TY - JOUR
T1 - Value-added models
T2 - What the experts say
AU - Beardsley, Audrey
AU - Pivovarova, Margarita
AU - Geiger, Tray J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © 2016 by Phi Delta Kappa International.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Being an expert involves explaining how things are supposed to work, and, perhaps more important, why things might not work as supposed. In this study, researchers surveyed scholars with expertise in value-added models (VAMs) to solicit their opinions about the uses and potential of VAMs for teacher-level accountability purposes (for example, in the areas of teacher evaluation, promotion, tenure, merit pay, and termination). Researchers found that respondents were most concerned about VAMs and their methodological and pragmatic flaws and limitations; their uses, misuses, and sometimes abuses in practice; and their unintended consequences. Education practitioners will benefit from this shared knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, and expertise to develop a deeper understanding of the merits and pitfalls of value-added models.
AB - Being an expert involves explaining how things are supposed to work, and, perhaps more important, why things might not work as supposed. In this study, researchers surveyed scholars with expertise in value-added models (VAMs) to solicit their opinions about the uses and potential of VAMs for teacher-level accountability purposes (for example, in the areas of teacher evaluation, promotion, tenure, merit pay, and termination). Researchers found that respondents were most concerned about VAMs and their methodological and pragmatic flaws and limitations; their uses, misuses, and sometimes abuses in practice; and their unintended consequences. Education practitioners will benefit from this shared knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, and expertise to develop a deeper understanding of the merits and pitfalls of value-added models.
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U2 - 10.1177/0031721716671904
DO - 10.1177/0031721716671904
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84988851022
SN - 0031-7217
VL - 98
SP - 35
EP - 40
JO - Phi Delta Kappan
JF - Phi Delta Kappan
IS - 2
ER -