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Value-Added Model (VAM) Scholars on Using VAMs for Teacher Evaluation after the Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act
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Lavery, Matthew; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Geiger, Tray; Pivovarova, Margarita – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: The Race to the Top federal initiatives and requirements surrounding waivers of No Child Left Behind promoted expanded use of value-added models (VAMs) to evaluate teachers. Even after passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) relaxed these requirements, allowing more flexibility and local control, many states and…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Methodological Concerns about the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS): Validity, Reliability, and Bias
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Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Geiger, Tray – SAGE Open, 2020
The Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS), the value-added model (VAM) sold by the international business analytics software company SAS Institute Inc., is advertised as offering "precise, reliable and unbiased results that go far beyond what other simplistic [value-added] models found in the market today can provide." In this…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Test Bias
All Sizzle and No Steak: Value-Added Model Doesn't Add Value in Houston
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Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Geiger, Tray – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Houston's experience with the Educational Value-Added Assessment System (R) (EVAAS) raises questions that other districts should consider before buying the software and using it for high-stakes decisions. Researchers found that teachers in Houston, all of whom were under the EVAAS gun, but who taught relatively more racial minority students,…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, School Districts, Computer Software, Educational Technology