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Author:   Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780415820110

ISBN 10:   0415820111
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   02 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Socially Engineering the Road to Utopia Chapter 2: Value-Added Models (VAMs) and the Human Factor Chapter 3: A VAMoramic View of the Nation Section II: Highly Questionable Yet Often Unquestioned Assumptions Chapter 4: Assumptions Used as Rationales and Justifications Chapter 5: Test-Based, Statistical, and Methodological Assumptions Section III: Nontraditional Concerns about Traditional Methodological Notions Chapter 6: Reliability and Validity Chapter 7: Bias and the Random Assignment of Students into Classrooms Section IV: Alternatives, Solutions, and Conclusions Chapter 8: Alternatives, Solutions, and Conclusions

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Amrein-Beardsley (Arizona State Univ.) gives readers a thorough critique of the various analytical measures used to document students' academic progress over time as such measures are used to assess the value of a teacher and/or school...Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. - A. L. Hsu, State University of New York College at Old Westbury, in CHOICE, January 2015 Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education is the single most comprehensive resource on the uses and abuses of Value-added Measurement (VAM) in U.S. education policy. There is something for everyone in this text: from definitions for those with no background in statistics to thorough discussions of the reining positions and debates between researchers. It therefore serves as a primer on education policy as well as a deep dive into the specifics of VAM. -Education Review

Amrein-Beardsley (Arizona State Univ.) gives readers a thorough critique of the various analytical measures used to document students' academic progress over time as such measures are used to assess the value of a teacher and/or school...Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. - A. L. Hsu, State University of New York College at Old Westbury, in CHOICE, January 2015 Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education is the single most comprehensive resource on the uses and abuses of Value-added Measurement (VAM) in U.S. education policy. There is something for everyone in this text: from definitions for those with no background in statistics to thorough discussions of the reining positions and debates between researchers. It therefore serves as a primer on education policy as well as a deep dive into the specifics of VAM. -Education Review

Amrein-Beardsley (Arizona State Univ.) gives readers a thorough critique of the various analytical measures used to document students' academic progress over time as such measures are used to assess the value of a teacher and/or school...Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. - A. L. Hsu, State University of New York College at Old Westbury, in CHOICE, January 2015 Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education is the single most comprehensive resource on the uses and abuses of Value-added Measurement (VAM) in U.S. education policy. There is something for everyone in this text: from definitions for those with no background in statistics to thorough discussions of the reining positions and debates between researchers. It therefore serves as a primer on education policy as well as a deep dive into the specifics of VAM. -Education Review

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Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. She is one of the top Edu-Scholars in the nation, honored for being an academic who is contributing substantially to public debates about the nation's educational system. She is also creator and host of the blog: VAMboozled! (vamboozled.com).

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