Review of Enhancing teacher education, development, and evaluation: Lessons learned from educational reform

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https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v27.2913

Author Biography

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Arizona State University

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, PhD., is a Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the use of value-added models (VAMs) in and across states before and since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). More specifically, she is conducting validation studies on multiple system components, as well as serving as an expert witness in many legal cases surrounding the (mis)use of VAM-based output.

References

Amrein-Beardsley, A. (2008). Methodological concerns about the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS). Educational Researcher, 37(2), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X08316420

Amrein-Beardsley, A., & Geiger, T. J. (2019). Potential sources of invalidity when using teacher value-added and principal observational estimates: Artificial inflation, deflation, and conflation. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 31(4), 465-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-019-09311-w

Kraft, M. A, & Gilmour, A. F. (2017). Revisiting the Widget Effect: Teacher evaluation reforms and the distribution of teacher effectiveness. Educational Researcher, 46(5) 234-249. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X17718797

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Sanders, W. L., & Wright, S. P. (2008). A response to Amrein-Beardsley (2008): “Methodological concerns about the Education Value-Added Assessment System.” Retrieved from www.sas.com/govedu/edu/services/Sanders_Wright_response_to_Amrein-Beardsley_4_14_2008.pdf

Steinberg, M. P., & Kraft, M. A. (in press). The sensitivity of teacher performance ratings to the design of teacher evaluation systems. Educational Researcher.

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2020-04-08

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Amrein-Beardsley, A. (2020). Review of Enhancing teacher education, development, and evaluation: Lessons learned from educational reform. Education Review, 27. https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v27.2913

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