An Evaluation of Empirical Bayes’s Estimation of Value-Added Teacher Performance Measures

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 190-222

  Guarino, Cassandra M ^a   Maxfield, Michelle ^b   Reckase, Mark D ^c   Thompson, Paul N ^d   Wooldridge, Jeffrey M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMAZON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

best linear unbiased predictor; empirical Bayes s estimation; nonrandom assignment; shrinkage estimators; value added measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927516561     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: 19351054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998615574771     Document Type: Article

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