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Burian, Philip E.; Keffel, Leslie M.; Maffei, Francis R., III – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
Performing the review and assessment of masters' level degree programs can be an overwhelming and challenging endeavor. Getting organized and mapping out the entire review and assessment process can be extremely helpful and more importantly provide a path for successfully accomplishing the review and assessment of the entire program. This paper…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Program Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Management Systems
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Briggs, Derek C.; Weeks, Jonathan P. – Education Finance and Policy, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of growth and value-added modeling to the way an underlying vertical score scale has been created. Longitudinal item-level data were analyzed with both student- and school-level identifiers for the entire state of Colorado between 2003 and 2006. Eight different vertical scales were…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Measurement Techniques, Models, Longitudinal Studies
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Lewis, Daniel M.; Haug, Carolyn A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
In a coherent educational assessment system, the relation between the cut scores across the grades of a content area should reflect the goals of the educational system moderated by the state of the standards within that system. In this article, we discuss the need for consistent cut scores across the grades of a content area; we present and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Standard Setting
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Ewell, Peter T.; Boyer, Carol M. – Change, 1988
State-mandated assessment of student outcomes has emerged as a new feature in the higher education landscape. Many states have linked an institution's response to eligibility for incentive funds or other tangible rewards. The actual effects of these initiatives were studied in five states: Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota, and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Government School Relationship