VAM: Where It's At

Hot stuff happening in Madison,Wisconsin here tonight...it's the kick-off of VAM!

What's that you say? Why it's the national--no, international-- conference on "value-added modeling," a tool increasingly used to estimate teacher effectiveness.

VAM is complex stuff and requires much statistical savvy which is why stats gurus Doug Harris, Adam Gamoran, and Steve Raudenbush are running the event.

For those of you unable to score tickets, you can check out the papers at the conference website.