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Two Continuums Collide: Accreditation and Assessment.
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Ratcliff, James L.; Lubinescu, Edward S.; Gaffney, Maureen A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2001
Introduces this theme issue, which examines contemporary dimensions of how accreditation and student outcomes assessment come together in higher education. The accountability movement in education has caused the development of two parallel continuums that have merged in ways the issue's chapters explore. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Study Gives Low Grades to U.S. Precollege Science Education.
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Hanson, David – Chemical and Engineering News, 1988
Summarizes "The Science Report Card" representing the fifth assessment by National Assessment of Education Progress done in 1986. Discusses the trends and reasons of the report data. (YP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
History and Educational Reform.
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Hampel, Robert L.; And Others – History of Education Quarterly, 1996
Features comments from Robert L. Hampel, William R. Johnson, Diane Ravitch, and David N. Plank on David Tyack and Larry Cuban's book, "Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform." The book argues that educational reformers in the 20th century have attempted large-scale systemic reforms instituted from the top down. (MJP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Criticism, Educational Assessment, Educational Change