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Direct linkBeach, J. M. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
This book examines the idea of educational accountability in higher education, which has become a new secular gospel. But do accountability policies actually make colleges better? What if educational accountability tools don't actually measure what they're supposed to? What if accountability data isn't valid, or worse, what if it's meaningless?…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Measurement Techniques
Piety, Philip J. – Teachers College Press, 2013
For better or worse, many educational decisions that were once handled on a personal level by teachers or administrators now increasingly rely upon data and information. To be successful in this era, educators need to understand this broad sociotechnical revolution and how it is realigning traditional roles and responsibilities. In this book, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Evidence, Information Systems
Planty, Michael; Carlson, Deven – Teachers College Press, 2010
In the push to bring data to bear on all of the important education issues of the day, one essential fact is often overlooked: Not all indicators are created equal. This book provides a comprehensive approach for understanding how statistical measures of achievement are developed, evaluated, and interpreted. Given the extent to which…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Indicators, Accountability, Statistical Data
Secolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness
Zaslow, Martha, Ed.; Martinez-Beck, Ivelisse, Ed.; Tout, Kathryn, Ed.; Halle, Tamara, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What constitutes quality in early childhood settings, and how can it best be measured with today's widely used tools and promising new approaches? Find authoritative answers in this book, a must-have for high-level administrators and policymakers as more and more states adopt early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems. The most…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Toddlers
Middaugh, Michael F.; And Others – 1994
This book provides conceptual and practical strategies for the data and information collection and analysis needs of a diverse group of institutions, ranging from small rural community colleges to large urban research institutions. The model framework is designed for use by any size or type of institution and gives a broad overview of various…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Carron, Gabriel, Ed.; Chau, Ta Ngoc, Ed. – 1980
Four lengthy papers and an introduction discuss case studies of regional disparities in educational development in Cameroon, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, and Thailand. In considering the specific political and socioeconomic contexts of these countries, the papers focus on methods of both analyzing the causes of disparities and reducing the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Differences
Wright, Benjamin D.; Stone, Mark H. – 1979
This handbook explains how to do Rasch measurement. The emphasis is on practice, but theoretical explanations are also provided. The Forward contains an introduction to the topic of Rasch measurement. Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 7 use a small problem to illustrate the application of Rasch measurement in detail, and methodological issues are considered…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics
Brannick, Michael T., Ed.; Salas, Eduardo, Ed.; Prince, Carolyn, Ed. – 1997
This volume presents thoughts on measuring team performance written by experts currently working with teams in fields such as training, evaluation, and process consultation. The chapters are: (1) "An Overview of Team Performance Measurement" (Michael T. Brannick and Carolyn Prince); (2) "A Conceptual Framework for Teamwork Measurement" (Terry L.…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Performance Based Assessment
Thorpe, Jo Anne L. – 1986
Practicality is the hallmark of this physical education research manual. It focuses on applications with which investigators in this field typically are concerned; numerous examples clarify these points. All phases of research are covered, beginning with writing mechanics and style and a blueprint of the chapters that comprise the creditable…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Lemon, Nigel – 1973
The aim of attitude measurement is to derive indices of socially significant behavior. It is therefore necessary to broaden the basis of measurement to include data derived from a variety of sources. The widening gulf between the increasing sophistication of measurement and the relatively crude conceptualizations on which it is based is likely…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Data Collection, Interviews
Embretson, Susan E., Ed.; Hershberger, Scott L., Ed. – 1999
Scholars from psychology and education describe how the new rules of measurement work and how they differ from the old rules. The collection provides an integrated and comprehensive reference source concerned with contemporary issues and approaches in testing and measurement. The chapters are: (1) "Issues in the Measurement of Cognitive…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Psychology, Generalizability Theory, Intelligence Tests
Linacre, John M., Ed. – 1995
This volume and its companion, "Part 2," bring together transactions of the Rasch measurement special interest group of the American Educational Research Association. This volume opens with a discussion of the early years in Rasch measurement and then presents the "transactions" in chronological order, from a 1987 discussion…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Response Theory
Linacre, John M., Ed. – 1996
This volume and its companion, "Part 1," bring together transactions of the Rasch measurement special interest group of the American Educational Research Association. It presents "transactions" in chronological order, from a 1992 discussion through the winter 1995 volume. Four issues of the "Transactions" are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Response Theory
Jackson, Donald A.; And Others – 1975
A self-instructional book covers ten steps toward development of a behavior observation system. Units describe how to interpret graphs, convert information from table to graph form, put collected data into a table, compute the reliability of observational data, make observations with four recording methods, construct an observational system,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Data Collection
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