Video: The nonsense of Value Added Measures (VAM) | Seattle Education

Video: The nonsense of Value Added Measures (VAM) | Seattle Education:

Video: The nonsense of Value Added Measures (VAM)

by seattleducation2011

A peer-reviewed study: The SAS Education Value-Added Assessment System (SAS® EVAAS®) in the Houston Independent School District (HISD): Intended and Unintended Consequences. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 20(12)
The introduction:

The SAS Educational Value-Added Assessment System (SAS® EVAAS®) is the most widely used value-added system in the country. It is also self-proclaimed as “the most robust and reliable” system available, with its greatest benefit to help educators improve their teaching practices. This study critically examined the effects of SAS® EVAAS® as experienced by teachers, in one of the seems to be exacerbating unintended effects.