Test Score or Student Progress?A Value-Added Evaluation of School Effectiveness in Urban China  

作　　者：Pai PENG Jan HOCHWEBER Eckhard KLIEME 

机构地区：[1]German Institute for International Educational Research(DIPF),Frankfurt am Main 60486,Germany

出　　处：《Frontiers of Education in China》2013年第3期360-377,共18页中国高等学校学术文摘·教育学（英文）

摘　　要：Outcome-oriented evaluation of school effectiveness is often based on student test scores in certain critical examinations.This study provides another method of evaluation-value-added-which is based on student achievement progress.This paper introduces the method of estimating the value-added score of schools in multi-level models.Based on longitudinal student achievement data,two measures of school effectiveness in one local education authority in China are compared.It is found that the between-school difference in both test-score and value-added is large comparable with that of Western countries.The results of the two measures of school effectiveness are highly different.The value-added measures lack consistency across different subject areas within schools while the test score measures are highly correlated between subjects.Teachers show their preference for value-added measures over test-score measures of education quality.It is suggested that value-added measures of school effectiveness should be used as a complement to rather than a substitute for test-score measures.The shortcomings of value-added approach are also discussed.

关 键 词：VALUE-ADDED test score school effectiveness school evaluation 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]