Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
| Error of Measurement | 6 |
| Program Evaluation | 6 |
| Research Problems | 6 |
| Comparative Analysis | 3 |
| Data Analysis | 3 |
| Research Methodology | 3 |
| Research Reports | 3 |
| Control Groups | 2 |
| Evaluation Methods | 2 |
| Experimental Groups | 2 |
| Program Effectiveness | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Education and the Public… | 1 |
| Evaluation Review | 1 |
| Evaluation and Program… | 1 |
| Mobius: A Journal for… | 1 |
| Society for Research on… | 1 |
| What Works Clearinghouse | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Audience
Location
| New York | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textFriedman-Krauss, Allison H.; Connors, Maia C.; Morris, Pamela A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
As a result of the 1998 reauthorization of Head Start, the Department of Health and Human Services conducted a national evaluation of the Head Start program. The goal of Head Start is to improve the school readiness skills of low-income children in the United States. There is a substantial body of experimental and correlational research that has…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Low Income Groups
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
This "What Works Clearinghouse Procedures and Standards Handbook (Version 3.0)" provides a detailed description of the standards and procedures of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). The remaining chapters of this Handbook are organized to take the reader through the basic steps that the WWC uses to develop a review protocol, identify…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Guides, Intervention, Classification
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
Peer reviewedDiCostanzo, James L.; Eichelberger, R. Tony – Evaluation Review, 1980
Design, analysis, and reporting considerations for the application of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) techniques in educational settings are described. Numerous examples are drawn from the national follow through evaluation, and suggestions for improving reports using ANCOVA-type techniques are presented. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement, Predictor Variables
Green, Lawrence W.; Lewis, Frances Marcus – Mobius: A Journal for Continuing Education Professionals in Health Sciences, 1981
Reviews a number of issues relating to the results of evaluation studies: standards of acceptability; clinical vs. statistical significance; fallacies in the use of theory; and program, theory, measurement, and design failure. (Journal availability: Subscription Manager, MOBIUS, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94720.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria, Failure
Peer reviewedLennox, Richard D.; Dennis, Michael L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Potential methods are explored for removing or otherwise controlling random measurement error, assessment artifacts, irrelevant variation in outcome measures, and confounding sources of covariation in a structural equations model. Using examples with measures of quality of life and functioning, the authors consider these methods for field…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Field Studies, Measurement Techniques, Models
