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Azzam, Tarek – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
This study addresses the central question "How do evaluators' background characteristics relate to their evaluation design choices?" Evaluators were provided with a fictitious description of a school-based program and asked to design an evaluation of that program. Relevant background characteristics such as level of experience,…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluation Methods
Troy, Talbot – Wake County Public School System, 2011
A comprehensive assessment system is one in which three types of assessments: summative, benchmark, and formative assessments are routinely administered to all students in K-12 classrooms. The first part of this report summarizes the research on comprehensive assessment systems and provides clarity in terms of how each individual assessment type…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Comprehensive Programs, Testing Programs, Summative Evaluation
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Galaczi, Evelina D.; ffrench, Angela; Hubbard, Chris; Green, Anthony – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2011
The process of constructing assessment scales for performance testing is complex and multi-dimensional. As a result, a number of different approaches, both empirically and intuitively based, are open to developers. In this paper we outline the approach taken in the revision of a set of assessment scales used with speaking tests, and present the…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis