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Download full textAimee Howley; Craig B. Howley; Marged Dudek – Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2025
This article explores the development and evaluation of the Building Leadership Team Assessment Tool (BLT-AT), designed to measure Professional Learning Communities' (PLCs') use of effective school improvement practices. The BLT-AT is grounded in Ohio's inclusive instructional leadership model, which emphasizes the improvement of teaching and…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Communities of Practice, Instructional Leadership, Evaluation Methods
Mertler, Craig A. – 1999
This study examined processes and techniques teachers used to ensure that their assessments were valid and reliable, noting the extent to which they engaged in these processes. A sample of 625 elementary and secondary teachers received mailed copies of the Ohio Teacher Assessment Practices Survey, which asked about steps that they followed and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
Direct linkChester, Mitchell D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2005
This study explores the use of multiple measures to enhance the validity and reliability of inferences about school and district effectiveness. Using data from the state of Ohio, a framework for combining measures is applied to examine the individual and collective impact of multiple measures on both the federal AYP designations and state ratings.…
Descriptors: Inferences, Educational Improvement, School Effectiveness, Accountability
Peer reviewedMertler, Craig A. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2000
A study of methods used to ensure validity and reliability in classroom assessments surveyed 625 elementary and secondary teachers in Ohio. Results indicate teachers spent little time conducting statistical analyses of their student evaluation data, and many techniques used were poor and inadequate. Additional professional development and improved…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Strand, Kenneth; Werner, Luceille – 1981
The purpose of this report is to provide summary information regarding the evaluation of the Early Prevention of School Failure Project (EPSFP). Initially funded by the state of Illinois, the EPSFP encourages school districts to identify and remediate deficiencies in students which appear to be related to early school failure. Immediately…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
