Progress Matters:
An Introduction to Value-Added Assessment

All of our training opportunities are site-specific. That is, the content is tailored to the expressed needs of the participants, and it is delivered to your site.

This one-day session will provide participants with an overview and introduction to value-added analysis as a measure of student progress. The session is designed to help participants expand their knowledge around the value-added metric and its power to influence instructional decision-making.

Participants will understand the:

• Difference between achievement and progress
• Benefits of value-added progress information for various stakeholders
• Measurement of the effect of schools and teachers on student achievement
• Rational for using value-added information as part of the school improvement process

For more information, or to schedule this training, contact
PDK Professional Development at 800/766-1156
E-mail: PDKProfessionalDevelopment@pdkintl.org

Graduate Credit is available for this workshop. Call for details.

Our Mission:
We know, we believe, and we support that professional development is an intentional process, that it is ongoing, and that it is systemic. We know that it must be integrated within school improvement planning and it must focus on student improvement. It must be based on well-documented research, and it must be tailored to the needs of the participants and delivered to them at their site.