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ERIC Number: EJ1258488
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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The Sensitivity of Teacher Value-Added Scores to the Use of Fall or Spring Test Scores
Atteberry, Allison; Mangan, Daniel
Educational Researcher, v49 n5 p335-349 Jun-Jul 2020
Papay (2011) noticed that teacher value-added measures (VAMs) from a statistical model using the most common pre/post testing timeframe--current-year spring relative to previous spring (SS)--are essentially unrelated to those same teachers' VAMs when instead using next-fall relative to current-fall (FF). This is concerning since this choice--made solely as an artifact of the timing of statewide testing--produces an entirely different ranking of teachers' effectiveness. Since subsequent studies (grades K/1) have not replicated these findings, we revisit and extend Papay's analyses in another Grade 3-8 setting. We find similarly low correlations (0.13-0.15) that persist across value-added specifications. We delineate and apply a literature-based framework for considering the role of summer learning loss in producing these low correlations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
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