CALDERWCER Symposium Use of ValueAdded Measures

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Value Added Measures Implications for Policy and
Practice
Friday, May 23, 2008
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CALDER/WCER SymposiumUse of Value-Added Measures

• Eric A. Hanushek
• Stanford University and CALDER

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Policy Context

• Demands for a skilled society
• Individual workers
• Income distribution
• National economic well-being

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Policy Context

• Demands for a skilled society
• Individual workers
• Income distribution
• National economic well-being
• U.S. is not competitive
• School attainment
• Cognitive skills

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Policy Context

• Demands for a skilled society
• Individual workers
• Income distribution
• National economic well-being
• U.S. is not competitive
• School attainment
• Cognitive skills
• Other U.S. advantages dwindling

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Improvement Approaches

• Same with more intensity
• Focus on performance
• Accountability
• Evidence-based decisions
• Teacher/administrator effectiveness
• Only known approach to achieve goals

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Teacher/Administrator Personnel Policies

• Single salary schedule
• Parameters unrelated to effectiveness
• Variations by effectiveness
• Impacts of bottom

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Attention to Performance of Teachers and
Administrators

• Improvement/professional development
• Performance pay
• Effort
• Selection
• Voluntary
• Change pool
• Individual v. group
• Identifying the Extremes
• Active retention policies

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Evaluation Approaches

• Subjective
• Objective
• Combinations
• Value-added
• Reasonable at extremes
• Ways to lessen inaccurate variability
• Improvement in performance assessment

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The Parable of Rochester

• Innovative contract
• 45 percent salaries
• Differentiation by performance
• Not all the best
• Lack of objective measures