Teacher Effectiveness

"Can Teachers Be Evaluated by Their Students' Test Scores? Should They Be? The Use of Value-Added Measures of Teacher Effectiveness in Policy and Practice"

In the wake of high-profile evaluations of teachers using their students’ test scores, such as one conducted by the Los Angeles Times , a study Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader released last month suggests some such methods, called “value added” measures, are too imprecise...

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