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Raj Chetty; John N. Friedman; Jonah E. Rockoff – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Are teachers' impacts on students' test scores ("value-added") a good measure of their quality? This question has sparked debate largely because of disagreement about (1) whether value-added (VA) provides unbiased estimates of teachers' impacts on student achievement and (2) whether high-VA teachers improve students' long-term outcomes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Scores, Teacher Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education
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Phillips, Norris B.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This paper describes and evaluates the efficacy of a combination of curriculum-based measurement and peer tutoring incorporated into 40 elementary education mathematics classes, to differentiate instruction and improve student achievement. The evaluation indicated that students with low achievement, average achievement, and learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness