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Value-Added to What? How a Ceiling in the Testing Instrumental Influences Value-Added Estimation. Working Paper 2008-21
- Source :
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National Center on Performance Incentives . 2009. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Value-added measures of teacher quality may be sensitive to the quantitative properties of the testing instruments upon which they are based. This paper focuses on the sensitivity of value-added to test-score-ceiling effects. Test-score ceilings are increasingly common in testing instruments across the country as education policy continues to emphasize proficiency-based reform. Encouragingly, we show that over a wide range of test-score ceiling severity, teachers' value-added estimates are only negligibly influenced by ceiling effects. However, as ceiling conditions approach those found in minimum-competency testing environments, value-added results are significantly altered. We suggest a simple statistical check for ceiling effects. (Contains 2 figures, 10 tables and 24 footnotes.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- National Center on Performance Incentives
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- ED510514
- Document Type :
- Reports - Descriptive