Student Growth Measures in Policy and Practice

1. Introduction: The Use of Student Growth Measures for Educator Accountability at the Intersection of Policy and Practice
Kimberly Kappler Hewitt, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley

Part I. Part I

2. When Theoretical Models Meet School Realities: Educator Responses to Student Growth Measures in an Incentive Pay Program
Jennifer King Rice, Betty Malen

3. Teachers’ Voices: Where Policy Meets Practice
Jody Longo-Schmid

4. Measuring Student Growth: A View from the Classroom
Jonathan Eckert

5. Practitioners’ Responses to Washington’s Required Use of Student Growth Measures in Teacher Evaluation
Margaret L. Plecki, Ana M. Elfers, Elise St. John, Theresa Ling Yeh

6. The Role of “Informational Significance” in Shaping Louisiana Elementary Teachers’ Use of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation Data for Instructional Decision-Making
Timothy G. Ford, Mary Elizabeth Sickle, Michelle Fazio-Brunson

7. What Counts as Good Teaching? How a Student Growth Percentile Model Has Defined Teacher Quality at One Urban Middle School
Jessica Holloway-Libell

8. Section I Discussion: How Do Educators Use Student Growth Measures in Practice?
Sean Corcoran

Part II. Part II

9. “First, Do No Harm?”: A Framework for Ethical Decision-Making in Teacher Evaluation
Carla M. Evans, Jade Caines Lee, Winston C. Thompson

10. The Future of Student Growth Models in Managing the Teacher Workforce: Less Direct, More Indirect
Michael Hansen

11. An Analysis of the Meaning and Use of Student Learning Objectives
Kevin Crouse, Drew H. Gitomer, Jeanette Joyce

12. Judging Teacher Evaluation: The Legal Implications of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation Policy
Benjamin Michael Superfine

13. Section II Discussion: Student Growth Measures in Evaluation: Illusions of Fairness?
Henry Braun

14. Might the Tidal Wave Recede? Considering the Future of Student Growth Measures in Teacher Accountability
Kimberly Kappler Hewitt, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley

Keywords: Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation