Value Added in English Schools

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ray ◽  
Tanya McCormack ◽  
Helen Evans
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Local Levels

Value-added indicators are now a central part of school accountability in England, and value-added information is routinely used in school improvement at both the national and the local levels. This article describes the value-added models that are being used in the academic year 2007–8 by schools, parents, school inspectors, and other professionals in local and national governments. The article outlines the development of value-added models in England following the introduction of national testing at ages seven, eleven, and fourteen in the 1990s. It describes the current “contextual” value-added models in detail, looking at the mathematical specification of the multilevel models and discussing the practical choice of explanatory attainment and contextual variables. The article also describes various uses of the value-added models, including in the published school achievement and attainment tables and in the RAISEonline system that supports schools in their self-evaluation and development planning and informs external inspection.

Measuring Teacher Effectiveness Using Value-Added Models of High School Achievement

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (13) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Nandita G. Gawade ◽  
Robert H. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
School Context ◽  
Value Added ◽  
High School Achievement ◽  
Core Subjects ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
Supplemental Course ◽  
Secondary Grades

This article uses empirical data to consider the consequences of particular characteristics of instruction and testing in high school for the modeling and estimation of value-added measures of school or teacher effectiveness. Unlike Mathematics and Reading for most elementary and middle school grades, there is a lack of annual testing of students in all secondary grades and subjects. The development of value-added models in high school is complicated by the resulting unavailability of direct measures of prior knowledge and readiness of the student for the relevant course. Another distinction between high school and earlier grades is the presence of greater differentiated instruction in high school caused by supplemental course requirements or by student self-selection into different courses. We show that the traditional value-added model used in NCLB grades and subjects can be generalized to the high school context. Specifically, prior-year test scores in related or core subjects can be used to control for differences in student aptitude for the course or subject being evaluated. Similarly, we can account for relevant differences in classroom characteristics—such as the average prior achievement of the students in the classroom—if they are assumed to be beyond a teacher's control.

scholarly journals Artikel Administrasi Hubungan Sekolah dan Masyarakat

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurfazira ◽  
Hade Afriansyah
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Related Activity ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Coordination Process

Educational Administration is related activity or the entire business coordination process that is combined with people to achieve educational and planning goals held in certain environments using resources, both human and non-human, school-sponsored and community-sponsored. Husemas are process of communication between schools and the community to improve people’s understanding of educational needs and activities and endcourage community interest and cooperation in school improvement and development. Public relations as a liaison from the school and the community must always be maintained properly because the school will always be in touch with the community, cannot escape from it as a school partner in achieving the success of the school itself. School achievement is increasingly high in the eyes of the community if the school is able to gather students who are intelligent, personable and able to apply the knowledge gained in advancing society.

scholarly journals Manajemen Pengembangan Tenaga Pendidik di SMA Primaganda Bulurejo Diwek Jombang

FIKROTUNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
MOCH. SYA’RONI HASAN
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Extension Study ◽  
Data Collection Methods ◽  
Study Type ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Collection Methods

This study describe the implementation of Management developmenteducators at SMA Primaganda, Bulurejo Diwek, Jombang. The approach in thisstudy is a qualitative case study type. used data collection methods as well as therole of observation, interview and documentation. This study used a qualitativedescriptive approach. To check the validity of the data used extension study,perseverance observation, and triangulation. The analysis comes up with theconclusion that: (1). Development Planning educators: announcement held at thebeginning of the new academic year, the drafting team was formed educatorsdevelopment commission held hearings, the commission meeting is a forum forreviewing, memproduct and developed the concept of the development of educatorswho have been prepared. (2). The development of educators with activities ofinteraction with educators through formal and informal activities. Formalactivities in the development of educators, for example through mentoringactivities (tutorials), informally can be done through informal conversations in theroom as educators, yard madrassas and other places that are not resmi. (3).Problems encountered and solutions in the implementation of management effortspengembanagan educators (teachers) at SMA Primaganda include issues of timeand also there are many teachers who have not been able to use electronic means ofcomputer, the solution given is the clock supplied to the teacher to be able to learnwho helped by tutors.AbstrakPenelitian ini mendiskripsikan tentang pelaksanaan manajemenpengembangan pendidik (educators) di SMA Primagama, Bulurejo Diwek,Jombang. Pendekatan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan tipepenelitian studi kasus. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalampenelitian ini adalah observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Penelitian inimenggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Untuk mengecek validitasdata, peneliti menggunakan studi ekstensi, observasi ketekunan, dantriangulasi. Berdasarkan analisis data, penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa:(1). Perencanaan pengembangan pendidik: pengumuman diadakan padaawal tahun ajaran baru, tim perumus membentuk komisi pengembanganpendidik untuk melakukan rapat komisi, sidang komisi adalah forumuntuk mengkaji, menghasilkan dan mengembangkan konseppengembangan pendidik yang telah disiapkan. (2). Pengembanganpendidik dilakukan dengan kegiatan interaksi melalui kegiatan formal daninformal. kegiatan formal dalam pengembangan pendidik, misalnyamelalui kegiatan mentoring (tutorial), untuk kegiatan informal dilakukanmelalui percakapan informal di ruang guru, halaman madrasah dantempat-tempat lain yang tidak resmi. (3). Problematika dalam pelaksanaanmanajemen pengembanagan pendidik (guru) di SMA Primagandamencakup masalah waktu dan juga banyaknya guru yang belum mampumenggunakan media komputer dalam pembelajaran. Solusi dariproblematika tersebut adalah memberikan waktu kepada guru untukmempelajari media komputer yang dibantu oleh tutor.

