How do value-added measures differ from adequate yearly progress (AYP) measures?
Value-added assessment is a unique complement to measures of Adequate Yearly Progress. While a school’s AYP uses a baseline average performance rate for the state, PVAAS measures are much more precise. Value-added follows students and cohorts longitudinally so that educators can monitor yearly progress of individual students and groups of students. PVAAS diagnostics include growth measures for students based on their prior academic performance levels to indicate whether students are making their projected growth targets. How can educators respond to No Child Left Behind with a thoughtful, reflective program? Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures alone do not give teachers the information they need to impact student learning. Value-added assessment enables administrators and teachers to inform their instructional decision-making using rich data about student learning. Teacher hunches about their students are now substantiated or refuted with evidence. As a result, value-added assessme
