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

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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 places a strong emphasis on the use of student achievement test scores to measure school performance, and, throughout the United States, school and district education reform efforts are increasingly focusing on the use of student achievement data to make decision...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCaffrey, Daniel F.
Corporate Authors: Rand Education (Institute), JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Hamilton, Laura S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Education, 2007.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-506-CC.
Subjects:
Educational tests and measurements > Pennsylvania.
Educational accountability > United States.
Educational indicators > United States.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Educational accountability.
Educational indicators.
Educational tests and measurements.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Examining VAA implementation and effects
  • Background on Pennsylvania's VAA System
  • History of PVAAS
  • PVAAS reports
  • PVAAS statistical methodology 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.