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Lin, Margaret – National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2011
This Issue Brief, an update of "Authorizing Virtual Charter Schools: Rules of the Road on the Digital Highway" by Gregg Vanourek, is part of NACSA's Cyber series, which addresses issues in policy and practice that concern authorizing online schools and blended learning. It aims to improve authorizer understanding and oversight of online…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Assessment, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning
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Vuth, Doung; Than, Chhuon Chan; Phanousith, Somphone; Phissamay, Phonpasit; Tai, Tran Thi – Distance Education, 2007
The current project brings together academic and governmental specialists from Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam (CLV), in a collaborative study of the prospects for distance education (DE) in those countries. The study's overall objectives are to: (1) survey and take stock of existing educational scenarios and problems in CLV; (2) document the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Policy, Regional Planning
Anderson, Steve – 1988
A planning and discussion committee was formed at the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) to evaluate the role that faculty teaching assessment might take in a planned liberal arts teaching excellence project. The committee leader attended an Assessment Strategies Workshop conducted by Trudy Banta at the University of Tennessee. The committee…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Dietzen, Sandra – 1991
Abstracts of research projects conducted within the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) by external agencies or individuals are presented. Each of these researchers went through a screening process in which AISD staff members reviewed their proposals to ensure protection of AISD students and staff and quality research that fits the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. – 1986
Focusing on pre-collegiate public education in the United States, this working paper seeks to develop a common knowledge base, design a grantmaking strategy in the field, and inform educators and other grantmakers about the interests of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The document contains six major sections covering the following: (1) a brief…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational History
Baker, Eva L. – 1985
This document summarizes the activities conducted under the National Institute of Education (NIE) planning grant for the new Center on Student Testing, Evaluation, and Standards and the conceptualizations that emerged from these activities. Chapter 1 presents a summary of the planning activities actually conducted under the award, including…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Favilli, Franco; Oliveras, M. Luisa; Cesar, Margarida – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Teaching mathematics in a multicultural scholastic context is a current research theme in countries where the phenomenon of immigration is becoming important. There is a project being carried out in some southern European countries which aims to identify the needs of maths teachers in the lower secondary schools. The theoretical framework of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cross Cultural Studies
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1988
Three papers and a sample outline of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) represent the work of the Monitoring and Improving Testing and Evaluation Innovations (MITEI) Project during 1988. The skeleton of a sample RFP outline for large-scale assessment was expanded to provide a checklist of the type of information that should be included in a RFP. The…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Check Lists, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment
Mount San Antonio Coll., Walnut, CA. – 1990
In December 1990, a project was begun at Mt. San Antonio College (MSAC) in Walnut, California, to develop a model accountability system based on the belief that educational quality is measured by individual achievement over time. This proposal for the Accountability Model (AM) presents information on project methodology and organization in four…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Genesee Community Coll., Batavia, NY. – 1990
A description is provided of the process proposed for the comprehensive institutional assessment of Genesee Community College (GCC) and the methods used to develop the assessment proposal. The proposal calls for the assessment to envelop the entire campus, tracking students from the preregistration phase, as they pass through their courses to the…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Planning, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1993
In this report, the California Postsecondary Education Commission responds to a request by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to review the need for and location of a new educational center, the Madera County Educational Center, north of Fresno within the State Center Community College District. The report contains nine…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Campus Planning, Community Colleges, Construction (Process)
Lake, Sara – 1984
This digest of recent proposals for educational reform provides a reference guide for those who wish to study these proposals in depth. Reports included are: (1) "Academic Preparation for College" (College Board Project Equality); (2) "ACSA's Recommendations on Standards" (Association of California School Administrators); (3) "Action for…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change