This study explores the effects of COVID-19 on academic growth and achievement in Hawaii schools, and strategies that school leaders used in the recovery from the pandemic. The calculations in […]
Topics: Growth
From Session 3 of the 2021 Convening on Through-Year Assessment: Technical and logistical issues associated with through-year designs are not for the faint of heart. What sounds like a simple […]
This paper shows how states, with spring 2021 assessment data and student growth results derived from it, are positioned to address critical questions regarding academic learning loss. Answers to these […]
This paper was written in response to claims made in Stephen Sireci et al’s 2016 critique of Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs). It presents evidence and rationale to support appropriate use […]
This paper helps policymakers understand a number of characteristics of the array of existing student growth measures. It also aids assessment policymakers in selecting a growth measure by situating the […]
This paper highlights technical, practical, and policy considerations for using student growth percentiles during the assessment transition (generally 2014 to 2015) period to support state accountability efforts. It recommends analyses […]
The Center for Assessment and the Center for Assessment Design, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) developed this report to help districts in Colorado understand some of the technical design and policy […]
This paper discusses the many challenges of measuring student academic growth for teacher evaluations in non-tested subjects and grades, while offering potential solutions for incorporating student performance results in these […]
Professor Bruce D. Baker recently published a critique of The Colorado Growth Model and its use of Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) on his “School Finance 101” blog (Take Your SGP […]
This presentation reviews four key lessons learned about growth to date and discusses three key areas that will make growth data more useful: a) defining desired learning sequences in terms […]
Over the last decade, large-scale annual testing has provided states with unprecedented access to longitudinal student data. Current use of this data focuses primarily upon analyses of growth most often […]
This paper situates current growth-to-standard approaches within a larger domain of statistical models, including those based solely on achievement as well as more traditional growth models. Within this context, we […]
The presentation summarizes two empirical studies applying multiple growth models to common state data. Analyses found that growth models approved for the U.S. Education Department Growth Model Pilot were highly […]
This paper, prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Education, describes three conceptions of student growth and examines the appropriateness of vertical scales and vertically-moderated standards as tools for measuring student […]
There are multiple ways to implement common design decisions for a growth model consistent with the underlying principles of No Child Left Behind. This paper is intended to help states […]
This paper outlines the process by which Alaska established the Value Table it is proposing for its school performance incentive program and provides some initial summary results.
A paper presented at a symposium during the 2006 NCME Annual Conference that outlines the process of using Value Tables for a statewide accountability system.
This workshop, associated with the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2006 meeting in San Francisco, was designed to familiarize participants with the types of growth models that could […]