This Research-to-Policy Resource List provides resources in the "Research Connections" library on statewide KEAs [Kindergarten entry assessments]. It does not address local KEA efforts or broader issues related to child assessment more generally. The first section presents publications that discuss issues surrounding the development and…

This is an annotated bibliography of the research conducted on education and language teaching and assessment by Dr. Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan in the past 25 years. This bibliography is a precise picture of the current state of education and language teaching and assessment in Iran. Dr. Salmani Nodoushan is the most distinguished Iranian…

The purpose of this annotated bibliography was to inform an effort to create instruments that would yield indicators of the extent to which the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics or similar standards are implemented in classroom instruction. Reviewed here are instruments reflecting: coverage of classroom content, use of specific…

This annotated bibliography surveys key resources and research related specifically to language learning and literacy. It focuses on resources that will be valuable to teaching professionals and researchers who specialize in the areas of foreign and second language teaching, language arts and first and second language literacy. Significant…

Courses in the arts develop skills specific to the discipline. Research also suggests that the arts contribute to enhanced attentiveness, engagement in school, communication skills, and critical and divergent thinking. Other studies point out benefits for at-risk students in reducing negative outcomes such as dropout and crime rates. Studies…

Ways in which qualitative methods are viewed relative to evaluation research are described. Topics include: the changing climate in evaluation research and its philosopical/conceptual background; actual evaluation efforts; data gathering techniques; and how to comprehend these data. (Author/GK)

Cites 64 journal articles, papers, book chapters, and monographs on the topic of research for measuring and evaluating public relations effectiveness published between 1963 and 1997. (PA)

This 34-citation annotated bibliography contains information on selected ERIC journal articles and documents on teacher evaluation. (Author/CB)

A rich narrative-style bibliography of concept mapping (reviewing six articles published between 1992-2005). Articles reviewed include: (1) Cognitive mapping: A qualitative research method for social work (C. Bitoni); (2) Collaborative concept mapping: Provoking and supporting meaningful discourse (C. Boxtel, J. Linden, E. Roelofs, and G. Erkens);…

The public demand for accountability, legislative mandates, and increased unionization of teachers have focused attention on the inadequacies of traditional teacher evaluation procedures. Attempts to design models that differentiate effective and noneffective teaching have not produced agreed-upon sets of competencies, characteristics or behaviors…

The bibliography lists approximately 60 citations (1956-1974) on the selection, evaluation, and use of instructional materials. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author and usually contain information on title, source, date and pagination. (CL)

The annotated bibliography contains 108 entries of literature on work evaluation and adjustment produced in 1974. It also serves as a catalog to the loan literature available from the Materials Development Center (MDC) of the Department of Rehabilitation and Manpower Services at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie. A…

Increased sophistication of data systems now allows for student achievement to be tracked and, in some states, linked to individual teachers. Further, rather than looking simply at student end-of-year achievement test scores in isolation, current statistical methods allow for analysis of student growth over time. These advances show promise for…

This bibliography was developed to explore the range of therapeutic interventions and innovative strategies and programs used with children and adolescents with emotional problems. The bibliography covers literature published in the 1980s and is divided into five sections: program descriptions (34 entries); treatment strategies (63 entries);…

Phase 1 of the project consisted of a survey of the states to determine the type of model used in the states' evaluation of vocational-technical education. In addition, a search was made of RIE and CIJE to determine the most recent evaluation research studies conducted in each state. Through responses to inquiries and the literature search, the…