ERA report 051418 Harris Liu What Gets Measured Gets Done
p. 2
Varying measures for performance scores
Varying measures for performance scores
Practical impact
Practical impact
NCLB and ESSA background
NCLB and ESSA background
Limiting school performance can lead schools to focus less on graduation
Limiting school performance can lead schools to focus less on graduation
"If we can improve school performance measures, then our analysis shows that we can improve actual student outcomes."
"If we can improve school performance measures, then our analysis shows that we can improve actual student outcomes."
p. 5
When students in a school do better than predicted, then that school has above average value-added.
When students in a school do better than predicted, then that school has above average value-added.
Change in adding graduation rate and college entry
Change in adding graduation rate and college entry
p. 8
Adding value-added has an effect on schools and even larger effect on New Orleans schools
Adding value-added has an effect on schools and even larger effect on New Orleans schools
Effect on selective-admission
Effect on selective-admission
Some measures can go no higher than 100%, a ceiling effect, so policymakers should be careful when applying value added to rates.
Some measures can go no higher than 100%, a ceiling effect, so policymakers should be careful when applying value added to rates.
Aggressively intervening in low-performing schools where outcome is only measure sacrifices student outcomes.
Aggressively intervening in low-performing schools where outcome is only measure sacrifices student outcomes.