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epaa-1096	Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin	The SAS Education Value-Added Assessment System (SAS® EVAAS®) in the Houston Independent School District (HISD): Intended and Unintended Consequences	2012	31	.pdf	application/pdf	15691	732	54	In short, the district has two main teacher evaluation and accountability systems: 1) the ASPIRE program in which the district uses one year of SAS® EVAAS® scores to rank order teachers throughout the district and 2) the Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS), in which teacher observation data is collected by certified appraisers and used to E ducation P olicy A nalysis A rchives V ol. HISD did not respond to researchers’ Open Records Request (submitted September 15, 2011) soliciting the actual number of unnamed teachers whose contracts were not renewed at least in part due to SAS® EVAAS® scores in spring of 2011, however, so it is uncertain how many teachers were actually terminated for these reasons.	cache/epaa-1096.pdf	txt/epaa-1096.txt