Multivariate Value-Added Assessment

A Case Study of Some Practical Challenges of Longitudinal Student Achievement Modeling: The RAND Mosaic II Study

Challenges for Value-Added Assessment of Teacher Effects

Evaluating Value-Added Models for Teacher Accountability

Let's See More Empirical Studies on Value-Added Modeling of Teacher Effects: A Reply to Raudenbush, Rubin, Stuart and Zanutto, and Reckase

Models for Value-Added Modeling of Teacher Effects

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