There has been a continued interest in the numbers and characteristics of those who make up the vocational education and training (VET) sector's own workforce. To address this, the Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) commissioned the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to undertake three…

Using data to redesign instruction is a means of increasing student achievement. Educators in Camden County (Georgia) Schools have used data from benchmark testing since 1999. They hired a commercial vendor to design a benchmark test that is administered four times a year and use the data to generate subject-area reports that can be further…

A collaborative study group on teacher development of alternative assessments in mathematics and the sciences was cosponsored in the 1992-93 school year by the Virginia Educational Association and the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. Twenty-two teachers from 11 schools throughout Virginia worked with staff from the sponsoring organizations and…