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).

Value-Added Tutorials

Introduction

Value-Added Analogy (Oak Tree)

Going from Attainment to Growth

Value-Added Presentations

Quadrant Analysis

Quadrant 1 – Understanding Quadrant Analysis, Michael Christian
Quadrant 3 – The Ceiling Effect Myth, Brad Carl (revised edition coming soon)
Quadrant 2 – High Value-Added, Low Attainment, Elisabeth Geraghty
Quadrant 4 – Low Value-Added, Low Attainment, Sara Kraemer

Videos

Deborah Hoffman's Welcome Video (5:47 minutes)
Deborah Hoffman from Lincoln Elementary in Madison, WI talks about how her school is using Value-Added. Download MPEG video
Dr. Robert H. Meyer's Welcome Video (6:31 minutes)
This welcome video was presented to the 2nd and 3rd cohorts of the Wisconsin Statewide Value-Added project in February 2010. Download MPEG video

Value-Added Toolkit

Version 1.1: Download ZIP file
This zip file contains the contents of the first revision of the "Value-Added Toolkit". Download this zip file, unzip it to a folder on your computer, and then double click "StartHere.html". This folder, once unzipped, can also be burned on a CD. Updated March 2010.

Materials Under Development