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).

VARC: Value-Added Research

Introduction to the MPS Value-Added System
Dr. Robert H. Meyer
November 29th, 2002

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Introduction (5:53 minutes)

Testing Students (4:12 minutes)

Comparing Two Schools (6:39 minutes)

Comparing Many Schools (5:18 minutes)

Accuracy (4:39 minutes)

Tiers/Reports (7:29 minutes)

How We Do Value-Added (2:29 minutes)

Attachment #14 (Features of Value-Added Models and Indicators Used to Measure Perfomance in Milwaukee Schools)

What Does it Mean (8:23 miniutes)

Quesitons & Answers (19:36 minutes)