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A Criterion-Based Approach to Software Evaluation.
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Owston, Ronald D.; Dudley-Marling, Curt – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Reviews current educational software evaluation methods, highlights problems, and describes the York Educational Software Evaluation Scales (YESES), an alternative criterion based model. Panel evaluation used by YESES is explained and YESES results are compared with evaluations from the Educational Products Information Exchange (EPIE) to indicate…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Courseware
High School Graduation Rates: Alternative Methods and Implications
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Miao, Jing; Haney, Walt – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act has brought great attention to the high school graduation rate as one of the mandatory accountability measures for public school systems. However, there is no consensus on how to calculate the high school graduation rate given the lack of longitudinal databases that track individual students. This study reviews…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Ethnic Groups, Accountability