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Fischer, Christian; Foster, Brandon; McCoy, Ayana; Lawrenz, Frances; Dede, Chris; Eisenkraft, Arthur; Fishman, Barry J.; Frumin, Kim; Levy, Abigail Jurist – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: Many students enter into postsecondary education without the preparation to face the demands of postsecondary coursework in science. Increasingly, policymakers and educational researchers are responding to calls for reforming secondary education to provide more opportunity for all students to receive high-quality education and to…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Science Tests, Science Achievement, Secondary School Science
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Yeh, Stuart S. – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background: Value-added modeling (VAM) has been used to rank teachers and assess teacher and school quality. The apparent relationship between value-added teacher rankings and gains in student performance provide a foundation for the view that the contribution of teachers to student performance is the largest factor influencing student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Value Added Models, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement