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Richards, Andrew – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
Two quantitative measures of school performance are currently used, the average points score (APS) at Key Stage 2 and value-added (VA), which measures the rate of academic improvement between Key Stage 1 and 2. These figures are used by parents and the Office for Standards in Education to make judgements and comparisons. However, simple…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Correlation
Isenberg, Eric; Hock, Heinrich – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has incorporated measures of school and teacher effectiveness, based on student test score growth, into a new teacher assessment system known as IMPACT. Implemented for the first time during the 2009-2010 school year, IMPACT is an assessment system with significant consequences. Prior to the start of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Scores