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Goldhaber, Dan D.; Goldschmidt, Pete; Tseng, Fannie – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2013
This article reports on findings based on analyses of a unique dataset collected by ACT that includes information on student achievement in a variety of subjects at the high-school level. The authors examine the relationship between teacher effect estimates derived from value-added model (VAM) specifications employing different student learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, High Schools, Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness
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Provasnik, Stephen; Gonzales, Patrick; Miller, David – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The "Condition of Education" summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. For the 2009 edition, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) prepared this supplemental report to take a closer look at U.S. student performance on international assessments. This special analysis examines…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries
Schulz, E. Matthew; Mitzel, Howard C. – Online Submission, 2005
A new standard setting method, Mapmark, was recently developed by ACT Inc. in the course of a contract with the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) to set achievement levels for the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Grade 12 mathematics. Mapmark includes elements of the bookmark method (Lewis, Mitzel, & Green, 1996;…
Descriptors: Validity, Standard Setting (Scoring), Formative Evaluation, Grade 12