Measuring School and Teacher Value Added for IMPACT and TEAM in DC Public Schools

Measuring School and Teacher Value Added for IMPACT and TEAM in DC Public Schools

Published: Aug 20, 2010
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research

Associated Project

Value-Added Assessment System for DC Schools and Teachers

Time frame: 2009-2015

Prepared for:

District of Columbia Public Schools

Authors

Eric Isenberg

Heinrich Hock

This report describes the design of a value-added model to measure school and teacher performance in the District of Columbia Public Schools. It presents the main features of the method in nontechnical terms, data used, and technical details of the statistical methods.

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