Value-added assessment in practice lessons from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System pilot project

Preface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Examining VAA implementation and effects -- Background on Pennsylvania's VAA System (PVAAS) -- History of PVAAS -- PVAAS reports -- Organization of this report -- Methods and data -- Details on matching -- Overview of matching approach -- Matching...

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1. Verfasser: McCaffrey, Daniel F. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hamilton, Laura S. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation c2007
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Zusammenfassung:Preface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Examining VAA implementation and effects -- Background on Pennsylvania's VAA System (PVAAS) -- History of PVAAS -- PVAAS reports -- Organization of this report -- Methods and data -- Details on matching -- Overview of matching approach -- Matching variables -- Matching methods for cohort 1 -- Matching methods for cohort 2 -- Matching results for cohort 1 -- Matching results for cohort 2 -- The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) -- Methods for estimating the effects of PVAAS on PSSA scores -- Surveys -- Survey methods for educators -- Effects of PVAAS on student achievement -- Summary -- Superintendent survey responses -- Actions and opinions in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Support for test-based accountability -- Facilitators and barriers -- Responses to PVAAS among participating districts -- Responses to PVAAS program -- Summary -- Principals' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Support for test-based accountability -- Facilitators and barriers -- Understanding and interpretation of growth data -- Responses to PVAAS among principals from participating districts -- Summary -- Teachers' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions of teachers in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Responses to PVAAS among engaged teachers -- Summary -- Summary and implications -- Implications for understanding educators' use of VAA data -- Study limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Figures
Introduction -- Examining VAA implementation and effects -- Background on Pennsylvania's VAA System -- History of PVAAS -- PVAAS reports -- PVAAS statistical methodoloogy for the pilot program -- Organization of this report -- Methods and data -- Details on matching -- Overview of matching approach -- Matching variables -- Matching methods for cohort 1 -- Matching methods for cohort 2 -- Matching results for cohort 1 -- Matching results for cohort 2 -- The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) -- Methods for estimating the effects of PVAAS on PSSA scores -- Surveys -- Survey methods for educators -- Effects of PVAAS on student achievement -- Summary -- Superintendents' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Support for test-based accountability -- Facilitators and barriers -- Responses to PVAAS among participating districts -- Responses to PVAAS program -- Summary -- Principals' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Support for test-based accountability -- Facilitators and barriers -- Understanding and interpretation of growth data -- Responses to PVAAS among principals from participating districts -- Summary -- Teachers' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions of teachers in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Facilitators and barriers -- Responses to PVAAS among engaged teachers -- Summary -- Summary and implications -- Implications for understanding educators' use of VAA data -- Study limitations -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:XXI, 105 S
ISBN:9780833042361
978-0-8330-4236-1