Nearly all states use a measure of student longitudinal growth in accountability. But how should states decide which growth model to use?
Topics: Growth
The Delaware Department of Education’s growth model study group examined the state’s growth model and whether it should be replaced.
This study explores the effects of COVID-19 on academic growth and achievement in Hawaii schools, and strategies that school leaders used in the recovery from the pandemic. The calculations in […]
From Session 3 of the 2021 Convening on Through-Year Assessment: Technical and logistical issues associated with through-year designs are not for the faint of heart. What sounds like a simple […]
This paper shows how states, with spring 2021 assessment data and student growth results derived from it, are positioned to address critical questions regarding academic learning loss. Answers to these […]
This paper was written in response to claims made in Stephen Sireci et al’s 2016 critique of Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs). It presents evidence and rationale to support appropriate use […]
This paper helps policymakers understand a number of characteristics of the array of existing student growth measures. It also aids assessment policymakers in selecting a growth measure by situating the […]
This paper highlights technical, practical, and policy considerations for using student growth percentiles during the assessment transition (generally 2014 to 2015) period to support state accountability efforts. It recommends analyses […]
The Center for Assessment and the Center for Assessment Design, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) developed this report to help districts in Colorado understand some of the technical design and policy […]
This paper discusses the many challenges of measuring student academic growth for teacher evaluations in non-tested subjects and grades, while offering potential solutions for incorporating student performance results in these […]
Professor Bruce D. Baker recently published a critique of The Colorado Growth Model and its use of Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) on his “School Finance 101” blog (Take Your SGP […]
This presentation reviews four key lessons learned about growth to date and discusses three key areas that will make growth data more useful: a) defining desired learning sequences in terms […]
Over the last decade, large-scale annual testing has provided states with unprecedented access to longitudinal student data. Current use of this data focuses primarily upon analyses of growth most often […]
This paper situates current growth-to-standard approaches within a larger domain of statistical models, including those based solely on achievement as well as more traditional growth models. Within this context, we […]
The presentation summarizes two empirical studies applying multiple growth models to common state data. Analyses found that growth models approved for the U.S. Education Department Growth Model Pilot were highly […]
This paper, prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Education, describes three conceptions of student growth and examines the appropriateness of vertical scales and vertically-moderated standards as tools for measuring student […]
There are multiple ways to implement common design decisions for a growth model consistent with the underlying principles of No Child Left Behind. This paper is intended to help states […]
This paper outlines the process by which Alaska established the Value Table it is proposing for its school performance incentive program and provides some initial summary results.