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050 00 $aLB3052.P4$bM33 2007
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100 1 $aMcCaffrey, Daniel F.
245 10 $aValue-added assessment in practice :$blessons from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System pilot project /$cDaniel F. McCaffrey, Laura S. Hamilton.
260 $aSanta Monica, CA :$bRAND Education,$c2007.
300 $axxi, 105 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aTechnical report
500 $a"Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the National Education Association, and the Pennsylvania State Education Association."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 103-105).
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Examining VAA implementation and effects -- Background on Pennsylvania's VAA System -- History of PVAAS -- PVAAS reports -- PVAAS statistical methodoloogy for the pilot program -- Organization of this report -- Methods and data -- Details on matching -- Overview of matching approach -- Matching variables -- Matching methods for cohort 1 -- Matching methods for cohort 2 -- Matching results for cohort 1 -- Matching results for cohort 2 -- The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) -- Methods for estimating the effects of PVAAS on PSSA scores -- Surveys -- Survey methods for educators -- Effects of PVAAS on student achievement -- Summary -- Superintendents' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Support for test-based accountability -- Facilitators and barriers -- Responses to PVAAS among participating districts -- Responses to PVAAS program -- Summary -- Principals' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Support for test-based accountability -- Facilitators and barriers -- Understanding and interpretation of growth data -- Responses to PVAAS among principals from participating districts -- Summary -- Teachers' responses to PVAAS -- Actions and opinions of teachers in PVAAS and comparison districts -- Use of achievement data -- Facilitators and barriers -- Responses to PVAAS among engaged teachers -- Summary -- Summary and implications -- Implications for understanding educators' use of VAA data -- Study limitations -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aEducational tests and measurements$zPennsylvania.
650 0 $aEducational accountability$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducational indicators$zUnited States.
700 1 $aHamilton, Laura S.
830 0 $aTechnical report (Rand Corporation)
988 $a20071114
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