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 achieve...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.展开更多
A concept of AHP restraint cone is firstly introduced, and then a DEA model with an AHP restraint cone is imposesed. This model not only remains all the characteristics of the conventional DEA model, but also reflects...A concept of AHP restraint cone is firstly introduced, and then a DEA model with an AHP restraint cone is imposesed. This model not only remains all the characteristics of the conventional DEA model, but also reflects preference of the decision maker. Some relationships between DEA model and AHP method, on the condition that the judgement matrixes in AHP are completely consistent, is discussed in this paper. Finally, a case study is provided to evaluate 20 junior middle schools of a city in China.展开更多
文摘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.
文摘A concept of AHP restraint cone is firstly introduced, and then a DEA model with an AHP restraint cone is imposesed. This model not only remains all the characteristics of the conventional DEA model, but also reflects preference of the decision maker. Some relationships between DEA model and AHP method, on the condition that the judgement matrixes in AHP are completely consistent, is discussed in this paper. Finally, a case study is provided to evaluate 20 junior middle schools of a city in China.
