Value Added
Value-added analysis is a statistical method used to measure schools' impact on the academic progress rates of individual students and groups of students from year-to-year. Using this growth metric, schools and districts can begin interpreting the impact of their curriculum, instruction, programs and practices on student achievement.
Measuring progress is different than measuring achievement. Achievement measures alone provide a partial picture. Value-added information shows students' progress made in Math and Reading in grades 4-8.
Beginning in the 2005-06 school year the Ohio Department of Education and Battelle for Kids selected and trained Regional Value Added Specialists (RVAS). Using a train-the-trainer model the RVAS trained District Value Added Specialist (DVAS) in 2006-07 and also trained Elementary/Middle School Principals and other administrators in 2007-08.
- RVAS-Regional Value Added Specialists from Perry-Hocking ESC and Region 16
- DVAS-District Value Added Specialists from Perry and Hocking Counties.
To view district/building Value Added Reports users must be assigned an user name and password by the superintendent or designee.
VALN-Value Added Learning Network. The Value Added Course Catalog of on-line professional development includes:
- The difference between progress and achievement
- The benefits of value-added information for improving teaching and learning
- How student test data are used to produce value-added reports
- To access, navigate, and interpret value-added reports
- To apply value-added information to grade-level and subject-specific school improvement efforts.
Each school district has a VALN Administrators. Their names are included on a poster in each building.
