The Ins and Outs of Value-Added Measures in Education: What Research Says

Friday November 21, 2008
8:00am - 2:30pm
The Urban Institute

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2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Welcome and Purpose
Jane Hannaway

Panel I
Value-Added Modeling of Teacher Credentials: Policy Implications
Helen (Sunny) Ladd

Using Value-Added-to-Student-Learning Measures to Improve Teacher Policy
Susanna Loeb

Steven Rivkin (Discussant)

Questions for Panel I

Panel II
The Stability of Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality and Implications for Teacher Compensation Policy
Tim Sass

Is It Just a Bad Class? Assessing the Potential of Using Value-Added Estimates of Teacher Job Performance for Making Tenure Decisions
Dan Goldhaber

Using VA Measures for Promotion, Compensation, and Training: Pros and Cons
Charles Clotfelter (Discussant)

Questions for Panel II

Presentation
The Texas FERPA Story
Dan O'Brien

Panel III
Do Disadvantaged Urban Schools Lose Their Best Teachers?
Eric Hanushek

Measuring Effect Sizes: the Effect of Measurement Error
Hamilton (Hamp) Lankford

David Figlio (Discussant)

Questions for Panel III

LATEST POLICY BRIEFS

Assessing the Potential of Using Value‐Added Estimates of Teacher Job Performance for Making Tenure Decisions
Dan Goldhaber and Michael Hansen

Do Disadvantaged Urban Schools Lose Their Best Teachers?
Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin

Overview of Measuring Effect Sizes: The Effect of Measurement Error
Donald Boyd, Pam Grossman, Hamp Lankford, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff

The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and Implications for Student Achievement in High‐Poverty Schools
Donald Boyd, Hamp Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jonah Rockoff, and Jim Wyckoff

The Stability of Value‐Added Measures of Teacher Quality and Implications for Teacher Compensation Policy
Tim Sass

The Texas FERPA Story
Dan O'Brien