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Morial, Marc H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial weighs in on what he sees as the need for continued annual assessments of students, rejecting the course of opting out that has taken hold in some places across America. Assessment data provides students with the opportunity to receive personalized supports and necessary interventions to…
Descriptors: Testing, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Needs, Progress Monitoring
Milanowski, Anthony – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Managing the human capital in education requires measuring teacher performance. To measure performance, administrators need to combine measures of practice with measures of outcomes, such as value-added measures, and three measurement systems are needed: classroom observations, performance assessments or work samples, and classroom walkthroughs.…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Classroom Observation Techniques, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Competency Testing
Martineau, Joseph A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Value-added models have become popular fixes for various accountability schemes aimed at measuring teacher effectiveness. Value-added models may resolve some of the issues in accountability models, but they bring their own set of challenges to the table. Unfortunately, political and emotional considerations sometimes keep one from examining…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Figurative Language, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating
Roeber, Edward D.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Describes the program the Michigan department of education mounted to improve the way in which the media report the results of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, a program that tests the basic skills of all fourth-, seventh-, and tenth-grade students each year. (IRT)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Relations