Quantitative Measures of Achievement Gains and Value-added in Higher Education: Possibilities and Limitations in the State of Texas

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Cunha, Jesse M.
Miller, Darwin W.
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2008
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This report has three goals. First, summarize issues surrounding the measurement of achievement gains in college. Second, discuss the possibilities and limitations of measuring these gains in Texas colleges using Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board data. Third, empirically estimate achievement gains in the most precise way possible using available data.
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Report. 2008B
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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