REL Mid-Atlantic literature review on alternative student growth measures for teacher evaluation¶

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Description¶

A literature review produced by Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic that "summarizes the evidence on measures of student achievement growth used in teacher evaluation that do not rely on traditional annual state assessments." It was created because members of REL Mid-Atlantic's Teacher Evaluation Research Alliance "wanted to understand more about the alternatives" to state assessment growth measures.

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Requirements¶

• Responds to a practitioner research alliance request about alternatives to state assessment growth measures

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Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in grades and subjects not covered by annual state assessments

Target Learning Goals¶

• Informing teacher evaluation policy and practice on student growth measures

Claims¶

• Traditional annual state assessment growth measures typically cover only reading and math in grades 4-8, limiting their use in teacher evaluation [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Brian Gill, Julie Bruch, Kevin Booker. (2013). Using Alternative Student Growth Measures for Evaluating Teacher Performance: What the Literature Says (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs