Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education : Critical Perspectives on Tests and Assessment-Based Accountability, Paperback by Amrein-beardsley, Audrey, ISBN 041582012X, ISBN-13 9780415820127, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Amrein-Beardsley presents educators, administrators, and education policy-makers with an argument against the trustworthiness of value-added models of teacher and school assessment in measuring the efficacy of curriculum and teachers in driving student academic progress. The author has organized her text in four parts focusing on the general contemporary state of education and educational assessment in the , questionable assumptions in the design of educational effectiveness measurement, non-traditional concerns about traditional methodology in assessment, and alternatives and solutions. Amrein-Beardsley is a faculty member of Arizona State University. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()