Everything is bigger (and badder) in Texas: Houston’s teacher value-added system
Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey, Collins, Clarin, Holloway-Libell, Jessica and Paufler, Noelle 2016, Everything is bigger (and badder) in Texas: Houston’s teacher value-added system, Teachers College record, Article ID number: 18983, pp. 1-6.
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Everything is bigger (and badder) in Texas: Houston’s teacher value-added system
In this commentary, authors discuss the Houston Independent School District's (HISD) highest-stakes use of its contracted value-added system (i.e., the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS)) to reform and improve student learning and achievement throughout the district's schools. Authors situate their discussion within a related report on the recent release of Houston Superintendent's own evaluation scores. Authors also situate their discussion within the evidence, as per the recent release of the state's large-scale standardized test scores. Authors assert that, perhaps, attaching high-stakes consequences to teachers' value-added output in Houston is not working as intended.
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130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation 1303 Specialist Studies In Education
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930401 Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions
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