scholarly journals Using Lagged Outcomes to Evaluate Bias in Value-Added Models

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Chetty ◽  
John Friedman ◽  
Jonah Rockoff
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Value Added Models

scholarly journals Leadership Styles of Principals and Teachers of Nigerian Unity Schools: Using School Environment as a Tool For School Achievement

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Khalil Yusuf Uthman ◽  
Yahya Bn Don ◽  
Abd Latif Kasim
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
School Environment ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
School Level ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Teachers And Students

Collaborative, non-traditional leadership practices have attracted little attention in research about sustainable school achievement in Nigerian unity schools.  The involvement of teachers in the administration of schools is well justified and arise from the need to boost school environment for the sake of attaining school achievement. The absence of teachers in the administration of unity schools impedes the proper attainment of school achievement. The purpose of this research is to reports on the outcomes of transformational leadership efforts in Nigerian unity schools aimed at enhancing the use of teachers in the administrative set-up.  This study was carried out in seven selected unity schools all located in the north-eastern part of Nigeria. The study used  Multifactor questionnaire 5x, School level environment questionnaire (SLEQ) and School Improvement questionnaire (SIQ) with 5 Likert-scale that involved the use of 800 questionnaires which were sent in which 790 were returned and 760 found valid for data analysis. Participants were drawn from a wide range of disciplines across the sampled schools. The establishment and operation of these school relied on a transformational leadership methodology by principals that facilitates acts of initiative, innovation, vision and courage through group interaction rather than through designated hierarchical roles. This research used the quantitative approach.  The study found out that transformational leadership approach is effective in overcoming problems associated with lack of involvement of teachers in the building of a fruitful environment capable of bringing a good school achievement through cultivating the habit of a transformational leader, the principals of unity schools enabled teachers and other stake holders to engage in peer-led professional learning, collaborative curriculum and pedagogical development, and to facilitate wider institutional change (school achievement). This paper demonstrates that the transformational leadership model for a high school achievement reported here is effective in building capacity for both teachers and students via involvement of teachers in building the environment. The model is flexible enough for a variety of institutional settings, and hence, recommends the use of teachers in secondary school’s administration.

Rethinking Teacher Evaluation: A Conversation about Statistical Inferences and Value-Added Models

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberlee Callister Everson ◽  
Erika Feinauer ◽  
Richard Sudweeks
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Evaluation ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Statistical Methodology ◽  
Current Standard ◽  
Accountability System ◽  
Statistical Inferences ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
Value Added Modeling

In this article, the authors provide a methodological critique of the current standard of value-added modeling forwarded in educational policy contexts as a means of measuring teacher effectiveness. Conventional value-added estimates of teacher quality are attempts to determine to what degree a teacher would theoretically contribute, on average, to the test score gains of any student in the accountability population (i.e., district or state). Everson, Feinauer, and Sudweeks suggest an alternative statistical methodology, propensity score matching, which allows estimation of how well a teacher performs relative to teachers assigned comparable classes of students. This approach more closely fits the appropriate role of an accountability system: to estimate how well employees perform in the job to which they are actually assigned. It also has the benefit of requiring fewer statistical assumptions—assumptions that are frequently violated in value-added modeling. The authors conclude that this alternative method allows for more appropriate and policy-relevant inferences about the performance of teachers.

scholarly journals Estimating Private School Premium for Primary School Children in Ethiopia: Evidence from Individual-level Panel Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Godstime Osekhebhen Eigbiremolen
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
Value Added Model ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Unobserved Ability

This article presents the first value-added model of private school effect in Ethiopia, using the unique Young Lives longitudinal data. I found a substantial and statistically significant private school premium (about 0.5 standard deviation) in Maths, but not in Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT). Private school premium works for both low and high ability children. The results are robust to sorting on unobserved ability, grouping on lag structures and transfer between private and public schools. Combined with available contextual data, empirical evidence suggests that the effectiveness of private primary schools may be due to more learning time and teacher’s attention enjoyed by students. I also attempted to contribute methodologically to the literature by directly testing the structural assumption underpinning value-added models.

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