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Spencer, Bryden – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Value-added models are a class of growth models used in education to assign responsibility for student growth to teachers or schools. For value-added models to be used fairly, sufficient statistical precision is necessary for accurate teacher classification. Previous research indicated precision below practical limits. An alternative approach has…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Comparative Analysis, Accuracy, High Stakes Tests
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Perry, Thomas – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
Value-added "Progress" measures are to be introduced for all English schools in 2016 as "headline" measures of school performance. This move comes despite research highlighting high levels of instability in value-added measures and concerns about the omission of contextual variables in the planned measure. This article studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Value Added Models, School Effectiveness, Performance Based Assessment