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Fazlul, Ishtiaque; Koedel, Cory; Parsons, Eric; Qian, Cheng – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. last spring, schools nationwide shut their doors and states cancelled annual standardized tests. Now federal and state policymakers are debating whether to cancel testing again in 2021. One factor they should consider is whether a two-year gap in testing will make it impossible to measure student-level…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Fazlul, Ishtiaque; Koedel, Cory; Parsons, Eric; Qian, Cheng – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2021
We evaluate the feasibility of estimating test-score growth with a gap year in testing data, informing the scenario when state testing resumes after the 2020 COVID-19-induced test stoppage. Our research design is to simulate a gap year in testing using pre-COVID-19 data--when a true test gap did not occur--which facilitates comparisons of…
Descriptors: Scores, Achievement Gains, Computation, Growth Models
Paul T. von Hippel; Laura Bellows – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
At least sixteen US states have taken steps toward holding teacher preparation programs (TPPs) accountable for teacher value-added to student test scores. Yet it is unclear whether teacher quality differences between TPPs are large enough to make an accountability system worthwhile. Several statistical practices can make differences between TPPs…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Scores, Accountability