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Scott, V. C.; Alia, K.; Scaccia, J.; Ramaswamy, R.; Saha, S.; Leviton, L.; Wandersman, A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2020
Sustainable community health improvement often requires the implementation of complex interventions in complex systems. Drawing from the "Four Keys to Success" frame (theory, implementation, support, and evaluation), this article describes how we used a formative evaluation approach to foster a learning system capable of monitoring and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Health Programs, Public Health, Program Implementation
Eurydice, 2010
The guiding principles and procedures for pupil assessment in Portuguese compulsory education were established by the Implementing Order No. 1/2005, 5th January, with amendments introduced by the Implementing Orders No. 18/2006, 14th March and No. 5/2007, 10th January, and apply to the learning objectives and competencies defined for the various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Compulsory Education, Formative Evaluation
Bhola, H. S. – 1984
This paper describes a system of built-in, or internal, evaluation used within the Botswana National Literacy Program (NLP). Launched in 1981 and targeted toward illiterate adults and youth aged 10 years and older, the program aims at eradicating illiteracy in Botswana by 1986. The built-in evaluation was implemented in 1983, using program…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations
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Parsuramen, Armoogum – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
The education system in Mauritius bears the influence of British education. Preprimary education is fee paying. Primary schooling is free and covers 6 years. This leads to a highly selective Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) which opens the doors of secondary schooling. Since 1991, secondary education is also free and compulsory. But 80% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Master Plans, Educational Change
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Ravela, Pedro – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to present a case of national achievement assessment at the primary level within a formative approach. Many countries experience an increasing obligation to attach high stakes to national assessments, which results in greater pressure on teachers and schools. The author's view is that this kind of approach is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Dawson, Amy L.; MacAllum, Keith; Warner, Nicole – 2003
This document chronicles the experience of the National Training Institute (NTI) for Community Youth Work and four of its Building Exemplary Systems for Training Youth Workers (BEST) affiliates in establishing youth development practitioner apprenticeship (YDPA) programs. Part 1 describes the work of NTI and BEST intermediary organizations to lay…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Adoption (Ideas), Apprenticeships