A Step-By-Step Guide to Transforming Student Learning with Value-Added AnalysisValue-added analysis is the most robust, statistically significant method for helping educators see student growth over time. This book provides a field-tested continuous improvement model for using value-added analysis to increase student learning in the classroom and schoolwide.
The five-step process shows how to:
- Create the conditions for success
- Examine district, school, and classroom reports to assess strengths and challenges
- Use these reports to create an improvement plan
- Implement instructional change
- Evaluate and adjust the changes as the new school year starts
Kate Kennedy develops and leads professional development workshops for educators on how to use value-added analysis, formative assessment, and other research-based strategies and tools for school improvement. A Director at Battelle for Kids in Columbus, Ohio, she also develops online learning resources to support educators’ efforts to apply these strategies to accelerate student progress. Kate has traveled from Ohio to Hong Kong, and many interesting places in between, to help educators help kids.
Before joining the staff at Battelle for Kids, Kate studied education leadership at Teachers College in New York City and was an ESL, English Language Arts, and Social Studies teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.