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| TVAAS
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TVAAS
is a tool that gives feedback
to school leaders and teachers
on student progress. It allows
districts to follow student
achievement over time and provides
schools with a longitudinal
view of student performance.
TVAAS provides valuable information
for teachers to make informed
instructional decisions.
- TVAAS
is not an additional student
test,but
rather a useful tool to help
districts make data-driven
decisions. With the TVAAS analysis,
districts will be able to see, report and act on
growth data – they
will ‘see’ whether
their students are making progress;
they will be able to ‘report’ on
the gains made and they will
be able to ‘act’ on
what the TVAAS analysis reveals
to make relevant instructional
decisions for all groups of
students.
- TVAAS
produces a precise and reliable
estimate of student progress
and of the effectiveness of
instruction over time. Value-added
information for groups of students
provides an indication of the
effectiveness of schools and
school districts.
- TVAAS
methodology follows the progress
of individual students over
time. Each student is compared
to his/her own past performance.
By using individual student
data, each student serves as
his or her own ‘control’ thereby
eliminating the confounding
impact of demographic variables,
such as economic status or
racial/ethnic group. TVAAS
provides a unique gauge to
measure how much students have
grown each year.
- TVAAS
empowers school districts with
the benefits of rigorous statistical
analyses and produces the results
in a format that is easy to
understand. Information is
at the fingertips of users,
available in a secure-access
Web report. TVAAS allows teachers
and administrators to view
growth and growth patterns,
rather than the static performance
of groups of students.
- The
TVAAS methodology can analyze
data obtained from various
assessment tools. Consequently,
results from the TCAP can also
be analyzed with the TVAAS
model.
- Unlike
typical achievement reports,
TVAAS reports growth over time,
thereby allowing schools and
districts to see where growth
is occurring, even when overall
achievement levels may be below
state and federal benchmarks.
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