Can Teachers Be Evaluated by Their Students' Test Scores? [electronic resource] : Should They Be? The Use of Value-Added Measures of Teacher Effectiveness in Policy and Practice. Education Policy for Action Series / Sean P. Corcoran.

Value-added measures of teacher effectiveness are the centerpiece of a national movement to evaluate, promote, compensate, and dismiss teachers based in part on their students' test results. Federal, state, and local policy-makers have adopted these methods en masse in recent years in an attemp...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Corcoran, Sean P.
Corporate Author:	Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2010.
Subjects:	Teacher Evaluation. Teacher Effectiveness. Measurement Techniques. Urban Schools. Academic Achievement. Achievement Gains. Scores. Merit Pay. Teacher Salaries. Educational Policy.