Can More Teachers Be Covered? The Accuracy, Credibility, and Precision of Value-Added Estimates with Proxy Pre-Tests

Elias Walsh, Dallas Dotter and Albert Y. Liu

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Abstract: Value-added models used for evaluating teachers typically rely on controls for previous-grade student achievement to isolate teachers’ contributions to students’ current achievement.

Keywords: Value-added models; teacher evaluation; teacher effectiveness; student growth models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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