Value-Added Measures (VAM) in State Statutes
SECTION 59-18-1960. School growth measurement system.
"In measuring annual school growth, with approval of the State Board of Education and the Education Oversight Committee, the State shall use a value-added system that calculates students progress or growth. A local school district may, in its discretion, use the value-added system to evaluate classroom teachers using student progress or growth."
VAM in State Statutes Link
Value-Added Measures in ADEPT Plans
Each year districts have the option to indicate in their ADEPT plan if they are using District Choice Measures aligned to our evaluation model to impact the overall evaluation rating for educators. The value-added system falls under the District Choice Measures category in the annual district ADEPT plan.
VAM in Annual District ADEPT Plans Link
Value-Added Measures in South Carolina Evaluation System
Value-added is a statistical model that estimates the effects of schools on student academic growth. Each student gets a customized target based on the growth of students with similar test scores in previous school years, as well as the average prior achievement in their school by grade and subject. Once individual student results are established, we can then determine if, on average, the school’s students exceeded or failed to meet their target scores and by how much. This tells us how much “value” the school “added” to its students’ growth.
VAM in SC Evaluation System
Value-Added Measures Platform for South Carolina
sc-growth.org- where we have historically reported school value added from two consecutive years of SC READY data. This site in reference to school value added could be used for grade- and school-level goals.
Rally and the SLO Link
sc-rally.org- a progress monitoring platform where educators can see historical and current year student test and survey data. Also supports the SLO process.
