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Sales, Adam C.; Hansen, Ben B.; Rowan, Brian – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2018
In causal matching designs, some control subjects are often left unmatched, and some covariates are often left unmodeled. This article introduces "rebar," a method using high-dimensional modeling to incorporate these commonly discarded data without sacrificing the integrity of the matching design. After constructing a match, a researcher…
Descriptors: Computation, Prediction, Models, Data
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Kaplan, David – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2002
Considers the problem of modeling sustained educational change through the use of dynamic multipliers applied to panel data and attempts to develop and advocate dynamic multiplier analysis for educational research. Presents three examples to illustrate the approach and closes with a discussion of the implications of dynamic multiplier analysis for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Models, Policy Formation
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Raudenbush, Stephen W. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2004
The question of how to estimate school and teacher contributions to student learning is fundamental to educational policy and practice, and the three thoughtful articles in this issue represent a major advance. The current level of public confusion about these issues is so severe and the consequences for schooling so great that it is a big relief…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Mathematical Models
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Martineau, Joseph A. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2006
Longitudinal, student performance-based, value-added accountability models have become popular of late and continue to enjoy increasing popularity. Such models require student data to be vertically scaled across wide grade and developmental ranges so that the value added to student growth/achievement by teachers, schools, and districts may be…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Models