Chad Bailey
OEAA Accountability Unit staff. Co-presenter of Session 3 — Accountability Growth Methodology Targets with Jessalyn Smith of Data Recognition Corporation (DRC).
Original author of TAC Growth Update Deck, April 2026, last modified by Kelley Holcomb.
The session presented the case that Michigan’s growth model produces far more aggressive targets for high school students than for elementary ones, reported DRC’s unsuccessful grade 12 projection work (DRC Grade 12 Projection Explorations), and proposed the Nearest Grade Average Method as a remedy.
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