Blog U.: The Challenge of Value-Added - Digital Tweed - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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Joshua Yeidel on 25 Aug 10Quoting a 1984 study, "higher education should ensure that the mounds of data already collected on students are converted into useful information and fed back [to campus officials and faculty] in ways that enhance student learning and lead to improvement in programs, teaching practices, and the environment in which teaching and learning take place." The example given is an analysis of test scores in the Los Angeles Unified School District by the LA Times.
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Joshua Yeidel on 25 Aug 10It's going to take some assessment (and political) smarts to deflect the notion that existing data can be re-purposed easily to assess "value-added".