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Klenowski, Val; Wyatt-Smith, Claire – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
High stakes testing in Australia was introduced in 2008 by way of the National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Currently, every year all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed on the same days using national tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy. In 2010 the…
Descriptors: Evidence, National Curriculum, Student Evaluation, High Stakes Tests
Dumpson, James R.; And Others – 1978
An investigation of the feasibility of a project designed to improve the effectiveness of social welfare administration is described. The study sought to determine what action might be taken for the development and implementation of curricula in social service management at interested graduate schools of social work. Literature in the field was…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Curriculum Development, Feasibility Studies, Graduate Study
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
Based on a survey of five similar institutions, Pennsylvania State University identified four principles of model information technology (IT) practice: use of policy, budget, and strategy measures to maximize IT benefits; early IT implementation; emphasis on customer service to integrate IT into institutional culture; and use of standards,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Benchmarking
Henderson, Anne – 1985
In 1984 the Education Department (ED) began to monitor state education agencies' (SEA) administration of the education block grant known as "Chapter 2." ED staff visited 21 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico and found many serious problems among the SEAs and local education agencies (LEAs). The problems are divided into…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Principles, Block Grants, Compliance (Legal)