VARC News

The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post profile the work of the Value-Added Research Center on the New York City teacher rankings which were released in February 2012.

The Value Added Research Center is working with Minnesota educators to identify great teachers and how they got to be that way. Read the article at MinnPost.com.

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Recent VARC Publications

VARC: Value-Added Research

EVENTS

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP '11)

March 24-26, 2011 Seattle, WA

Design and Use of Innovative Teacher Value-Added Systems Informed by the Realities of Education Data

March 24 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Discussant: Anthony Milanowski, VARC

PAPERS
AUTHORS
Value-added Differential Effects: Evidence from Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York City (PDF)
Classroom Assignment Practices in Urban School Districts Using Teacher Level Value-Added Systems (PDF) Sara Kraemer, Robin Worth, and Robert H. Meyer
Measuring the Impact of Team Teaching on Student–Teacher Linkage Data (PDF) Jeffrey Watson and Christopher Thorn
A Data Driven Mechanism for Improving the Selection and Retention of High Quality Teachers Andrew Rice and Robert H. Meyer

American Education Research Association (AERA '11)

April 8-12, 2011, New Orleans, LA

Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: New Advances and Major Challenges in the State Assessment Consortia Initiatives

April 9 4:05 p.m. - 6:05 p.m. | Sheraton/Rhythms Ballroom

PAPERS
AUTHORS
An Economist's Perspective on Consortia Approaches to Measuring Teacher Effectiveness

Allocating Resources to Improve Teaching and Learning

April 8 4:05 p.m. - 5:35 p.m. | Sheraton/Bayside B

Discussant: Christopher A. Thorn


Data Use for Accountability: When Reforms Meet Reality

April 9 8:15 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. | Doubletree/Madewood B

Chair: Anne Sontag Karch (VARC)

PAPERS
AUTHORS
A Human Factors Engineering Framework for Effective Data Use in Education Reform and Accountability
Data Use in Schools Catherine Pautsch and Rachel Lander
Applying Performance Management Framework to Data Use Professional Development Peter James Witham
Who Are You Going to Believe, Me or Your Lying Eyes? Mary Elizabeth Graue, Nandita Gawade, Katherine Kresin Delaney, Anne Sontag Karch, Cynthia Lorena Romero
Measures of Quality: The Relationships Between Teacher Value Added and Classroom Quality Mary Elizabeth Graue, Nandita Gawade, Katherine Kresin Delaney, Anne Sontag Karch, Cynthia Lorena Romero

Addressing Data Quality Challenges in Classroom Value-Added Models

April 9 10:35 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. | Doubletree/Rosedown A

PAPERS
AUTHORS
Student-Teacher Assignment in K-8 Schools: Implications for Classroom Value-Added Productivity Measures
The Challenge of Linking Students to Teachers: A Hands-on Approach Jeffrey Watson
Data Quality and the Demands of a New Policy Agenda Christopher Thorn

Evaluation of Frameworks and Tools for School Improvement

April 9 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Doubletree/Rosedown A

PAPERS
AUTHORS
Evaluating Student Teacher Linkage Data in Teacher Incentive Fund Sites: Acquisition, Verification, and System Development

Research, Policy, and Practice for Leaders and Leadership

April 12 8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Sheraton/Edgewood

PAPERS
AUTHORS
Principals as Change Agents: The Role of Campus Leaders in Strategic Compensation Reform