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Rodgers, Megan – Assessment Update, 2011
As readers of "Assessment Update" know, the call for assessment is sweeping over the globe, so much so that faculty and administrators are finding it difficult to ignore it--though many may wish they could. Unfortunately, awareness does not lead to an increase in assessment implementation because fear of assessment is still widespread. The push…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Accountability, Evaluation Needs
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2011
Federal officials plan to overhaul the reporting requirements for higher education-based teacher preparation in favor of leaner, outcome-based indicators of program quality, according to plans outlined in the president's fiscal 2012 budget request. To bolster the overhaul, the budget also proposes a $185 million new formula grant program, dubbed…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Accountability
Center on Education Policy, 2009
In the winter of 2008, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) released reports examining the impact of national and state accountability systems on curriculum, instruction, and student achievement in Rhode Island and Illinois. Using classroom observations and interviews with school administrators, instructional specialists, teachers, parents, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Effective Schools Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Interviews
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Noland, Brian E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
A long-standing accountability system in Tennessee is now subject to change.
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Logical Thinking