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Direct linkAndru, Peter; Botchkarev, Alexei – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Background: Return on investment (ROI) is one of the most popular evaluation metrics. ROI analysis (when applied correctly) is a powerful tool of evaluating existing information systems and making informed decisions on the acquisitions. However, practical use of the ROI is complicated by a number of uncertainties and controversies. The article…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Information Systems, School Business Officials, Evaluation Methods
Download full textIsenberg, Eric; Hock, Heinrich – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2011
This report presents the value-added models that will be used to measure school and teacher effectiveness in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in the 2010-2011 school year. It updates the earlier technical report, "Measuring Value Added for IMPACT and TEAM in DC Public Schools." The earlier report described the methods used…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, School Effectiveness, Models
Isenberg, Eric; Hock, Heinrich – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2012
This report describes the value-added models used as part of teacher evaluation systems in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and in eligible DC charter schools participating in "Race to the Top." The authors estimated: (1) teacher effectiveness in DCPS and eligible DC charter schools during the 2011-2012 school year; and (2)…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Value Added Models, Public Schools, Charter Schools
Rice, Jennifer King – National Education Policy Center, 2012
Schools and school systems throughout the nation are increasingly experimenting with using various instructional technologies to improve productivity and decrease costs, but evidence on both the effectiveness and the costs of education technology is limited. A recent report published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute sets out to describe "the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses
Wikman, Anders – Social Indicators Research, 2006
In general, it is assumed that distinct true values will be found behind what is actually measured in surveys. By acquiring sufficient knowledge of measurement error, its extent and nature, we are supposed to be able to obtain adequate knowledge of underlying properties. It could be maintained, however, that this idea of a stable and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Test Validity, Responses, Error of Measurement
McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Lockwood, J. R.; Koretz, Daniel M.; Hamilton, Laura S. – RAND Corporation, 2003
Value-added modeling (VAM) to estimate school and teacher effects is currently of considerable interest to researchers and policymakers. Recent reports suggest that VAM demonstrates the importance of teachers as a source of variance in student outcomes. Policymakers see VAM as a possible component of education reform through improved teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Inferences, Models
