Value-added modeling and the power of magical thinking
This article explains the impetus in the United States behind the drive to extend test-based accountability to teachers and the growing interest in employing value-added models to generate the indicators to be used in teacher evaluation. The empirical literature finds that teaching quality is the mo...
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| Language: | English |
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Fundação CESGRANRIO
2013-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-40362013000100007&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en |