<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post7890063186915701002..comments</id><updated>2009-08-06T16:07:32.840-07:00</updated><category term='student achievement'/><category term='standards-based teaching'/><category term='item parameters'/><category term='test security'/><category term='statewide assessment'/><category term='vertex-edge graphs'/><category term='standards-based education'/><category term='lessons'/><category term='test review'/><category term='IRT'/><category term='assessment'/><category term='forecasting'/><category term='item suggestions'/><category term='formative assessment'/><category term='accountability'/><category term='NCLB'/><category term='Experimental research'/><category term='quantile regression'/><category term='performance base pay'/><category term='planning assessments'/><category term='Value Added Modeling'/><category term='risk'/><category term='benchmark assessment'/><category term='Galileo'/><category term='Instructional Dialogs'/><category term='TVAAS'/><category term='Outcomes'/><category term='performance objectives'/><category term='value added analysis'/><category term='Annual Measurable Objective'/><category term='enrichment'/><category term='response receiver'/><category term='reliability'/><category term='out-of-grade testing'/><category term='item writing'/><category term='intervention'/><category term='scale scores'/><category term='Obama'/><category term='Michelle Rhee'/><category term='academic progress'/><category term='Common Core Standards'/><category term='Promethean'/><category term='Computerized Adaptive Testing'/><category term='Instructional Dialog'/><category term='re-teaching'/><category term='teaching methodology'/><category term='AMO'/><category term='response pad'/><category term='Race to the Top'/><category term='Colorado'/><category term='growth'/><category term='student mistakes'/><category term='Educational intervention'/><category term='VAM'/><category term='posttest'/><category term='student ability estimates'/><category term='development level'/><category term='State Standards'/><category term='AERO'/><category term='assessment based on instruction'/><category term='DL scores'/><category term='aligning assessments'/><category term='eInstruction'/><category term='pacing guide'/><category term='Elevating Student Achievement Seminar'/><category term='Merit pay'/><category term='early childhood assessment; early childhood literacy; K-3; reading fluency; audio; new technological capabilities'/><category term='Growth Model'/><category term='standards'/><category term='validity'/><category term='AZ math standards'/><category term='interim assessments'/><category term='pretest'/><category term='parent communication'/><title type='text'>Comments on ATI Town Hall Blog: Counting the Mountains and the Lakes: Quantile Reg...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/feeds/7890063186915701002/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/7890063186915701002/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2009/07/counting-mountains-and-lakes-quantile.html'/><author><name>JBinAZ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GlERrrgYK80/SLOG3JOGTxI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jYaNUZsml5E/S220/BLOG.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-5614088068855920848</id><published>2009-07-29T14:20:06.595-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T14:20:06.595-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Robert&amp;#39;s point is important.  It would seem th...</title><content type='html'>Robert&amp;#39;s point is important.  It would seem that you can only compare growth within a cohort, not between or amoung cohorts.  Additionally, how do we evaluate whether it is enough growth</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/7890063186915701002/comments/default/5614088068855920848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/7890063186915701002/comments/default/5614088068855920848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2009/07/counting-mountains-and-lakes-quantile.html?showComment=1248902406595#c5614088068855920848' title=''/><author><name>p hardarson</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2009/07/counting-mountains-and-lakes-quantile.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-7890063186915701002' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/posts/default/7890063186915701002' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1881745511'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-4161300690745550479</id><published>2009-07-20T13:19:56.666-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T13:19:56.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On CDE&amp;#39;s growth Model -  In looking at growth,...</title><content type='html'>On CDE&amp;#39;s growth Model -  In looking at growth, if a cohort group of students are as high as the Swiss Alps and another cohort group of students are as high as the hills of South Dakota can we still compare growth between the groups and is it ok for the South Dakota Hills growth level.  Also, will the South Dakota cohort reach international academic levels when compared on the world market?  My inital thoughts on the growth model is that if all students in the state in a particular cohort do not grow much will this model reflect it?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/7890063186915701002/comments/default/4161300690745550479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/7890063186915701002/comments/default/4161300690745550479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2009/07/counting-mountains-and-lakes-quantile.html?showComment=1248121196666#c4161300690745550479' title=''/><author><name>Robert vise</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2009/07/counting-mountains-and-lakes-quantile.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-7890063186915701002' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1877797756505533141/posts/default/7890063186915701002' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-792927474'/></entry></feed>
