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Direct linkManna, Paul, Ed.; McGuinn, Patrick, Ed. – Brookings Institution Press, 2013
America's fragmented, decentralized, politicized, and bureaucratic system of education governance is a major impediment to school reform. In this important new book, a number of leading education scholars, analysts, and practitioners show that understanding the impact of specific policy changes in areas such as standards, testing, teachers, or…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Administration, Failure, Decision Making
Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ3), 2011
This report includes three papers that address critical "next generation" issues in assessment policy that can help to guide the choices made about system design: computer adaptive assessments, assessment of English learners and assessing science. None of these topics has received the attention that it deserves in the current debate on assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Measurement, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Pretti-Frontczak, Kristie – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment--including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They'll get the…
Descriptors: Play, Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Jackson, Norman, Ed.; Lund, Helen, Ed. – 2000
The chapters in this collection explore the concept of benchmarking as it is being used and developed in higher education (HE). Case studies and reviews show how universities in the United Kingdom are using benchmarking to aid in self-regulation and self-improvement. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction to Benchmarking" (Norman Jackson…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Pinkus, Lyndsay M., Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
In the chapters presented in this volume, leading experts describe some of the assessment challenges in greater detail and provide federal recommendations on how to address them. In "College and Work Readiness as a Goal of High Schools: The Role of Standards, Assessments, and Accountability," John Tanner of the Center for Innovative Measures at…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Assessment
Download full textPerrone, Vito, Ed. – 1991
This book supports constructive discussion about assessment and provides concrete directions for change. The 10 chapters outline many of the difficulties associated with current standardized testing. While most educators refer to the new non-standardized test efforts as alternative assessments, this type of assessment is increasingly being called…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1993
This packet includes reprints of journal articles and other resources concerning the assessment of science and math in small, rural elementary schools. Articles include: (1) "Standards, Assessment, and Educational Quality" (Lauren B. Resnick); (2) "A True Test: Toward More Authentic and Equitable Assessment" (Grant Wiggins);…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Change
Smith, Helen, Ed.; Armstrong, Michael, Ed.; Brown, Sally, Ed. – 1999
This book explores the issues involved in developing standards in higher education, examining the practical issues involved in benchmarking and offering a critical analysis of the problems associated with this developmental tool. The book focuses primarily on experience in the United Kingdom (UK), but looks also at international activity in this…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education
