Papers

Selected papers on student growth, growth standards and measurement error in accountability.

A short selection: the papers that introduced student growth percentiles and the ideas around them. Each page has the PDF, a citation and BibTeX.

Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Student Growth
Damian W. Betebenner · Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice · 2009
Growth, Standards and Accountability
Damian W. Betebenner · Center for Assessment · 2009
Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Student Growth
Damian W. Betebenner · Center for Assessment · 2008
On Defining a Year's Growth
Damian W. Betebenner, Yi Shang · Center for Assessment · 2008
Growth as a Description of Process
Damian W. Betebenner · Lynch School of Education, Boston College · 2006
The Impact of Performance Level Misclassification on the Accuracy and Precision of Percent at Performance Level Measures
Damian W. Betebenner, Yi Shang, Yun Xiang, Yan Zhao, Xiaohui Yue · Journal of Educational Measurement · 2008