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Everson, Kimberlee C. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Value-added estimates of teacher or school quality are increasingly used for both high- and low-stakes accountability purposes, making understanding of their limitations critical. A review of the recent value-added literature suggests three concerns with the state of the research. First, the issues receiving the most research attention have not…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Accountability, Educational Research, Research Problems
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Wilkins, C. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest (NJ1), 2008
REL Southwest received a request to review the report "Avoidable Losses: High Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis" to assess the soundness of the study methodology and the appropriateness of the conclusions drawn in the report. The review found that conclusions drawn in this study cannot be generalized and are significantly…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Ethnography, Statistical Analysis