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Santiago, Maribel; Kang, Hana – Education and Urban Society, 2023
Using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-Test to analyze 128 survey responses from K-12 teachers, this paper considers how value-added measures (VAM) impact educators' decisions to include Latinx topics in their social studies lessons. The authors found that VAM teachers are more likely to rely on district/state curriculum standards whereas non-VAM…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Value Added Models, Social Justice, Hispanic American Culture
Houston Independent School District, 2017
In January 2007, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) inaugurated the Teacher Performance Pay Model, 2005-2006, becoming the first school district in the nation to implement a performance pay system of this magnitude based on individual teacher effectiveness. Improvements and enhancements were made to that model to form the district's…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Job Performance, Awards, Teacher Effectiveness
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Yuan, Kun – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Value-added modeling (VAM), one class of statistical models used to estimate individual teacher's or school's contribution to student achievement based on student test score growth between consecutive years, has become increasingly popular in the last decades. Despite the increasing popularity of VAM, many researchers are concerned about the…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Value Added Models, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Influence
Houston Independent School District, 2014
In January 2007, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) inaugurated the Teacher Performance Pay Model, 2005-2006, becoming the first school district in the nation to implement a performance pay system of this magnitude based on individual teacher effectiveness. Improvements and enhancements of that model became the "Recognize"…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Job Performance, Awards, Teacher Effectiveness
Gansle, Kristin A.; Burns, Jeanne M.; Noel, George – Louisiana Board of Regents, 2010
The Louisiana Board of Regents is currently outpacing the nation in its ability to inform the public about the effectiveness of redesigned teacher preparation programs in preparing new teachers to teach grades 4-9 students in the areas of mathematics, science, social studies, reading, and language arts. Through the use of Louisiana's Value-Added…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Value Added Models, Program Effectiveness
Kyle A. Evans – ProQuest LLC, 2005
This study uses the state report cards published by the Tennessee Department of Education to compare the academic achievement grades to the value-added grades to determine if there is a relationship between the two grading systems. The data used for this study are from the 2001, 2002, and the 2003 state report cards published for each school using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Value Added Models, Grades (Scholastic), Outcomes of Education