Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: value, added, schools, assess, practices, improvements, learning, outcomes, measuring
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2008-10-27
ISBN-10: 9264050256
ISBN-13: 9789264050259

Value-added estimates are a significant improvement upon measures of school performance currently used in most education systems across OECD countries. They provide a fundamentally more accurate and valuable quantitative basis for school improvement planning, policy development and for enacting effective school accountability arrangements. This groundbreaking report provides examples of best practices in value-added modeling for measuring school performance.

Author: Daniel F. McCaffrey Laura S. Hamilton
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: value, assessment, added, pilot, project, system, lessons, practice, pennsylvania
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 083304236X
ISBN-13: 9780833042361

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 places a strong emphasis on the use of student achievement test scores to measure school performance, and, throughout the United States, school and district education reform efforts are increasingly focusing on the use of student achievement data to make decisions about curriculum and instruction. To encourage and facilitate data-driven decisionmaking, many states and districts have begun providing staff with information from value-added assessment (VAA) systems

Author: Christopher W. Murdoch
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: value, optimization, added, wood, products, cutting, biocides, hardwood, technologies, industry, wetwood, detection, transferring
Number of Pages: 103
Published: 1994-03-01
ISBN-10: 0788105477
ISBN-13: 9780788105470

Four publications in one volume: (1) detection system to identify wetwood in standing living trees & in cut logs & boards; (2) external & internal defect detection to optimize cutting of hardwood logs & lumber; (3) novel technology for processing logs & boards or other value-added wood products; & (4) alternatives to petroleum-based biocides for protecting hardwood lumber & manufactured products. Charts, tables & drawings.

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: value, added, schools, assess, practices, improvements, learning, outcomes, measuring
Number of Pages: 225
Published: 2008-11-13
ISBN-10: 9264050221
ISBN-13: 9789264050228

With education systems in all OECD countries coming under increasing pressure to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency, there is a growing recognition of the need for accurate school performance measures. But how can we measure their performance in an accurate way? Raw test scores and their ranking tend to reflect students' socio-economic status. Value-added modelling is different and focuses upon progress in student performance. It refers to a class of statistical models that estimate the contributions of schools to student progress in stated or prescribed education objectives (e.g. cogn

Author: Susan N. Houseman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: value, added, productivity, implications, bias, manufacturing, offshoring
Number of Pages: 94
Published:
ISBN-10: 1437941621
ISBN-13: 9781437941623

Author: Susan N. Houseman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: value, added, productivity, implications, bias, manufacturing, offshoring
Number of Pages: 94
Published:
ISBN-10: 1437980511
ISBN-13: 9781437980516

Author: Lisa Shames
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: oversight, consumer, understanding, improve, actions, supplements, fda, further, dietary
Number of Pages: 77
Published: 2009-09
ISBN-10: 1437914993
ISBN-13: 9781437914993

Dietary supplements (DS) and foods with added dietary ingred., such as vitamins and herbs, are multibillion dollar industries. Past reports on the FDAżs regżn. of these products raised concerns about product safety and the availability of reliable info. Since then, FDA published draft guidance on requirements for reporting adverse events -- which are harmful effects or illnesses -- and Current Good Mfg. Practice regżs. for DS. This report examines FDA's: (1) actions to respond to the new serious adverse event reporting require.;(2) ability to identify and act on concerns about the safety of