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Audrey Amrein-Beardsley; Matthew Ryan Lavery; Jessica Holloway; Margarita Pivovarova; Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2023
Local education agencies (LEAs) continue to use value-added models (VAMs) for teacher evaluation policies and purposes, often with consequences attached. Although the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides more flexibility to LEAs, few have discontinued VAM use, suggesting they interpret VAMs as a valid measure of teacher effectiveness. In…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
Seth Gershenson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Teachers are among the most important school-provided determinants of student success. Effective teachers improve students' test scores as well as their attendance, behavior, and earnings as adults. However, students do not enjoy equal access to effective teachers. This article reviews some of the key challenges associated with teacher policy…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Success, Academic Achievement, Barriers