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Goldhaber, Dan; Chaplin, Duncan Dunbar – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
In an influential paper, Jesse Rothstein (2010) shows that standard value-added models (VAMs) suggest implausible and large future teacher effects on past student achievement. This is the basis of a falsification test that "appears" to indicate bias in typical VAM estimates of teacher contributions to student learning on standardized…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Influence, Models
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Noble, Tracy; Rosebery, Ann; Suarez, Catherine; Warren, Beth; O'Connor, Mary Catherine – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
English language learners (ELLs) and their teachers, schools, and communities face increasingly high-stakes consequences due to test score gaps between ELLs and non-ELLs. It is essential that the field of educational assessment continue to investigate the meaning of these test score gaps. This article discusses the findings of an exploratory study…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Evidence, Educational Assessment, Achievement Gap
Cancino, Eduardo – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the use of a method of distractor analysis for diagnosing item error response patterns and determine the effect of this intervention on student achievement levels on state administered spring mathematics assessments. Distractor Pattern Functioning was the treatment provided to teachers in this…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness