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Utilization of Evaluations of Small-scale Innovative Educational Projects.
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Dickey, Barbara – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
The educational evaluation utilization of 47 Title IV-C projects in Minnesota funded in FYs 1975 and 1976 is examined. Findings suggest that these evaluations have had an impact, not only at the project level, but also in contributing to the validation of exemplary projects for wider dissemination. (RL)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation, Research Utilization, Use Studies
Some Findings from an Independent Investigation of the Tennessee STAR Experiment and from Other Investigations of Class Size Effects.
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Hanushek, Eric A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Reviews Tennessee's Project Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) and puts the results in the context of other nonexperimental evidence about class size. Nonexperimental evidence does not support any achievement gains attributable to class-size reduction, and empirical evidence from STAR has design and implementation flaws that cast doubt on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Class Size and Student Achievement: Research-Based Policy Alternatives.
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Odden, Allan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1990
Literature on the relation between class size and student achievement is reviewed, and policy alternatives are suggested. Class size reduction strategies, focusing on individual or small group tutoring, are proposed for primary and secondary instruction. Implementing these strategies requires ambitious staff development programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Educational Improvement
The Chart Essay: A Strategy for Communicating Research Findings to Policymakers and Practitioners.
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Haensly, Patricia A.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The chart essay is discussed as an effective technique that links specific research to real policy decisions and arranges answers for each question in a chart highlighting actual research data. A study of 515 high school seniors' extracurricular activities illustrates use of this report form. (SLD)
Descriptors: Charts, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Research and Development
The Impact of Scottish National Surveys of Achievement on Policy and Practice.
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Dockrell, W. B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The effects on policy and practice of national surveys of education conducted in Scotland were evaluated. Surveys carried out as early as 1953 and 1963 have had little impact. Research must deal with contemporary issues and be relevant to local circumstances in order to influence policy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
The Political and Institutional Origins of a Randomized Controlled Trial on Elementary School Class Size: Tennessee's Project STAR.
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Ritter, Gary W.; Boruch, Robert F. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Examines the origins of Tennessee's Project Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) and explores what it was about Tennessee in the mid-1980s that fostered the development of this experimental approach to class size. Highlights the connection between the research world and the political world that resulted in the STAR project. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational History, Educational Research, Elementary Education
The Nature and Impact of Policy-Induced Partnerships between Research and Practice Communities.
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Cousins, J. Bradley; Simon, Marielle – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1996
A multimethod evaluation of a major Canadian strategic grant program with surveys of 74 funded projects, 4 case studies, and interviews with researchers and grant application staff reveals the favorable effects of partnerships between research and practice on research and dissemination strategies in spite of ideological and pragmatic constraints.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education