ERIC Number: ED611416
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 8
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Emerging Approaches to Measuring Student Growth
Reform Support Network
This publication summarizes the key discussion from experts in the field of measuring student growth during a convening held February 2015. Experts heard about two emerging approaches to measuring growth: Portfolios of student work samples and unit value-added models that provide teachers with timely and actionable feedback that they can use to improve their practices. Scott Marion, from the Center for Assessment, shared with experts a comprehensive framework for incorporating measures of student growth into educator evaluations. The framework outlines the decision points and trade-offs States and districts should consider when designing or selecting a growth measure that can be used to evaluate teachers. The framework can also be used by States and districts to improve student growth measures already in use.
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Portfolio Assessment, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Measurement Techniques, Prediction, Models, Academic Achievement, Value Added Models, Growth Models
Reform Support Network. U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20202. Tel: 800-872-5327; Web site: https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/implementation-support-unit/tech-assist/resources.html
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: Reform Support Network (RSN)
Identifiers - Location: North Carolina; Tennessee; Florida
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