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False Performance Gains: A Critique of Successive Cohort Indicators

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  • Steven M. Glazerman
  • Liz Potamites

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There are many ways to use student test scores to evaluate schools. This paper defines and examines different estimators including regression-based value-added indicators, average gains, and successive cohort differences in achievement levels.

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  • Steven M. Glazerman & Liz Potamites, "undated". "False Performance Gains: A Critique of Successive Cohort Indicators," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 514ff0e4bc794e56804cafcc9, Mathematica Policy Research.
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