stakes are attached to the ratings. Second, we recommend that future studies attempt to validate principal value-added measures as multiple studies have done for teacher value-added measures (Chetty, Friedman, & Rockoff, 2014; Kane & Staiger, 2008). Although we argue that our principal value-added measure is valid on conceptual grounds, no principal value-added measure has been analytically validated using experimental or quasi-experimental methods. Obtaining this information would contribute directly to efforts by policymakers and researchers to assess the accuracy of principal evaluation tools. References Branch, G., Hanushek, E., & Rivkin, S. (2012). Estimating the effect of leaders on public sector (NBER No. 17803). National Bureau of productivity: The case of school principals Economic Research Working Paper. Cambridge, MA. Chaplin, D., Gill, B., Thompkins, A., & Miller, H. (2014). Professional practice, student surveys, and value.added: Multiple measures of teacher effectiveness in the Pittsburgh (REL 2014–024). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute Public Schools. of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N., & Rockoff, J. E. (2014). the impacts of teachers I: “Measuring Evaluating bias in teacher value-added American Economic Review, 104(9): estimates.” 2593-2632. Chiang, H., Lipscomb, S., & Gill, B. (forthcoming). Is school value-added indicative of principal quality? Education Finance and Policy. Coelli, M., & Green, D. (2012). Leadership effects: School principals and student outcomes. 92–109. Economics of Education Review, 31(1), Condon, C., & Clifford, M. (2012). Measuring principal performance: How rigorous are Washington, DC: American commonly used principal performance assessment instruments? Institutes for Research. Deutsch, J. (2014). Working Proposing a test of the value-added model using school lotteries. paper. Chicago, IL: Mathematica Policy Research.
stakes are attached to the ratings. Second, we recommend that future studies attempt to validate principal value-added measures as multiple studies have done for teacher value-added measures (Chetty, Friedman, & Rockoff, 2014; Kane & Staiger, 2008). Although we argue that our principal value-added measure is valid on conceptual grounds, no principal value-added measure has been analytically validated using experimental or quasi-experimental methods. Obtaining this information would contribute directly to efforts by policymakers and researchers to assess the accuracy of principal evaluation tools. References Branch, G., Hanushek, E., & Rivkin, S. (2012). Estimating the effect of leaders on public sector productivity: The case of school principals (NBER No. 17803). National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper. Cambridge, MA. Chaplin, D., Gill, B., Thompkins, A., & Miller, H. (2014). Professional practice, student surveys, and value.added: Multiple measures of teacher effectiveness in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. (REL 2014–024). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N., & Rockoff, J. E. (2014). “Measuring the impacts of teachers I: Evaluating bias in teacher value-added estimates.” American Economic Review, 104(9): 2593-2632. Chiang, H., Lipscomb, S., & Gill, B. (forthcoming). Is school value-added indicative of principal quality? Education Finance and Policy. Coelli, M., & Green, D. (2012). Leadership effects: School principals and student outcomes. Economics of Education Review, 31(1), 92–109. Condon, C., & Clifford, M. (2012). Measuring principal performance: How rigorous are commonly used principal performance assessment instruments? Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research. Deutsch, J. (2014). Proposing a test of the value-added model using school lotteries. Working paper. Chicago, IL: Mathematica Policy Research.
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