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Assessing the Contribution of Measures of Attention and Executive Function to Diagnosis of ADHD or Autism
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Kelsey Harkness; Signe Bray; Chelsea M. Durber; Deborah Dewey; Kara Murias – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Attention and executive function (EF) dysregulation are common in a number of disorders including autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Better understanding of the relationship between indirect and direct measures of attention and EF and common neurodevelopmental diagnoses may contribute to more efficient and effective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function
Peer Assessments of GPW: Infusing Fairness into Students' Assessments of Peer Contributions
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Onyia, Okey Peter; Allen, Stephanie – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2012
This paper contains results of an empirical study that tested the efficacy and acceptability of two templates designed to fully involve students in proper and fair peer-assessments of their group project work (GPW) by providing concrete evidence of independent progressive documentation of their peers' contributions to the work-process and…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
A World of Assessment: OECD's AHELO Initiative
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Ewell, Peter T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Standardized testing for higher education has been much in the news in the US over the last few years. In the wake of the Spellings Commission, the clear intent of the Department of Education's (USDOE) position in negotiated rulemaking in 2007 was to mandate its use in accreditation. Standardized testing is also a central feature of the Voluntary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Testing, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
Challenges and Problems for Research in the Field of Statewide Exams. A Stock Taking of Differing Procedures and Standardization Levels
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Klein, Esther Dominique; van Ackeren, Isabell – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
Statewide exit examinations play an important role in discussions on school effectiveness. Referring to educational governance concepts, this paper presumes a relation between varying organizational structures of statewide examinations across states, and heterogeneous effects on school actors. It is assumed that their ability to affect work in…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Governance, School Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Review of "Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States"
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Miron, Gary; Applegate, Brooks – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University conducted a large-scale analysis of the impact of charter schools on student performance. The center's data covered 65-70% of the nation's charter schools. Although results varied by state, 17% of the charter school students have significantly higher math results than …
Descriptors: Evidence, Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, Program Effectiveness
Review of "How New York City's Charter Schools Affect Achievement"
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Reardon, Sean F. – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
"How New York City's Charter Schools Affect Achievement" estimates the effects on student achievement of attending a New York City charter school rather than a traditional public school and investigates the characteristics of charter schools associated with the most positive effects on achievement. Because the report relies on an…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating