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Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education: Critical Perspectives on Tests and Assessment-Based Accountability
Value-added models (VAMs) are methods meant to measure the value a teacher or school adds to student learning from one year to the next. To date, however, there is very little evidence to support their trustworthiness. The mission of this book is to shed light on this issue thereby improving states' Race-to-the-Top (RttT) reform proposals.
| Author(s) | By Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 251 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 28 Apr 2014 |
| Availability | Available |
Value-added models (VAMs) are methods meant to measure the value a teacher or school adds to student learning from one year to the next. To date, however, there is very little evidence to support their trustworthiness. The mission of this book is to shed light on this issue thereby improving states' Race-to-the-Top (RttT) reform proposals.
Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Socially Engineering the Road to Utopia Chapter 2: Value-Added Models (VAMs) and the Human Factor Chapter 3: A VAMoramic View of the Nation Section II: Highly Questionable Yet Often Unquestioned Assumptions
Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. She is one of the top Edu-Scholars in the nation, honored for being an academic who is contributing substantially to publi
