New Evidence on the Value-Added Debate ˙ Nov 27, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Middle school students participate in interactive games/Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Solar Energy Decathalon/ CC BY-ND 2.0 The merit of value-added approaches to evaluate teacher performance.Read more +
Teacher Evaluations in DC Improve Teacher Performance ˙ Nov 1, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Washington Post A study on Washington D.C. teacher evaluation programs and how they affect the performance and retention of teachers.Read more +
The Winds of Change? Chicago Teachers Put Education Reform in Question Scott Odell ˙ Sep 11, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Democracy Now! Teacher accountability: a look at the proposed reforms and why it is upsetting teachers in Chicago.Read more +
Definitive Evidence on the Value-added Approach ˙ Aug 15, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Source: "Great Teaching," published by Education Next Benefits of the "value-added analysis" in evaluating teacher effectiveness.Read more +
Should student test scores be used to evaluate teachers? ˙ Jul 10, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Wall Street Journal Article presents two views on using gains in student learning to evaluate the effectiveness of their teachers. Read more +
Study: Teachers’ “Value-added” has Life-long Impact Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Jan 13, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog New York Times New study that examines whether the value-added approach effectively distinguishes between good and bad teachers.Read more +
Teacher Evaluations Based on Student Performance ˙ Sep 22, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Wall Street Journal article Wall Street Journal article discusses new teacher evaluation methods and how the results will be used for incentives.Read more +
Value-added: It’s Not Perfect, But It Makes Sense Steven Glazerman, Dan Goldhaber, Susanna Loeb, Douglas Staiger, Stephen Raudenbush, Grover Whitehurst ˙ Dec 20, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog Susanna Loeb says value-added measures should be considered when evaluating teachers.Read more +
Gates supports value-added research ˙ Dec 15, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog New York Times article discusses new initiative by Gates Foundation to fund research on improving teacher performance evaluation.Read more +
New report from Brookings Institution on the Use of the “Value-added” Model ˙ Nov 29, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog Brookings Institution report summarizes four areas of confusion on the "value-added" model for evaluating teachers.Read more +
U.S. States compete for education reform funds ˙ Dec 30, 2009 ˙ PREAL Blog Does the Obama administration's Race to the Top program measure up?Read more +
