Value-added assessment in practice : lessons from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System pilot project / / Daniel F. McCaffrey, Laura S. Hamilton.
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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| Superior document: | Technical report |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Technical report (Rand Corporation) ;
TR-506-CC. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (129 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Other title: | Value added assessment in practice |
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| Summary: | 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 decisions about curriculum and instruction. To encourage and facilitate data-driven decisionmaking, many states and districts have begun providing staff with information from value-added assessment (VAA) systems-collections of complex statistical techniques that use multiple years of test-score data to try |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1281430293 9786611430290 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Daniel F. McCaffrey, Laura S. Hamilton. |