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Shavelson, Richard J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
A critical issue in educational evaluation is whether evaluations should focus on standardized (summative, often quantitative) or contextualized (formative or often qualitative) evidence. The author of this article advises readers to beware of false dichotomies. The big issue is not whether evaluations should be "standardized" or…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Close, Kevin; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
In 2016, the federal government proposed and adopted the Every Student Succeeds Act, which retracted the federal government's prior control over states' teacher evaluation systems, permitting more local control. Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, and Clarin Collins collected information from states to determine the degree to which states were…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation