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Download full textNew York State Education Department, 2019
This document describes the model used to measure student growth for institutional accountability in New York State for the 2017/18 school year and how three years of student growth results were combined to generate a three-year growth measure called the Growth Index. The Growth Index is new in 2017/18 and is used to make accountability…
Descriptors: Growth Models, Accountability, State Departments of Education, Scores
New York State Education Department, 2017
This document describes the model used by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to measure student growth for institutional accountability in New York State for the 2016/17 school year. In 2016/17, growth models were implemented for institutional accountability in Grades 4-8 ELA and mathematics. All models are based on assessing each…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Growth Models, Accountability, Research Reports
New York State Education Department, 2017
This document describes the model used by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to measure student growth for institutional accountability in New York State for the 2015/16 school year. In 2015/16, growth models were implemented for institutional accountability in Grades 4-8 ELA and mathematics. All models are based on assessing each…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Growth Models, Accountability, Research Reports
Moss, Tony – Kansas State Department of Education, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to open the methods, construction and assumptions of a new performance benchmark to examination, critique, and improvement by technical experts. The paper begins with known technical questions about this new benchmark. In includes suggestions made by technical advisors. It then details the construction of the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Benchmarking, State Departments of Education
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Direct linkBillger, Sherrilyn M.; Beck, Frank D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2012
Facing substantial financial pressure, many districts close schools in order to preserve solvency and improve student outcomes. Using a new longitudinal data set on all non-Cook County Illinois schools, we examine the determinants of high school closure decisions from 1986 through 2006. Our dataset combines information from a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Taxes, School Closing, Expenditure per Student, Robustness (Statistics)
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2009
The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center) is a resource to which the regional comprehensive centers, states, and other education stakeholders turn for strengthening the quality of teaching--especially in high-poverty, low-performing, and hard-to-staff schools--and for finding guidance in addressing specific needs, thereby…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Stakeholders, Special Needs Students, State Departments of Education
Curtin, Jenny; Hurwitch, Bill; Olson, Tom – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
An early warning system is a data-based tool that helps predict which students are on the right path towards eventual graduation or other grade-appropriate goals. Through such systems, stakeholders at the school and district levels can view data from a wide range of perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of student data. This "Statewide…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Indicators, Predictor Variables, At Risk Students
Prather, James E. – 1981
A salary prediction model for college faculty that is used at Georgia State University was reviewed and tested using multiple regression analysis. Various model specifications, incorporating academic rank, academic discipline, and academic experience, including professional and personal background characteristics, are reviewed. Academic rank is an…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Departments
Council for Higher Education, Jerusalem (Israel). – 1979
Statistical data on seven Israeli universities for 1977-78 are presented in this annual statistical abstract compiled by the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education. Data on students are tabulated according to academic institution, level of degree, field of study, age, sex, and continent of birth. Enrollments and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, College Students, Definitions
