Overview
- First book to address the intersection of policy and practice regarding the use of student test data to evaluate educators
- Includes perspectives from leading voices in the field on Student Growth Measures
- Considers future possibilities for the use of Student Growth Measures in teacher evaluations
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This book examines the intersection of policy and practice in the use of student growth measures (SGMs) for high-stakes purposes as per such educator evaluation systems. The book also focuses on examinations of educators’ perceptions of and reactions to the use of SGMs; ethical implications pertaining to the use of SGMs; contextual challenges when implementing SGMs; and legal implications of SGM use. The use of student test score data has been the cornerstone of the recent transfiguration of educator evaluation systems in forty-two states and the District of Columbia. Three leading voices on SGMs—Sean Corcoran, Henry Braun, and David Berliner—also serve as section and concluding commentators.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kimberly Kappler Hewitt is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. She conducts research on the implementation of student growth measures in educator evaluations.
Audrey Amrein-Beardsley is Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University, USA. Her areas of research interest include measurement, research methods, high-stakes tests and value-added methodologies and systems. Beardsley is author of over fifty journal articles as well as an academic book on value-added models in education.
Audrey Amrein-Beardsley is Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University, USA. Her areas of research interest include measurement, research methods, high-stakes tests and value-added methodologies and systems. Beardsley is author of over fifty journal articles as well as an academic book on value-added models in education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Student Growth Measures in Policy and Practice
Book Subtitle: Intended and Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations
Editors: Kimberly Kappler Hewitt, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53901-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53900-7Published: 30 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53901-4Published: 05 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 291
Number of Illustrations: 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation