If a teacher has 25 students and a number of low-performing students drop out during the beginning of the year, won his or her ratings be raised?
The level of student performance is not an issue in an individual educator’s value-added score because what is being measured is growth, not absolute achievement. Value-added assessment measures the difference between a student’s projected score – which is based on past performance – and his or her actual score. Therefore, it doesn’t matter what the mix of students is at the start of the year or if any specific students (whether they are previously low achievers or high achievers) drop out.
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