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Twissell, Adrian – Design and Technology Education, 2011
This study examines whether MidYIS and YELLIS cognitive ability tests (CATs) are appropriate methods for the identification of giftedness in Design and Technology. A key rationale for the study was whether CATs and able to identify those students with the aptitudes considered of importance to identifying giftedness in Design and Technology and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, Identification, Cognitive Ability
Harris, Douglas N.; Sass, Tim R. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2009
Mounting pressure in the policy arena to improve teacher productivity either by improving signals that predict teacher performance or through creating incentive contracts based on performance--has spurred two related questions: Are there important determinants of teacher productivity that are not captured by teacher credentials but that can be…
Descriptors: Credentials, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Skills, Principals
Segel, David – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
Many schools are making changes in their cumulative record systems or are instituting new systems. The reason for this increased interest in cumulative records is their recognized value as a tool in the program of pupil guidance and adjustment. The greatest aid to the pupil can be given only when his rate and trend of development in various…
Descriptors: Educational History, Student Records, Educational Policy, Administrative Policy