Darling-Hammond, Haertel say caution should be exercised in using VAM to assess teachers’ effectiveness.
In this video post, Professors Linda Darling-Hammond, Edward Haertel, and Ewart Thomas from Stanford University comment and respond to questions about
the uses and limitations of value-added modeling to assess teacher effectiveness.
This video complements the article by Newton, X., Darling-Hammond,
L., Haertel, E., & Thomas, E. (2010). Value-Added Modeling of
Teacher Effectiveness: An Exploration of Stability across Models and
Contexts. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 18, 23. Retrieved from http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/810
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