Value-Added and Teacher Branding

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The video and report discuss the problems found with Value-add

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley and Clarin Collins of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University present “The SAS Education Value-Added Assessment System (SAS® EVAAS®) in the Houston Independent School District (HISD): Intended and Unintended Consequences”.

The SAS Educational Value-Added Assessment System (SAS® EVAAS®) is the most widely used value-added system in the country. It is also self-proclaimed as “the most robust and reliable” system available, with its greatest benefit to help educators improve their teaching practices. This study critically examined the effects of SAS® EVAAS® as experienced by teachers, in one of the largest, high-needs urban school districts in the nation – the Houston Independent School District (HISD).

Using a multiple methods approach, this study critically analyzed retrospective quantitative and qualitative data to better comprehend and understand the evidence collected from four teachers whose contracts were not renewed in the summer of 2011, in part given their low SAS® EVAAS® scores.

This study also suggests some intended and unintended effects that seem to be occurring as a result of SAS® EVAAS® implementation in HISD. In addition to issues with reliability, bias, teacher attribution, and validity, high-stakes use of SAS® EVAAS® in this district seems to be exacerbating unintended effects.

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Education News for 09-21-2012

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State Education News

  • Top Ohio court keeps levy repeal off ballot (Columbus Dispatch)

    • 2 Westerville school officials won’t have to worry about making $7 million in budget cuts this school year…Read more...

  • Safety forces teach students how to respond in emergencies (WOIO)

    • 2 The Cuyahoga County Office of Emergency Management is teaming up with the city and schools in Independence on a National Preparedness Day event…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Lawsuits fly over Stow school board meetings (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • 2 The Stow school board has filed its response and counterclaim against board member Rod Armstrong…Read more...

  • Columbus schools chief Harris leaving (Columbus Dispatch)

    • 2 Columbus Superintendent Gene Harris, the nation’s longest-serving urban school superintendent, unexpectedly announced yesterday that she will retire in July…Read more...

  • Two hit lists found in Kenton schools this week (Lima News)

    • 2 What normally would have been a regular school week turned into a dramatic one for Kenton schools. On Monday, there was a hit list found at Kenton Middle School and on Wednesday, one was found in Espy Elementary…Read more...

  • Property issue may hurt Granville schools (Newark Advocate)

    • 2 A potential reduction in the valuation of the Cherry Valley Lodge property sought by its former and current owners could inflict another…Read more...

  • New Boston parents react to school delays (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • 2 Parents of children in the New Boston School district are feeling a little disappointed this week, upon news that the opening of the new school…Read more...

  • Cleveland school levy costly but vital (WKYC)

    • 2 This fall, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has a levy on the ballot asking voters to pass their comprehensive restructuring…Read more...

Education News for 09-20-2012

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State Education News

  • Little Miami to appeal state ruling on transfers (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The financially troubled Little Miami Schools will appeal a state board ruling that may clear the way for a portion of its Warren County district to transfer…Read more...

  • 37 state schools to brainstorm on saving (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Officials from all 37 Ohio public colleges and universities are to meet today to discuss how they can reduce costs to students and taxpayers and improve efficiencies…Read more...

  • District warned of fiscal emergency (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Nearly 100 residents, teachers and other school employees packed Mathews High School cafeteria Wednesday evening to hear an Ohio Department of Education official warn about the consequences…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Revere reaches contract with workers (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The Revere school board has reached a new contract with one of its unions…Read more...

  • CPS approves teacher evaluation system (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The Cincinnati school board Wednesday unanimously approved a new teacher evaluation policy that grades teachers on their students' academic growth…Read more...

  • Cleveland parents get lessons in truancy and curfew dangers (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Missing curfew and being truant might seem like small violations, but if students aren't where they are supposed to be, they're more likely to be in a place where they'll get into trouble…Read more...

  • School building study discussed (Findlay Courier)

    • The Arcadia school board was given a homework assignment Wednesday to study an analysis of its school facilities…Read more...

  • Drug test program is for volunteers (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • The new voluntary random drug testing program at the high school provides students with one more avenue for saying no to drugs, Principal Mary Walker said…Read more...

Editorial

  • A flawed attempt at an in-school seclusion policy for Ohio (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Thank goodness the Ohio Board of Education's first crack at outlining the appropriate use of restraints and seclusion to isolate troubled youngsters is just an ill-conceived draft…Read more...

  • Third-grade goal (Columbus Dispatch)

    • With a recent vote to set a cut-off score for Ohio’s new “third-grade reading guarantee,” the state Board of Education has drawn a reasonable line for determining which children are struggling…Read more...

Education News for 09-19-2012

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State Education News

  • Teacher review policy up for vote (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The Cincinnati School Board is holding a special meeting today to discuss, and likely vote, on a new teacher evaluation policy…Read more...

  • Educators’ goal: More Ohioans in college (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Only 36 percent of Ohioans have a college certificate or degree. But experts predict that nearly 60 percent of jobs…Read more...

  • Students soar in summer internship program (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The numbers scribbled on the school whiteboard were like pieces of a puzzle, but 16-year- old Nathan Lehman had no idea how they fit together or what they would create…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Board meets in secret after shaky explanation (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Columbus Board of Education went behind closed doors again yesterday evening to discuss an ongoing student-data investigation…Read more...

  • Salad bar aims to help Par Excellence students make healthy choices (Newark Advocate)

    • Asher Akens sat down in Par Excellence Academy's cafeteria, ready to devour the colorful salad he had made…Read more...

  • Board agrees to keep all elementary schools open (WKYC)

    • The Lakewood Board of Education has agreed to keep all of the city's elementary schools open…Read more...

  • School enrollment keeps falling (WKYC)

    • The Cleveland School District expects student enrollment to drop to 38,000…Read more...

  • Austintown super asked to step down (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • By the end of the school board’s Tuesday meeting one thing was clear — nearly 200 people stood behind board member Harold Porter…Read more...

Editorial

  • Schools need help with reading law (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Golfing legend and Buckeye alumnus Jack Nicklaus once said that concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety. As with any new legislation, Ohio’s requirement that students be able to read by the end of third grade…Read more...

Education News for 09-18-2012

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State Education News

  • State to review deal in audit (Columbus Dispatch)

    • School officials changed their minds about hiring state auditors to examine an exotic financial deal in the New Albany-Plain district…Read more

  • Area high school students in college classes has doubled in past five years (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Students who take college courses while in high school are expected to increase dramatically in the next decade, education experts say…Read more

  • State to talk about money at Mathews (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Ohio Department of Education representatives are scheduled to visit Mathews Schools officials on Wednesday to discuss the district's finances…Read more

Local Education News

  • North Fork fills vacant position after tight vote (Newark Advocate)

    • The North Fork Board of Education approved a Columbus administrator as its new activities director and assistant principal…Read more

  • Driving the point home (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • It's one thing for an adult, including a law enforcement officer, to talk to teens about the importance of safe driving…Read more

  • Former Northland High School Athletic Director Admits To Stealing Thousands (WBNS)

    • The former athletic director at Northland High School pleaded guilty to theft in office. Ramani Hunter was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence if she follows all the rules during a year of court…Read more

  • Columbus Schools Face Lawsuit Over Planned Renovation Project (WBNS)

    • Columbus City Schools is facing a $41 million lawsuit over its renovation project at Indianola Middle School…Read more

  • Board member calls for sup’t to resign (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • An emotionally charged email from school-board member Harold Porter calls for the resignation of Superintendent Vince Colaluca. Porter, who was elected to the board in November 2011, sent the email to Colaluca and other school-board members…Read more