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Direct linkPamela R. Buckley; Katie Massey Combs; Karen M. Drewelow; Brittany L. Hubler; Marion Amanda Lain – Evaluation Review, 2025
As evidence-based interventions are scaled, fidelity of implementation, and thus effectiveness, often wanes. Validated fidelity measures can improve researchers' ability to attribute outcomes to the intervention and help practitioners feel more confident in implementing the intervention as intended. We aim to provide a model for the validation of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Program Development
Jopling, Michael; Williams-Brown, Zeta – Education 3-13, 2021
This paper reflects on the findings of two studies focused on teachers' perspectives on the standards agenda. The original study was carried out in 2010-2011 and published in 2015 in Education 3-13 [Brown, Z., and K. Manktelow. 2015. "'Perspectives on the Standards Agenda: Exploring the Agenda's Impact on Primary Teachers' Professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Standards
Download full textGolan, Shari; Woodbridge, Michelle; Davies-Mercier, Betsy; Pistorino, Carol – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
States increasingly are incorporating Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs) into their comprehensive assessment systems with the goal of helping educators identify gaps in children's competencies, target instruction to children's individual needs, engage parents to better support their child's learning, and identify needs for expanding and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Tests, Testing Programs, Data Use
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
States increasingly are incorporating Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs) into their comprehensive assessment systems with the goal of helping educators identify gaps in children's competencies, target instruction to children's individual needs, engage parents to better support their child's learning, and identify needs for expanding and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Tests, Testing Programs, Data Use
GED Testing Service, 2018
The manual is presented in the form of a policy grid. The grid includes a consolidated list of General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service policies regarding the GED® test and overall GED® program. The grid combines all of the policies into one unified table and supersedes any prior policy manual.
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Testing Programs, Educational Policy
Parsi, Ace; Darling-Hammond, Linda – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2015
Employers, postsecondary institutions, and civic leaders are urging greater focus on 21st century skills essential for college, career, and civic success: problem solving, interpersonal skills, and collaboration, among others. In response to these demands, states across the country are working to realign policies--on learning standards,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, State Policy, Performance Based Assessment, Sustainability
Troppe, Patricia; Milanowski, Anthony T.; Heid, Camilla; Gill, Brian; Ross, Christine – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
This report describes the implementation of policies and initiatives supported by Title I and Title II-A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) during the 2013-14 school year. Title I is one of the U.S. Department of Education's largest programs, accounting for $15 billion in the 2016 federal budget. Historically, Title I has…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Troppe, Patricia; Milanowski, Anthony T.; Heid, Camilla; Gill, Brian; Ross, Christine – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
This report describes the implementation of policies and initiatives supported by Title I and Title II-A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) during the 2013-14 school year. Title I is one of the U.S. Department of Education's largest programs, accounting for $15 billion in the 2016 federal budget. Historically, Title I has…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Keating, Xiaofen Deng; Silverman, Stephen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Millions of American children are participating in fitness testing in school-based physical education (PE) programs. However, practitioners and researchers in the field of PE have questioned the need for regular or mandatory youth fitness testing. This was partly because a significant improvement in youth fitness and physical activity…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Test Use, Testing, Discriminant Analysis
