Value Added Measures: Implications for Policy and Practice
Friday May 23, 2008
8:00am - Noon
The Urban Institute
Link to a full schedule of the day's events here.
Audio and panelists' presentations are linked below.
Opening Remarks
Introduction
Explanation of Proceedings
Down from the Tower:
Research Perspectives on Value Added Measurement and Its Uses
- Doug Harris, University of Wisconsin — Madison
- Tony Bryk, Stanford University & the Carnegie Foundation
- Dan McCaffrey, RAND
- Discussion session
Policy Players:
The Politics of Value Added Measures
- Leo Casey, United Federation of Teachers
- Robert Gordon, Center for American Progress
- Ross Wiener, EdTrust
- Discussion session
Concluding Comments
- Rick Hanushek, CALDER--Stanford University