Getting Value Out of Value-Added: Report of a Workshop

by National Research Council and Henry Braun

Value-added methods refer to efforts to estimate the relative contributions of specific teachers, schools, or programs to student test performance. In recent years, these methods have attracted considerable attention because of their potential applicability for educational accountability, teacher pay-for-performance systems, school and teacher improvement, program evaluation, and research. Value-added methods involve complex statistical models...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309148138
• ISBN13: 9780309148139
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"