False Performance Gains: A Critique of Successive Cohort Indicators

There are many ways to use student test scores to evaluate schools. This paper defines and examines different estimators including regression-based value-added indicators, average gains, and successive cohort differences in achievement levels. The paper helps assess which methods provide useful information for school accountability and why.

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Year of publication:	2011-12-30
Authors:	Glazerman, Steven M. ; Potamites, Liz
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Keywords:	Value-Added Student Achievement Student Test Scores Education

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	2 pages long
Classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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