Conference record / 2012
Value added and growth models
The twelfth annual conference examined value added and growth models as tools for judging teacher and school effectiveness. Presenters weighed technical choices against the practical and policy questions that follow.
When and where
October 18 and 19, 2012Riggs Alumni Center, University of Maryland
Program focus
Value added and growth models, with attention to teacher and school effectiveness.
What the conference examined
- Value added models and their assumptions.
- Growth models for teacher and school effectiveness.
- Stability, fairness, and interpretation of estimates.
- How results are reported and used in policy.
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