%0 Journal Article %1 Amrein-Beardsley_2008 %A Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey %D 2008 %K education taks, %N 2 %P 65--75 %T Methodological Concerns About the Edcuation Value-Added Asessment System %V 37 %X Value-added models help to evaluate the knowledge that school districts, schools, and teachers add to student learning as students progress through school. In this article, the well-known Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) is examined. The author presents a practical investigation of the methodological issues associated with the model. Specifically, she argues that, although EVAAS is probably the most sophisticated value-added model, it has flaws that must be addressed before widespread adoption. She explores in depth the shortage of external reviews and validity studies of the model, its insufficient user-friendliness, and methodological issues about missing data, regression to the mean, and student background variables. She also examines a paradigm case in which the model was used to advance unfounded assertions.

@article{Amrein-Beardsley_2008, abstract = {Value-added models help to evaluate the knowledge that school districts, schools, and teachers add to student learning as students progress through school. In this article, the well-known Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) is examined. The author presents a practical investigation of the methodological issues associated with the model. Specifically, she argues that, although EVAAS is probably the most sophisticated value-added model, it has flaws that must be addressed before widespread adoption. She explores in depth the shortage of external reviews and validity studies of the model, its insufficient user-friendliness, and methodological issues about missing data, regression to the mean, and student background variables. She also examines a paradigm case in which the model was used to advance unfounded assertions.}, added-at = {2010-05-10T08:12:01.000+0200}, author = {Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b552fcf0acad41eedc8968ff79afb5f4/dhruvbansal}, file = {/home/dhruv/projects/work/papers/papers/Amrein-Beardsley_2008.pdf}, interhash = {b828f19e0824b0dacac17889ca672232}, intrahash = {b552fcf0acad41eedc8968ff79afb5f4}, keywords = {education taks,}, month = {March}, number = 2, pages = {65--75}, timestamp = {2010-05-10T08:12:01.000+0200}, title = {Methodological Concerns About the Edcuation Value-Added Asessment System}, volume = 37, year = 2008 }