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Levy, Jessica; Brunner, Martin; Keller, Ulrich; Fischbach, Antoine – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2023
There is no final consensus regarding which covariates should be used (in addition to prior achievement) when estimating value-added (VA) scores to evaluate a school's effectiveness. Therefore, we examined the sensitivity of evaluations of schools' effectiveness in math and language achievement to covariate selection in the applied VA model. Four…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Value Added Models, Scores, Elementary School Students
Rebekah Meredith – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate teacher perceptions of Value-Added Models specifically as they relate to students with disabilities. Value-Added Models are designed to reward teachers for student growth while taking into account factors such as socioeconomic status and disabilities (Weigert, 2012). The study also examines the alignment…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Value Added Models, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Effectiveness
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North, Cheryl; Feldman, Kimberly C.; Stites, Michele L.; Schaffer, Eugene C. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
Schools of education are often criticized for not effectively preparing teacher candidates and teacher education research has been criticized for lack of rigor in examining the impact on student learning. Teacher preparation accrediting agencies have responded with requirements for programs to demonstrate the effectiveness of their graduates based…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Suburban Schools
Martin, Patrice R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As students' reading proficiency gaps persist across the United States, educational leaders have turned to alternative methods to foster effective instructional literacy practices. One approach to combat this dilemma is the implementation of scripted reading programs. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of scripted reading…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Outcomes of Education
Tom Swiderski; Sarah Crittenden Fuller; Kevin C. Bastian – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
We examine the relationship between absenteeism and achievement since the onset of COVID-19. Applying first-differences models to North Carolina administrative data, we estimate that each absence was associated with a 0.0032 standard deviation (SD) decline in math achievement in 2022-23. As students averaged 3.3 more absences in 2022-23 than…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, COVID-19, Pandemics
Isenberg, Eric; Max, Jeffrey; Gleason, Philip; Deutsch, Jonah – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
We examine access to effective teachers for low-income students in 26 geographically dispersed school districts over a 5-year period. We measure teacher effectiveness using a value-added model that accounts for measurement error in prior test scores and peer effects. Differences between the average value added of teachers of high- and low-income…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Teacher Effectiveness, Value Added Models, Language Arts