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Robert Meyer; Sara Hu; Michael Christian – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: This paper develops a new method to estimate quasi-experimental evaluation models when it is necessary to control for measurement error in predictors and individual assignment to the treatment group is based on these same fallible variables. A major methodological finding of the study is that standard methods of estimating models that…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Report Cards
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Robert Meyer; Sara Hu; Michael Christian – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
This paper develops models to measure growth in student achievement with a focus on the possibility of differential growth in achievement for low and high-achieving students. We consider a gap-closing model that evaluates the degree to which students in a target group -- students in the bottom quartile of measured achievement -- perform better…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Models, Measurement Techniques
Khawand, Christopher – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Instrumental variables (IV) methods allow for consistent estimation of causal effects, but suffer from poor finite-sample properties and data availability constraints. IV estimates also tend to have relatively large standard errors, often inhibiting the interpretability of differences between IV and non-IV point estimates. Lastly, instrumental…
Descriptors: Least Squares Statistics, Labor Supply, Measurement Techniques, Error of Measurement