Includes updates and/or revisions. As value-added research designs gain in popularity and undergo increasing scrutiny, experts are beginning to wave cautionary flags about how best to make use of them ...

The purpose of the workshop was to scan the research on value-added methods to identify their strengths and limitations, which can inform policy makers’ decisions about whether and how to proceed with ...

For families with kids, the most important part of choosing a neighborhood is usually the quality of local schools. In a new Ball State University study (see https ...

British educators have been making use of 'value added' data for two decades. And still the task is challenging. “That is out of order. That’s not good enough,” pronounces Denise Davies, pointing to a ...

A new Ball State University study measures school district success by comparing performance to demographic predictions. The study found that poverty was the primary factor correlating with ...