VARC NEWS
2011
Rob Meyer talked to the Wall Street Journal about the work of the Value-Added Research Center (13 September, 2011).
Rob Meyer participated in a radio interview about the Value-Added Research Center work in the Los Angeles Unified School District on KPCC radio on April 12, 2011. Click here to hear the interview.
During the Spring of 2011, staff from VARC visited the Bush Foundation Teacher Effectiveness Initiative P20 partner sites. Click here to read more about these visits.
VARC researchers presented at the annual AEFP conference in Seattle, WA, March 24-26. Design and Use of Innovative Teacher Value-Added Systems Informed by the Realities of Education Data
VARC researchers presented at the annual AERA conference in New Orleans, LA, April 8-12. A full list of presentations is available here.
2010
Rob Meyer gave the keynote address Value-added Systems, Accountability, and Performance Management in Education: Promises and Pitfalls, at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Iowa Educational Research & Evaluation Association, in Cedar Falls, IA, on December 2. A PowerPoint version of his presentation is available here.
Stephen Ponisciak was a 2010 First Place winner in the area of Oustanding Planning, Policy, or Management Research from the American Educational Research Association Division H (Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools)
Rob Meyer has been honored with a 2010 Academic Staff Excellence Award in recognition of excellence in research by an independent investigator. Winners were recognized by the Academic Staff Assembly on April 12 and honored at a reception with University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin.
Amy McIntosh, New York City Department of Education Chief Talant Officer, discusses VARC’s contribution to the district’s teacher data initiative (New York City Department of Education website).
2009
Chris Thorn, Associate Director of VARC, discusses the Pittsburgh merit pay plan (Post-Gazette, 13 December), and how the Bush Foundation is partnering with VARC to evaluate teachers in Minnesota, and North and South Dakota, based on student performance (Pioneer Press, 3 December).
Rob Meyer talked with Todd Finkelmeyer of The Capital Times about value-added models and the "race to the top" (11/10/09).
On November 9, 2009, Wisconsin Public Radio featured the story Metrics system strives to provide comparisons that are "apples-to-apples," about value-added measures and the Value-Added Research Center.
The VARC project is helping NYC schools manage their data (NY Times, 8 September).
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