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008			100518s2010 dcu b 000 0 eng d
020			_a0309148138
020			_a9780309148139
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aLB2838 _bG394 2010
245	0	0	_aGetting value out of value-added : _breport of a workshop / _cCommittee on Value-Added Methodology for Instructional Improvement, Program Evaluation, and Educational Accountability ; Henry Braun, Naomi Chudowsky, and Judith Koenig, editors ; Center for Education ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council and National Academy of Education.
260			_aWashington : _bNational Academies Press, _c2010.
300			_a82 p.
505			_aHKBU Library
520			_a"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 applied to test data of varying quality. Accordingly, there are many technical challenges to ascertaining the degree to which the output of these models provides the desired estimates. Despite a substantial amount of research over the last decade and a half, overcoming these challenges has proven to be very difficult, and many questions remain unanswered--at a time when there is strong interest in implementing value-added models in a variety of settings. The National Research Council and the National Academy of Education held a workshop, summarized in this volume, to help identify areas of emerging consensus and areas of disagreement regarding appropriate uses of value-added methods, in an effort to provide research-based guidance to policy makers who are facing decisions about whether to proceed in this direction."--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aTeacher effectiveness _xEvaluation. _9191207
650		0	_aEducational indicators _zUnited States. _9191208
650		0	_aTeachers _xRating of _zUnited States.
700	1		_aChudowsky, Naomi. _9191209
700	1		_aKoenig, Judith A. _9191210
700	1		_aBraun, Henry I., _d1949- _9191211
710	2		_aNational Research Council (U.S.). _bCenter for Education. _9191042
710	2		_aNational Academy of Education. _9191212
900			_a = C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c103343 _d103343