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ERIC Number: EJ380264
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Beyond Value-Added Education: Improvement Alone Is Not Enough.
McMillan, James H.
Journal of Higher Education, v59 n5 p564-79 Sep-Oct 1988
The effectiveness of value-added programs can be enhanced by employing appropriate methods of faculty judgments to support content-related and instruction-related evidence for validity by adapting standard-setting techniques to judge gains observed and by using appropriate caution and research designs when making causal inferences. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Change, College Students, Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Measurement, Outcomes of Education, Performance, Standardized Tests, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Value Added