ANALYSIS OF BROOKINGS’ VALUE ADDED METHOD

FOR COLLEGES WITH RANKINGS

Ayodele Akosile, instructional media and magic

August 13, 2015

Challenge to the “elites”

Even the economic metrics may be improved: two

Brookings Institution scholars recently released

“Beyond College Rankings: A Value–Added Approach to

Assessing Two- and Four-Year Schools.”

Rather than dismissing measurements they find

inadequate, elite institutions’ leaders might enrich the

debate by adding to it something they are learning

more about: what kinds of teaching are most effective.

John S. Rosenberg, Editor

Harvard Magazine, July-August 2015, page 3

Value Added

Brookings attempted to predict students’ economic outcomes based on their colleges’ student, institutional and locational characteristics. Value added is the percentage difference between the actual and predicted outcomes.

Schools with Data vs Schools without Data (4-Year)

Schools with Data vs Schools without Data (2-Year)

4-Year Colleges by Type

2-Year Colleges by Type

Brookings Rankings (4-Year)

The rankings of all 864 eligible schools is available at: http://immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/IMM/I150724A.pdf

Brookings Rankings (2-Year)

The rankings of all 264 eligible schools is available at: http://immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/IMM/I150721A.pdf

Number of Schools Above the Line by Type (4-Year)

Number of Schools Above the Line by Type (2-Year)

Default Rate

Default Rate

Faculty Salary

Faculty Salary

Mid-Career Salary

Mid-Career Salary

Graduation Rate

Graduation Rate

Percentage of Graduates in STEM

Percentage of Graduates in STEM

Sources

Brookings Report :http://www.brookings.edu/~/

media/research/files/reports/2015/04/29-college-value-add/bmpp_collegevalueadded.pdf

Brookings Datahttp://www.brookings.edu/~/

media/research/files/reports/2015/04/29-college-value-add/brookings-college-value-added-measures-april-30-2015.xlsx