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Amanda Davis Simpfenderfer; Romeo Jackson; Danielle Aguilar; C. V. Dolan; Jason C. Garvey – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2024
This paper aims to unsettle assumptions of generalizability and representativeness in quantitative research using queer framings and positionalities. We argue that generalizability and representativeness are tools of supremacist dominance that reinforce harmful and essentialist categories of identities for the false purpose of statistical…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Statistical Analysis, Generalizability Theory, Research Methodology
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Ryser, Gail R.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Using assessment data to determine student growth has become an integral part of the accountability movement, and researchers and educators are currently examining how new rules impact the academic assessment of gifted learners. In 2008, the Association for the Gifted's Annual Symposium at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention focused on…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Models, Student Development
Moran, Tom; Rowse, Glenwood – 1981
The development of procedures designed to provide quantitative assessments of quality in higher education institutions are reviewed. These procedures employ a systems framework and utilize quantitative data to compare institutions or programs of similar types with one another. Three major elements essential in the development of models focusing on…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Role, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment