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Aligning Multiple Choice Assessments with Active Learning Instruction: More Accurate and Equitable Ways to Measure Student Learning
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Teasdale, Rachel; Aird, Hannah – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2023
In response to geoscience education research and calls for the need to reform STEM teaching in higher education, many geoscience faculty are adopting research-based pedagogies to improve student learning in their courses. Our own effort to reform our introductory geology course included daily student-centered activities and other reforms we…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Active Learning, Evaluation Methods, Earth Science
Evaluating the Translation of Research Evidence into Practice and Policy for Behavioral Health Equity
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Steve P. Verney; Blake Boursaw; Ryan Martin; Eunice Kim; Jeremaiah D. Simmons; Nina Wallerstein; Lisa Cacari Stone; Melissa Gonzales – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
The Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center for Advancing Behavioral Health partners with community leaders to translate research evidence into practice and policy for behavioral health equity. Equity-oriented research centers such as the TREE Center present evaluation challenges and, correspondingly, offer rich…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Interdisciplinary Approach, Evidence Based Practice, Barriers
What's Race Got to Do with It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice
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Dean-Coffey, Jara – American Journal of Evaluation, 2018
An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice…
Descriptors: Race, Equal Education, Racial Bias, Private Financial Support
Instructional Effectiveness in a Pre-Kindergarten Program: A Pupil Appraisal and Program Evaluation Model.
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Whitney, Edward N.; And Others – 1975
In studies conducted in the Baltimore City Public Schools by the Office of Pupil and Program Monitoring and Appraisal (OPPMA), pre-kindergarten pupils were found to be "growing scholastically". A program, Early School Admissions Program (ESAP) was based on nine objectives established to prepare pre-schoolers for "reading…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Early Admission, Evaluation Methods
Basic Skills Improvement Policy. 1981-82 Statewide Summary of Student Achievement of Minimum Standards in the Basic Skills of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. Second Annual Report.
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Research and Assessment. – 1983
This report summarizes evaluation information on reading, writing, and mathematics achievement among elementary and secondary school students in 310 school districts in Massachusetts, after the second year of implementation of the Basic Skills Improvement Policy. The report describes data collection, analysis, and reporting procedures, summarizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Assessment in a Pluralistic Society.
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Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
Robert L. Thorndike was awarded the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award at the 1972 ETS Invitational Conference. In "Heredity, Environment, and Class or Ethnic Differences," J. McV. Hunt addressed several fundamental questions pertaining to the hereditary and environmental influences of the observed social class and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Awards, Biological Influences