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Value-Added Assessment in New York State New York uses testing data to hold schools accountable via school report cards. The state provides initial help to recent low performing schools and then sanctions the ones that continue to fail, yet there are no monetary rewards for high performing schools. The New York State Commission on Education Reform The New York State Commission on Education Reform issued a report on March 29, 2004, often referred to as the "Zarb Report."i The Commission recommended the creation of a new value-added accountability system, called EduStat, under the oversight of the independent Office of Educational Accountability. "The system will provide school districts, individual schools, parents, and State officials with the detailed information they need to review the yearly progress of each student to ensure every child receives an opportunity for a sound basic education."ii The Board of Regents has begun to develop a student tracking system.iii New York City According to an article in the New York Times, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein had announced on December 4, 2003 that his office was developing new ways to measure performance in the school system that would offer a far more sophisticated analysis than is currently gleaned from standardized test results. The effort is being led by James E. Sailor. On the instructional side, the plans are focusing on value-added assessment.iv New York State School Boards Association Value-Added Assessment Pilot Project New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) is in the early stages of planning a value-added pilot project, in partnership with EVASS operated by Dr. William Sanders in Cary, North Carolina. The pilot will be a "testing ground" for the value-added method, a forum in which education stakeholders in New York State will have a chance to work with, observe, study and learn from this system. The ideal pilot program should range in size from about 20,000 to 125,000 students and will include school districts that are wealthy and poor, districts that are urban, rural, and suburban.v Links to important websites New York State Education Department, http://www.emsc.nysed.gov New York City Department of Education, http://nycenet.edu/default.aspx New York State School Boards Association, http://www.nyssba.org Dale Ballou, "Improving the Teaching Workforce in New York Urban Schools," Vanderbilt University, March 2004, http://www.albany.edu/edfin/Ballou%20NY%20Brief%20March%2004.pdf Helen F. Ladd, "Policy Brief on Accountability for Symposium on School Finance and Organizational Structure, New York State," Duke University, February 2004, http://www.albany.edu/edfin/Ladd%20NY%20Brief%20March%2030%202004.pdf David Herszenhorn, "School System Performance Getting New Measuring Sticks," New York Times, December 5, 2003, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/nyregion/05SCHO.html Barbara Bradley, "NYSSBA, NYSCOSS Host Value-Added Summit," On Board Online, Volume 5, No. 14, August 16, 2004, http://www.nyssba.org/scriptcontent/VA_Custom/News/newspage.cfm?Category_ID=15&Content_ID=2374&showarchive=Yes&itemtitle=Article&Title=News New York City Department of Education - Assessment and Accountability, http://www.nycenet.edu/daa/ i Frank G. Zarb is the Chairman of the New York State Commission on Education Reform. ii THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON EDUCATION REFORM Ensuring Children An Opportunity for a Sound Basic Education, Frank G. Zarb, Chairman, March 29, 2004, p. 42 iii THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON EDUCATION REFORM Ensuring Children An Opportunity for a Sound Basic Education, Frank G. Zarb, Chairman, March 29, 2004, p. 39 iv David Herszenhorn, "School System Performance Getting New Measuring Sticks," New York Times, December 5, 2003 v http://www.nyssba.org, "NYSSBA Value-Added Assessment Pilot Project In Partnership with SAS inSchool," February 2004 back to map | ||||||||
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