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Zhang, Haiyan; Kang, Kai – International Education Studies, 2017
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced Assessment Systems (SBAC) started in the 2014-2015 academic year and has been regarded by many in the field as a radical effort to improve the American English Language Art (ELA) educational standards. These two consortia, being aligned with Common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), College Readiness
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Asassfeh, Sahail; Al-Ebous, Hana'; Khwaileh, Faisal; Al-Zoubi, Zohair – Educational Studies, 2014
This study is the first to address student evaluation of faculty members (SFE) from a student perspective at a major Jordanian public university using a comprehensive (71-item) questionnaire administered to 620 undergraduates. Addressed are students' perceptions of the SFE process in terms of: (a) their paper-based vs. online-format preferences;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Universities, Student Attitudes
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van Ackeren, Isabell; Block, Rainer; Klein, E. Dominique; Kuhn, Svenja M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
In this article we present results from a study investigating the impact of three state exit exam systems on teaching and learning in college-preparatory schools. The study compares one state with a traditionally more centralized exam regime, one state that is more de-centralized and one state that has recently switched to more centralized…
Descriptors: Testing, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations, Program Effectiveness
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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