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Direct linkMerrall, Elizabeth L. C.; Bird, Sheila M. – Evaluation Review, 2009
Recent meta-analyses of drug-court studies recognized the poor methodological quality of the evaluations, with only a few being randomized. This article critiques the design of the randomized studies from a statistical perspective. Learning points are identified for future drug-court studies and are applicable to evaluations both of other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Research Design, Evaluation Problems
Download full textRostlund, Ausra; Savickiene, Izabela – Quality of Higher Education, 2010
The article grounds the structure of the external evaluation of colleges at the level of the non-university higher education sector, and it reveals the problems met in this process as well as possibilities for their solution: the phenomenon of the external evaluation of colleges is discussed and its concept is presented; the external evaluation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Problems
Martinez Luaces, Victor; Velazquez, Blanca; Dee, Valerie – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
We analyse the origin and development of an Experimental Design course which has been taught in several faculties of the Universidad de la Republica and other institutions in Uruguay, over a 10-year period. At the end of the course, students were assessed by carrying out individual work projects on real-life problems, which was innovative for…
Descriptors: Research Design, Student Projects, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Swain, Jon; Brown, Margaret; Coben, Diana; Rhodes, Valerie; Ananiadou, Katerina; Brown, Peter – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
This paper describes the process of designing and administering a sufficiently valid and reliable assessment instrument to measure the progress in attainment of adult learners studying numeracy, and discusses some of the inherent difficulties that were involved. The fieldwork took place during 2003-2005 and involved a sample of 34 teachers and 412…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedGlass, Norman – Children & Society, 2001
Describes recent developments in United Kingdom politics that have affected development of evidence-based policy for children. Examines the notion of "what works," leading to a suggestion that evaluators be concerned with "what is worth doing" for children. Considers robustness as a guiding principle for evaluation design and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Politics, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedNewburn, Tim – Children & Society, 2001
Discusses the history of evaluation research, focusing on current emphasis on "evidence-based policy." Highlights five issues emerging as relevant: evaluation can be done in many ways, serious doubts exist about the usefulness of the term "evaluation," evaluation is held back by paradigm wars, views of evaluation are…
Descriptors: Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries
Cahan, Sorel – 1987
Since the measurement of school achievement involves the administration of achievement tests to various grades on various subjects, both grade level and subject matter contribute to within-school achievement variations. To determine whether achievement test scores vary most among different fields within a grade level, or within fields among…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Peer reviewedGhate, Deborah – Children & Society, 2001
Considers the competing demands placed on evaluators in relation to the service (characteristics of the intervention), the sample (people participating), and methodology or research design. Explores compromises that may be required between scientific ideals and real-world limitations, and assesses implications for obtaining meaningful results in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Participant Characteristics
