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- Title
Evaluating Special Educator Effectiveness: Addressing Issues Inherent to Value-Added Modeling.
- Authors
STEINBRECHER, TRISHA D.; SELIG, JAMES P.; COSBEY, JOANNA; THORSTENSEN, BEATA I.
- Abstract
States are increasingly using value-added approaches to evaluate teacher effectiveness. There is much debate regarding whether these methods should be employed and, if employed, what role such methods should play in comprehensive teacher evaluation systems. In this article, we consider the use of value-added modeling (VAM) to evaluate special educators. We examine the potential difficulties that may be due to individualized needs and characteristics of students with disabilities, the context within which special education services are delivered, and aspects of VAM that have a differential impact on the value-added scores of special education teachers.
- Subjects
SPECIAL education; VALUE-added assessment (Education); SPECIAL education teachers; TEACHER effectiveness; EDUCATIONAL evaluation; EVALUATION
- Publication
Exceptional Children, 2014, Vol 80, Issue 3, p323
- ISSN
0014-4029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0014402914522425