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Direct linkKatherine E. Castellano; Daniel F. McCaffrey; Joseph A. Martineau – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2025
Growth-to-standard models evaluate student growth against the growth needed to reach a future standard or target of interest, such as proficiency. A common growth-to-standard model involves comparing the popular Student Growth Percentile (SGP) to Adequate Growth Percentiles (AGPs). AGPs follow from an involved process based on fitting a series of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Growth Models, Student Educational Objectives, Educational Indicators
Close, Kevin; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
In 2016, the federal government proposed and adopted the Every Student Succeeds Act, which retracted the federal government's prior control over states' teacher evaluation systems, permitting more local control. Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, and Clarin Collins collected information from states to determine the degree to which states were…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Download full textSaven, Jessica L.; Farley, Dan; Tindal, Gerald – National Center on Assessment and Accountability for Special Education, 2013
Longitudinally modeling the growth of students with significant cognitive disabilities (SWSCDs) on alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) presents many challenges for states. The number of students in Grades 3-8 who remain in a cohort group varies over time, depending on the methods used to construct the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Intellectual Disability, Growth Models
