The Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS

The Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS-Certified Teachers in Tennessee: A Brief Report J. E. Stone, Ed.D. College of Education East Tennessee State University   Introduction The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was established in 1987. Funded principally by the Carnegie Foundation, major teacher unions, and the U. S. Department of Education, its mission is to set advanced proficiency standards for teachers and to certify teachers who meet those standards. Teachers pay $2,300 to be evaluated by … Read More

Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS

Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS-Certified Teachers in Tennessee: A Brief Report (click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By J. E. Stone, Ed.D. College of Education East Tennessee State University   Briefing The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was established in 1987. Funded principally by the Carnegie Foundation, major teacher unions, and the U. S. Department of Education, its mission is to set advanced proficiency standards for teachers and … Read More

Teacher Reform Gone Astray

(click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By Chester E. Finn, Jr. In Our Schools and Our Future . . . Are We Still at Risk?, Paul E. Peterson, ed., Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution, 2003.    Briefing In Teacher Reform Gone Astray, Chester E. Finn, Jr. reviews efforts that have been made on improving teacher quality since A Nation at Risk was published in 1983. Finn argues that the teacher education … Read More

The Real Value of Teachers

The Real Value of Teachers: Using New Information about Teacher Effectiveness to Close the Achievement Gap” (click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By Kevin Carey Thinking K-16, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Winter 2004.   Briefing If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Tennessee’s Value Added Assessment System (TVAAS) has been widely hailed as the nation’s best. It should be maintained if not expanded. Created in the early 1990s, the TVAAS … Read More

The Gentleman’s A

(click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By David N. Figlio, University of Florida and Maurice E. Lucas, Alachua County Schools Education Next, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 2004. p. 60-68.   Briefing This study found that students taught by tough-grading teachers learn more in school. Unfortunately, it also found that parents have a more favorable view of teachers who are easy-graders. Author David N. Figlio is a professor of economics … Read More

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Used in Tennessee’s Value-Added Assessment Reports   3-Year-Average NCE Gain The average academic gain of the most recent 3 years expressed as an NCE (normal curve equivalent) score. These scores represent the average number of NCE points by which a school exceeds or falls short of the student achievement growth that occurred statewide in 1998-the benchmark year, a.k.a., the Growth Standard. These are the scores on which the Value-Added Achievement Awards are based. … Read More

FAQ’s About the Value-Added Achievement Awards Program

FAQ’s   What is the Value-Added Achievement Awards program? The Value-Added Achievement Awards are annual awards program that recognize Tennessee’s most effective middle and elementary school principals. These are the leaders whose schools have excelled at raising the academic performance of their students. The program is part of the Education Consumers Foundation’s efforts to make education data clear and understandable to education’s consumers. What is value-added assessment? Value-added assessment is a term taken from economics. It refers not … Read More

Value-Added Achievement Awards Initiative

The Value-Added Achievement Awards and School Performance Charts   Introduction Every citizen has a stake in school quality, especially parents. The purpose of these awards is to make school quality visible to all and to give those who are responsible for producing it the recognition they deserve. All states collect, analyze, and report mountains of school performance data. However, most of this information is not easily accessed or understood by non-educators. Our aim is to strengthen the public’s … Read More

About the Value-Added Achievement Awards

ECF’s Value-Added Achievement Awards are based on value-added data made publicly available by the state of Tennessee.   To learn about the awards program, how winners were determined, and more about the state’s TVAAS system, follow the links below: Learn about the Value-Added Achievement Awards initiative here. Learn about the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, or TVAAS, by going here. To review a glossary of terms related to value-added data and the TVAAS program specifically, go here. To read … Read More

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