Table of Contents

Module 1: Introduction to Value-Added Assessment

1. Context
   
   
   1. Various accountability measures and what they capture.
      
      
      1. School and District Performance Designations and Performance Index Scores
         What they are
         What they measure
         What they tell us
         How they're calculated
         Links
         
         
      2. Adequate Yearly Progress ("AYP")
         What it is
         What it measures
         What AYP tells us
         How it's calculated
         Links
         
         
      3. Value-added Progress Scores
         What they are
         What they measure
         What they tell us
         How they're calculated
      
      
   2. Value-added Expectations Related to State and District Work
      
      
      1. K-12
      2. Higher Education
      3. D3A2 - Data Driven Decisions for Academic Achievement
   
   
2. Value-added Basics
   
   
   1. Changing from achievement status to growth and progress.
      
      
   2. Tests and how they are used in value-added.
      
      
   3. Application - what this means for teachers and schools.
      
      
   4. Conclusions and preparation for Module 2.

Module 2: Using Value-Added Assessment to Support Teaching and Learning (Implications for practice and policy)

1. Teachers and Leaders Working Together
   
   
   1. Understanding the students and their learning progress: Instructional leadership in the classroom and throughout the school.
      
      
   2. Connecting value-added progress results to formative assessments, standards, and standards-based curriculum and instruction: new and expanded options.
   
   
2. Applications and Implications for Teaching
   
   
   1. Assessment basics: many ways to understand students' learning.
      
      
   2. Using multiple data sources to get the big (and more accurate) picture about student learning and progress.
      
      
   3. Using standardized test and accountability results in concert with classroom and informal assessments.
   
   
3. Applications and Implications for Leadership At All Levels
   
   
   1. Interpreting and communicating about results with parents and community.
      
      
   2. Accountability implications and supporting teachers and students.
      
      
   3. Program evaluation opportunities.
      
      
   4. Professional development resources available.

Module 3: Conceptual and Technical Background

1. A Brief History of Growth and Outcome Measure Trends in Education
   
   
2. Comparison of Primary Growth and Value-Added Modules in Use Today
   
   
3. Statistical Details and the Inner Workings of Value-Added Modules
   
   
   1. Links to further reading and more in-depth resources.
   
   
4. The Relationship of These Methods to Other Fields (Economics, Medicine, Psychology, etc.)