TY - BOOK AU - Paige,Mark A. TI - Building a Better Teacher: Understanding Value-Added Models in the Law of Teacher Evaluation SN - 9781475807318 AV - LB2838.P335 2016 U1 - 371.14/4 PY - 2016/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated KW - Teachers--Rating of--United States--Mathematical models KW - Educational evaluation--United States KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 VAMs -- 2 Full Circle -- 3 VAMs Under the Law -- 4 Pre-Existing Conditions -- 5 VAMs, Collective Bargaining, and Arbitration -- 6 Collective Bargaining -- 7 The Role of Courts in Improving Teacher Quality Through Evaluation -- 8 Lessons Learned -- Index -- About the Author N2 - The book advocates for a complete removal of VAMs in high-stakes decisions. It sets forth numerous recommendations for administrators and policymakers to enable them to effectively deal with the complications created by VAMs UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4558468 ER -