Ask a room of corporate bankers, “What is VAM?” and you’re likely to get many different answers. And that is a good thing. Virtual Account Management (VAM) has the potential—with the right technology ...
Over the past two decades, in their search for a way to measure educational effectiveness, reformers landed on Value Added measures (VAM, or sometimes VAAS). Value added is a useful concept in ...
While controversial, VAM has played a powerful and increasingly important role in K-12 assessment. It’s become the centerpiece of governmental accountability initiatives at the city, state, and ...
Lawmakers in the Florida House discussed teacher “VAM” scores during a committee meeting Wednesday, peppering Department of Education officials with questions about how the complex method of measuring ...