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>>> kber@EARTHLINK.NET 03/14 3:39 AM >>> ... A quick comment on NWEA - they use a value-added approach. At one point when I was doing some reserach on TVAAS, the Sanders version of value-added assessment, I ahd a long conversation with one of the tehcnical people at NWEA. I was told that they did not believe it was appropriate to evaluate teachers or schools using their value-added approach, that it was intended to be more of a diagnostic tool. If anyone has had any experience with NWEA and give some evidence to the contrary, I would be very interested. The original Bush prorasl wanted partents to have access to the value added by the teachers of their children.. I don't know if that is part of the final bill (which I have not read in detail) ... any comments? anyone know? ----------------------------------------- Ken ... Tests are sometimes used in ways that the designers did not intend or recommend. Secondly, "value added" encompasses a lot of methodoloogical approaches. There is no single methodology for doing "value added" assessment. Art -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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