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Direct linkClose, Kevin; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Recent lawsuits reveal common mistakes plaguing current teacher evaluation systems. Drawing on arguments in court documents for prominent cases, the authors find that evaluation systems using value-added measures (VAM) suffer from a) inconsistent and unreliable teacher ratings, b) bias toward and against teachers of certain types of students, c)…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Value Added Models, Bias
Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Pivovarova, Margarita; Geiger, Tray J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Being an expert involves explaining how things are supposed to work, and, perhaps more important, why things might not work as supposed. In this study, researchers surveyed scholars with expertise in value-added models (VAMs) to solicit their opinions about the uses and potential of VAMs for teacher-level accountability purposes (for example, in…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Scholarship, Expertise, Surveys
