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Zoll, Susan – Journal of Montessori Research, 2017
This article highlights archived documents pertaining to a 25-year experimental classroom implemented by Clara Craig, then supervisor of training at the Rhode Island Normal School. Craig is notable as she was the only participant in the first International Montessori Training Course in Rome, Italy, in 1913, to gain approval from the Rhode Island…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational Experiments, Educational History
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Odom, Samuel L.; Fewell, Rebecca R. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
Evaluation of early childhood special education programs are constrained by the nature of the population served, the impossibility of random assignment, the absence of control groups, and the absence of normed standardized measures. This paper critically examines the components of evaluations which have overcome these difficulties and highlights…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
Ebel, Robert L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Believing that educational reforms are overdue, the author proposes three radical solutions: only validated instructional programs should be implemented, results of systematic public assessments of pupil achievements in learning should be published annually, and teachers should periodically submit evidence of learning achievement in their classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement