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| Educational Leadership | 3 |
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| Journal Articles | 3 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
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| Nebraska | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWorthen, Blaine R.; Rogers, W. Todd – Educational Leadership, 1980
The core of adversary evaluation is the existence of opposing viewpoints, not adherence to existing formats for presenting them. Suggests that evaluators develop adversary methods more appropriate for education. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Court Litigation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGoldenstein, Erwin H.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1988
Researchers who compared Nebraska high school curricula between 1953 and 1983 have developed a model readily adaptable to individual districts desiring a more informed basis for decision making. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkPopham, W. James – Educational Leadership, 2005
In this article, the author draws attention to the fact that in school evaluations, students will improve on state-mandated tests, but the improved scores will not influence a school's adequate yearly progress (AYP) status because those students' scores do not cross the proficiency point. A state's proficiency point on each of its standardized…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy
