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Gorgodze, Sophia; Chakhaia, Lela – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2021
Trust in centralised high-stakes exams in Georgia has grown since 2005, when the introduction of nationwide standardised tests for university entry successfully eradicated the deep-rooted corruption in the admissions system. In 2011, another set of high-stakes exams were introduced for school graduation, resulting in a minimum of 12 exams for…
Descriptors: Test Use, High Stakes Tests, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods
Houston Independent School District, 2018
Teach for America (TFA) is a national organization with a long-established presence in Houston. The organization recruits recent college graduates and mid-career professionals who commit to teaching for two years in schools with high proportions of economically disadvantaged students (Teach for America, 2017). Since 1991, Houston Independent…
Descriptors: National Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification, Nonprofit Organizations, Partnerships in Education
Jankowski, Natasha A.; Ikenberry, Stanley O.; Kinzie, Jillian; Kuh, George D.; Shenoy, Gloria F.; Baker, Gianina R. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2012
The Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) is a vehicle for public four-year universities to report comparable information about the undergraduate student experience via the College Portrait, a common web reporting template. The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) was asked by the VSA to evaluate the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Access to Information, Disclosure, Public Colleges