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

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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Autor principal: McCaffrey, Daniel F. (-)
Otros Autores: Hamilton, Laura S.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation c2007.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-506-CC.
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Sumario: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
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (129 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781281430298
9786611430290