Value AddedPresented By: Anil Karim

• New way of Analyzing Test Data•What is Value Added

Predict the amount of growth students will gain

in a given year

Ability to analyze student test results

from previous grades

Measure long term impacts teacher or

school had on past and future student achievement

Track effectiveness of individual teachers and

schools

PURPOSE

• It is a tool created by Statistician Dr. William Sanders that measures progress.

• Provides school leaders with the critical data about its teachers and the academic impact they have on the students.

• Traces student progress over a period of time with a identified baseline.

• Bring awareness to school leaders about their teachers.

• Raise student achievement• Measure instructional

impact• Breakdown student

achievement by classroom, grade, subject, school or district

GOALS

•Closer look at “Value Added”Purpose and Goals

Why we really

need it!!

•FactsFor the value added model

Has been in use in Tennesssee since 1992Fact1

Statewide usage in: Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania Fact 2

Fact 3Implemented in 21 statesSeveral hundred school districts

• Analysis must be seen as FAIR and UNDERSTANDABLE to be Useful

• Data empowers Teachers to Improve their Instruction• Teachers can get a better look at student gains in the classroom

•Value Added is Data Driven“it’s not personal”

1. Teacher Quality is key to improved schools2. Teacher Quality should be measured by

data driven results not by personality, popularity or seniority

3. Teachers should actively be focused on increasing STUDENT PERFORMANCE and ACHIEVEMENT

•Teacher QualityIs essential

According to principal Gregory M. Hodge, “Committed teachers,” who come to work early, stay late, and call parents if children don’t show up can be just the thing students need.

A study conducted in 1998 by the Education Trust found: Students who have several effective teachers in a row make dramatic gains in achievement

•Teachers make a difference

First 10 – 12 Years

• GROWING EFFECTIVENESS

Second 10-12 Years

• HIGHEST EFFECTIVNESS

Third 10-12 Years

• STEADY DECLINE IN EFFECTIVNESSS

•Teacher Effectiveness“Changes Over Time”

If a student is fortunate to have a highly effective teacher for the first three years of school they will be well ahead of the curve.

If a student has an effective teacher they will be on the normal curve of achievement

If a student has a ineffective teacher they will be extremely behind the curve.

•Highly Effective Teachers“prove to have the highest student gains in the classroom”

Teachers Effectiveness

1st

Grade2nd

Grade3rd

GradeStudent

Gain

Highly Effective + + + + 3 Above State

Requirement

Effective No Change

No Change

No Change

At State Requirement

Ineffective - - - - 3 Below State

Requirement

“Value Added uses TEST SCORES over a PERIOD OF TIME to show individual teacher’s EFFECTIVENESS”

+ means that students gain above a years required material

No Change means that students gains a years required material

- means that students gain below a years required material

• When students are faced with ineffective teachers for a few years they fall behind

• This is hurtful for the students

• we need to shift Focus to Underperforming students and bring them back!

• Maintaining Focus•Shed Patterns

Student Scores

Help Teachers be more EffectiveSchool Leaders will use the data to get teachers the adequate resources to become more effective.

Ensure students grow AcademicallySchool leaders will be able to take students who are falling behind and get them into the right classes so they are able to catch up quickly

•Highly Effective Schools“Focus on continuous growth for students and teachers”

Analyze the Data

Assess Teacher Effectiveness

Build Highly Effective

Teachers & Focus

instruction on performance

Analyze Student Gains and

Achievment

Position Students for

Success

Continue building a

HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

School

•Conclusion“One last look”

•References

Expert Opinion: Andrew Porter and Value-Added Assessmenthttp://educationform.com/nwedu/10-04/expert/index.htm

Measure for Measure (Dallas Schools use of value-added)http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0510.toch.html

Parents Can See Snapshot of Academic Progresshttp://www2.yk.psu.edu/~jlg18/pvaas/jan%2021%20artilce%20in%20tennessean.pdf

Value Added Assessment (questions/answers) http://www.cgp.upenn.edu/ope_value.html#2

Roundtable Discussion of Value Addedhttp://www.tapsystem.org/pubs/value_added_roundtable_08.pdf