Examining the Added Value of Value-Added Models
May. 31, 2016
For decades parents, educators, policymakers, taxpayers, and researchers have wrestled with how to fairly evaluate teachers. Attempting to judge teachers for the academic development of a student, and not just absolute achievement, state departments of education have begun using a statistical technique known as value-added modeling, or VAM). The increasing implementation of VAM to evaluate teachers has touched off a maelstrom of debate.
