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Ollie Tyler
Acting State Superintendent
Introduction to Value-Added Assessment
and its Use in Louisiana
Danielle Rowland, M.Ed.
Louisiana Department of Education
*Origins in the business world
*Levels the “playing field” to allow each employee’s
contribution to be determined
*William Sanders, Tennessee
*In use in education for nearly 20 years
Chicago, NYC, DC, Seattle, Dallas, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Utah,
Minnesota, Georgia, Colorado, Iowa, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania
Value-Added in Education
Assess Actual Achievement
(not achievement levels)
Determine Average Achievement
for Students with Similar Prior Test
Histories and Key Factors
Compare Actual Achievement to
Average Results for Students with
Similar Histories and Factors
Provide the Information to
Responsible Educators and
Leadership
What Scores Would You Expect for
These Students This Year?
Two Students’ Test Data
400
Scores
350
300
250
200
3rd
4th
5th
Grade
6th
Pattern Should Come From the Trajectory.
Two Students’ Data
400
Scores
350
300
250
200
3rd
4th
5th
Grade
6th Typical
predicted
Which Student Made More Progress in Grade 6?
Two Students’ Data
400
Scores
350
300
250
200
3rd
4th
5th
6th
3rd
4th
5th
6th -
Typical
6th
Actual
6th
predicted
actual
typical
Grade
CVR - Verifying Rosters
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N
E
B
O
X
Which Students are Included in
Louisiana’s Value-Added Assessments?
Students are Included in the
Assessment if……
Prior Achievement Data
Available
Attended School Requisite
Time Period (majority of year)
Take Regular State Assessments
Students are Excluded from
the Assessment if…….
No Prior Achievement
Data Available
Moved In or Out
During School Year
Grades 4-8 Core Content Areas
(and EOC courses)
Take Alternate State Assessments
(LAA-1 or LAA-2)
Teacher Agrees He/She
Taught the Student
Grades K-3 or 9-12
What Information is Used to Determine
“Typical” Achievement for Students?
Prior Achievement on State Assessments
(ELA, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies)
Student Attendance
Discipline Record
(Count of Suspensions and/or Expulsions
Disability Status (ED, Speech/Language, MMD, SLD, OHI, Other)
Free/Reduced Lunch Status
English Language Learning
Section 504 Status
Gifted Status
Note: Value-Added Assessment is Based on
a Mathematical Model that Determines How
Much Each Factor Contributes to Estimating
Expected Student Achievement. By Far, the
Strongest Predictor is Prior Achievement.
What Classroom Information is Used?
 Class composition can make a difference in how
challenging a group of students is to teach
 This is accounted for by including the variables below:
*Percentage of students receiving free lunch
*Percentage of students receiving Special Education accommodations
*Students’ mean prior achievement in the content area
*Average number of days students were suspended
MATH10=(ED*ED_co) + (SLD*SLD_co) + (MMR*MMR_co) + (OHI*OHI_co) +
(SLD*SLD_co) + (SPED*SPED_co) + (FLS*FLS_co) + (RLS*RLS_co) + (LEP*LEP_co) +
(GS*GS_co) + (S504*S504_co) + (Sab*Sab_co) + (PSC*PSC_co) + (PEC*PEC_co)
+ (ZELA0809*ZELA8090_co) + (ZRDG0809*ZRDG0809_co) +
(ZMTH0809*ZMTH0809_co) + (ZSCI0809*ZSCI0809_co) + (ZSS0809*ZSS0809_co) +
(ZELA0708*ZELA0708_co) + (ZRDG0708*ZRDG0708_co) +
(ZMTH0708*ZMTH0708_co) + (ZSCI0708*ZSCI0708_co) + (ZSS0708*ZSS0708_co) +
(ZELA0607*ZELA0607_co) + (ZRDG0607*ZRDG0607_co) +
(ZMTH0607*ZMTH0607_co) + (ZSCI0607*ZSCI0607_co) + (ZSS0607*ZSS0607_co)
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Regression coefficient analysis will be conducted
every year; therefore the weighting for the predictor
variables will change, slightly, from year to year.
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Zscore= x – mean of x
Standard Deviation
Sample Teacher Results Report—Single Content
Updated for 2011-2012
Sample Teacher Results Report
Multiple Content Areas
Sample Teacher Results Report
Student & Teacher Achievement Results
What is the Student
& Teacher
Achievement
Results Report?
Sample Teacher Results Report
Student & Teacher Achievement Results
What is the Student
& Teacher
Achievement
Results Report?
Sample Teacher Results Report:
Principal’s View of All Teachers
Student & Teacher Achievement Results
What is the Student &
Teacher Achievement
Results Report?
2009: Legislature provided funding for initial Pilot Program
2009-2010: 24 schools
* focused on data analysis and reporting tools
2010: Legislature passed Act 54; Pilot Program expanded; ACEE
2010-2011: 20 districts (approximately 400 schools)
* focused on training and large-scale information deployment
* Value-Added score reports (2009-2010 testing)
2011-2012: Statewide deployment
*Value-Added score reports to ALL public schools
*statewide training on results and use of CVR portal
2012-2013: Statewide implementation
*Use of Value-Added results in teacher, administrator and
public school evaluations
Advisory Committee for Educator Evaluations
*Created by Legislature—Mandated in Act 54
*Composed of educators and other stakeholders
-71% educators; 75% of those currently in classroom
-Parents of students currently enrolled in La public schools
-Heads of educator groups (unions, principals, superintendents…)
*Meets bi-monthly; communicates regularly
*Making recommendations around Value-Added and NTGS
-final recommendations in Spring of 2012
October 1, 2011-March 1, 2012 (tentative
dates)
February 1, 2012-February 29, 2012
(tentative dates)
March 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012
(tentative dates)
*April 23, 2012-May 11, 2012
*April 23, 2012-May 18, 2012
State-wide release of value added results
(2010-2011 testing)
View only process will open to determine
necessity of optional, second LEADS upload
(LEADS/CVR).
Second LEADS upload (LEADS/CVR).
Teachers will have access to verify class
rosters.
Principals will have access to verify teacher’s
class roster changes.
Data Managers will have access to the CVR.
*Roster verification dates change yearly, as this process will always immediately follow testing
*Statewide deployment of Value-Added Scores to all schools
*Virtual Workshops on:
-General Value-Added information
-Reading and Interpreting Score Reports
-Registering for and Using the CVR
-How Value-Added Information can be utilized
*Webinars, Workshops, In-person audiences
*All appropriate teachers will verify rosters in Spring 2012
*Value-Added data collected Spring and Summer 2012
*Value-Added Score Reports generated for all based on 2012 testing
**NTGS Pilot in 10 districts**
Teacher Evaluations
*50% Principal Observations
*50% Student Progress Data
Value-Added Measures
NTGS Growth Measures
Administrator Evaluations
School Performance Scores
Possible Uses for Value-Added
Assessment Results
Create Professional Learning Communities
Partner Teachers
Individualize Professional Development
Changes to Curricula and Instructional Materials
Evaluate Effectiveness of Specific Programs
Monitor Implementation of Curricula or the Use of Resources
Identify and Correct Gaps in Curricula
Celebrate Successes
Identify Areas of Concern in Content Knowledge of Teachers
Assign/reassign Students to Teachers
Communicate with Parents and Community