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A Policy Analysis of the Federal Growth Model Pilot Program's Measures of School Performance: The Florida Case

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  • Michael J. Weiss

    (MDRC)

  • Henry May

    (University of Pennsylvania)

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As test-based educational accountability has moved to the forefront of national and state education policy, so has the desire for better measures of school performance. No Child Left Behind's (NCLB) status and safe harbor measures have been criticized for being unfair and unreliable, respectively. In response to such criticism, in 2005 the federal government announced the Growth Model Pilot Program, which permits states to use projection models (a type of growth model) in their accountability systems. This article uses historical longitudinal data from a large school district to empirically show the inaccuracy of one state's projection model, to demonstrate how projection models are very similar to NCLB's original status measure, and to contrast projection models with value-added models. As policy makers debate the reauthorization of NCLB, this research can provide guidance on ways to improve the current measurement of school performance. © 2012 Association for Education Finance and Policy

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  • Michael J. Weiss & Henry May, 2012. "A Policy Analysis of the Federal Growth Model Pilot Program's Measures of School Performance: The Florida Case," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 7(1), pages 44-73, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:edfpol:v:7:y:2012:i:1:p:44-73
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    1. Andrew Saultz & Lance D. Fusarelli & Andrew McEachin, 2017. "The Every Student Succeeds Act, the Decline of the Federal Role in Education Policy, and the Curbing of Executive Authority," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 426-444.
    2. Figlio, D. & Karbownik, K. & Salvanes, K.G., 2016. "Education Research and Administrative Data," Handbook of the Economics of Education,, Elsevier.
    3. Morgan S. Polikoff & Stephani L. Wrabel, 2013. "When is 100% not 100%? The Use of Safe Harbor to Make Adequate Yearly Progress," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 8(2), pages 251-270, April.

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    Keywords

    school performance; projection models; No Child Left Behind; Growth Model Pilot Program; Florida schools;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General

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