@JeffreyKeefer It can be just teaching with blogs. Don't have to dictate the platform. #ccourses
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@JeffreyKeefer It can be just teaching with blogs. Don't have to dictate the platform. #ccourses
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@Politico I disagree. I think Walker has a much better chance than Bush and believe he is more formidable.
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@Politico I disagree. I think Walker has a much better chance than Bush and believe he is more formidable.
Greg McVerry@AssessWell @DataDiva were vetted but it was explicitly stated in tech manuals (at least in CT) not to use for growth as they weren't scaled
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@AssessWell @DataDiva were vetted but it was explicitly stated in tech manuals (at least in CT) not to use for growth as they weren't scaled
Greg McVerryFor me: A:) the variance explained too costly B:) variance explained by teacher too volatile C:) sampling gets more reliable results
For me: A:) the variance explained too costly B:) variance explained by teacher too volatile C:) sampling gets more reliable results
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @AssessWell would assume validity established using subject matter experts and residual analysis using IRT, thats what I would do
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@DataDiva @AssessWell would assume validity established using subject matter experts and residual analysis using IRT, thats what I would do
Greg McVerry@AssessWell @DataDiva More important does experience with devices and school variance explain more variance than student performance
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@AssessWell @DataDiva More important does experience with devices and school variance explain more variance than student performance
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @AssessWell But I am not a psychometrician nor an #edpolicy researcher, so I wouldn't know of any scaled assessment.
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@DataDiva @AssessWell But I am not a psychometrician nor an #edpolicy researcher, so I wouldn't know of any scaled assessment.
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @AssessWell Not in CT. You couldn't look at student growth year to year. Best you could do is use previous year as covariate
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@DataDiva @AssessWell Not in CT. You couldn't look at student growth year to year. Best you could do is use previous year as covariate
Greg McVerry"Growth Mindset" in schools built on deficit models is such a vapid term.
"Growth Mindset" in schools built on deficit models is such a vapid term.
Greg McVerry@AssessWell @DataDiva Reliability yes, but there are many more degrees of freedom and methods for determining validity.
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@AssessWell @DataDiva Reliability yes, but there are many more degrees of freedom and methods for determining validity.
Greg McVerry@AssessWell @DataDiva @NA_Dellsey But just not useful for policy discourse. But thats why we have NAEP.
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@AssessWell @DataDiva @NA_Dellsey But just not useful for policy discourse. But thats why we have NAEP.
Greg McVerry@AssessWell @DataDiva @NA_Dellsey Been proven time and again that they also correlate well with HST. DDM much cheaper to implement.
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@AssessWell @DataDiva @NA_Dellsey Been proven time and again that they also correlate well with HST. DDM much cheaper to implement.
Greg McVerry@NA_Dellsey @DataDiva @AssessWell Not me, we do need policy data, yes just residual of learning, just need to recognize purpose.
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@NA_Dellsey @DataDiva @AssessWell Not me, we do need policy data, yes just residual of learning, just need to recognize purpose.
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell Idea that you would have to be insane to fly a plane so claiming insanity means you must be sane, so fly
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@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell Idea that you would have to be insane to fly a plane so claiming insanity means you must be sane, so fly
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell Catch-22 in reference to Joseph Heller Novel.
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@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell Catch-22 in reference to Joseph Heller Novel.
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell Not a Catch-22 potential and damaging lawsuits.
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@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell Not a Catch-22 potential and damaging lawsuits.
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell but then don't use for real life consequences of for student growth measures until tech manual published
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@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell but then don't use for real life consequences of for student growth measures until tech manual published
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell But standard practice is to assume threshold of reliability is not met and provide data to prove.
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@DataDiva @NA_Dellsey @AssessWell But standard practice is to assume threshold of reliability is not met and provide data to prove.
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @AssessWell These would be way cheaper, given most variance is out of school factors why waste billions on testing.
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@DataDiva @AssessWell These would be way cheaper, given most variance is out of school factors why waste billions on testing.
Greg McVerry@DataDiva @AssessWell Folks want robust assessment but a phonics and vocab test correlate .40-.80 depending on grade, explain most variance
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@DataDiva @AssessWell Folks want robust assessment but a phonics and vocab test correlate .40-.80 depending on grade, explain most variance
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