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Bardus, M.; El Boukhari, N.; Nakkash, R. – Health Education Research, 2020
We conducted a systematic scoping review to map the available evidence on smoke-free or tobacco-free (SF/TF) university policies globally. We specifically looked at (i) how policies were developed and communicated and (ii) what indicators were used to evaluate their impact. We searched for peer-reviewed literature, published up to January 2020,…
Descriptors: Smoking, Universities, School Policy, Policy Formation
Zhu, Junwen – ECNU Review of Education, 2020
Purpose: This study conducts a systematic review of policy reforms for the evaluation of scientific and technological research (E-STR) in China's colleges. In doing so, it identifies changes to past policies, as well as the objectives and realizability of the most recent policy reform. Design/Approach/Methods: This study systematically reviews the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Research, Technology, Educational Policy
Asada, Yuka; Lieberman, Lisa D.; Neubauer, Leah C.; Hanneke, Rosie; Fagen, Michael C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Structural change approaches--also known as policy and environmental changes--are becoming increasingly common in health promotion, yet our understanding of how to evaluate them is still limited. An exploratory scoping review of the literature was conducted to understand approaches and methods used to evaluate structural change interventions in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Literature Reviews, Public Health, Intervention
Fuller, Ed; Hollingworth, Liz – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2018
Policymakers are proposing the use of outcome measures as indicators of effective principal preparation programs. The three most common metrics recommended are: (1) graduates' effectiveness in improving student achievement test scores, (2) graduate job placement rates, and (3) principal job retention once employed. This article explores the use of…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Tobin, Mollie; Nugroho, Dita; Lietz, Petra – Research Papers in Education, 2016
This article synthesises findings from two systematic reviews that examined evidence of the link between large-scale assessments (LSAs) and education policy in economically developing countries and in countries of the Asia-Pacific. Analyses summarise evidence of assessment characteristics and policy goals of LSAs that influence education policy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Luke, Allan; McArdle, Felicity – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Federal, State and school-based professional development has become a multi-million dollar educational enterprise in Australia. Yet there are no published models for the making of systems-level professional development policy. Reviewing the literature on the characteristics of effective professional development programs, this paper proposes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Policy, Theory Practice Relationship
Calhoun, John A. – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1999
Advocates a shift in the foundation on which youth policies are based-from fear to hope, and prisons to prevention. Provides two examples of National Crime Prevention Council programs that are built on such a foundation and discusses their effectiveness. (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation, Resilience (Personality)

Germanis, Peter; Besharov, Douglas J. – Evaluation Review, 2000
Describes the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and reviews and assesses research on its impact. Recommends policy reforms and randomized experiments to evaluate the program and any changes made to it. Weaknesses in research to date make the real impacts of WIC unclear. (Contains 79 references.) (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Nutrition, Policy Formation

Leviton, Laura C.; Hughes, Edward F. X. – Evaluation Review, 1981
The use of evaluations for policy and program development and change is critically reviewed. Existing conceptions of utilization are discussed and improvements in the methods of detecting use are suggested. Five clusters of variables affecting utilization are described and hypotheses about the reasons for their effects are outlined. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Definitions, Literature Reviews, Methods
Bolam, R. – British Journal of Teacher Education, 1979
An evaluation of the in-service education and training (INSET) of teachers in Britain is based on careful analysis of the characteristics of the evaluation task, target, and agent and, more specifically, upon the way in which these three factors interact in any one cell of the model. (JMF)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators, Inservice Teacher Education

Brandl, John E. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
To better understand policy formation, evaluators should be aware of the perspectives from which legislators view evaluators. Illustrations of the impact of evaluation and research projects on policy are provided. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluators, Information Utilization, Legislators
Valentine, Jeffrey C.; Hirschy, Amy S.; Bremer, Christine D.; Novillo, Walter; Castellano, Marisa; Banister, Aaron – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2009
This paper focuses on transition programs for youth to postsecondary education, broadly considered. It addresses the following questions: (1) What models or programs of transition exist? (2) On what basis can we say one transition program is more effective than another? In other words, how is successful transition defined? (3) How are…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Program Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Policy
Edwards, Sara – 1984
The Research in Teacher Education (RITE) study is currently examining in depth two selected state-mandated induction programs for beginning teachers. The sample includes 16 first year teachers (along with the teachers, administrators, and other educators selected to work with them) situated in 13 schools in 4 districts in 2 states. Data were…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation

O'Keefe, Michael – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
The education evaluation efforts of the federal government are discussed, focusing on the question of their effectiveness in informing the policymaking process. Successful evaluation criteria are outlined. An evaluation must provide useful information to policymakers to be a success. (DWH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government, Federal Legislation

Hummel-Rossi, Barbara; Ashdown, Jane – Review of Educational Research, 2002
Examines the state of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis in education, first examining the progress that has been made in these fields in the health and medical sectors. Explores one outstanding example of cost-benefit analysis and critiques four other educational evaluations. Synthesizes strengths of cost-effectiveness analysis in…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods