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Putting Education Reform To The Test

VAM model

July 18, 2012 | 10:37 AM
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50 percent of teacher evaluations come from principal observations. The other 50 percent from a formula called the Value Added Model. It predicts how students should score on the state's standardized exam, and rates teachers based on how well their students measured up to that prediction.

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