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Download full textEllett, Douglas R. – 1994
This report describes a project to improve achievement among 24 grade 11 basic U.S. history students in a growing, middle class, suburban community in northern Illinois. Students are assigned to basic classes due to reading test scores. Analysis of probable cause data revealed that students entered the course with poor attitudes toward school,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Cooperation
Ryan, Peter – 1994
The new "Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools" identifies complex instructional activities and student performance, and requires new assessment methods to reveal that performance. One of the goals of the California Assessment Collaborative (CAC) is to study the effects of local assessment development and implementation…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Rifkin, Tronie – 1995
One of the main obstacles to effective faculty evaluation is the inability to reach consensus on the evaluation's intended purpose. On one hand, faculty evaluation has a formative purpose, supporting faculty development, growth, and self-improvement, while it also has a summative purpose in that it provides data to make personnel decisions on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Doolittle, Peter – 1994
One method for assessing teacher performance is the teacher portfolio. This is a collection of work produced by a teacher to highlight and demonstrate his or her knowledge and skills in teaching. A portfolio also provides a means for reflection and an opportunity to critique one's own work and evaluate one's own effectiveness as a teacher. Rather…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; Baker, Eva L. – 1992
A prototype simulation measure of the negotiating skill of interpersonal competence is described, and results of an initial validation study are reported. Of eight negotiating skills identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills of the U.S. Department of Labor, two were the focus of the measure: proposing and examining…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Graduate Students
Almasi, Janice F., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This Yearbook begins with a foreword by Janice F. Almasi that outlines some of the steps that the state of Maryland is taking as a leader in literacy education and literacy assessment, and the eight articles in this edition reflect many of these steps. The articles are: "Three Dialogues about Reading Engagement" (John T. Guthrie);…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Performance Based Assessment
Gijselaers, Wim H.; Nuy, Herman – 1995
This study, which took place in Maastricht (Netherlands), examined whether motivation affects the reliability of students' ratings about tutor behavior and whether different types of students have different expectations about tutor behavior. Four types of motivation were measured: intrinsic, extrinsic, and achievement motivation, and fear of…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Faculty, College Students, Fear
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, St. Lucia. – 1991
This document, developed by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) working group in 1991, presents recommendations for educational reform for OECS region. The plan was derived through analysis of the educational systems of the sub-region, interaction with chief education officers of OECS countries, national and subregional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Dropouts
Nichols, Teresa M.; And Others – 1994
Validity evidence was determined for an instrument used at a state university to measure student perception of the institutionally stressed importance of various professional traits and his/her performance of these traits. Subjects were 87 preservice teachers at the end of student teaching. Scores from the institutionally stressed importance…
Descriptors: Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Suzuki, Kyoko; Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1995
A new test theory for performance-based assessment is proposed. Criteria for "good" performance-based items, ways of measuring cognitive complexity, methods for determining maturity levels of understanding, and scaling systems are discussed. A performance-based task completed by 51 ninth and tenth graders in June 1993 was studied.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Criteria
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Certification and Accreditation. – 1994
The state of Maryland views learning to teach as a developmental process in which there is continuous engagement with research, best practice, and expert opinion. This publication identifies 10 performance-based standards for the career-long development of teachers and teacher candidates. Learning to teach is viewed as a continuous learning cycle…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Benoit, Joyce; Yang, Hua – 1995
The use of portfolio assessment in the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District and the future of portfolio assessment are discussed. A literature review is followed by a description of the development process that preceded the Chapter 1 portfolio assessment of the Dallas schools. Portfolio results are then compared to the standardized measures…
Descriptors: Accountability, Criteria, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Ryan, Charles W. – 1994
Teachers commonly use only two types of assessment--written examinations that test basic skills and direct observation of student learning. Both assessment procedures have been the subject of intense criticism. This study was conducted to investigate the viability of the portfolio model for authentic assessment of student growth, to analyze…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Du, Yi; And Others – 1996
In the framework of performance assessment, because of the involvement of many facets, the development of ways to detect differential item functioning or differential facet functioning (DFF) has lagged beyond the practical needs of test developers. To monitor the validity and fairness of an assessment, it is critical to discover a method that can…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
Lawrence, C. Edward; Vachon, Myra K. – 1997
A large number of school administrators are reluctant to evaluate school specialists and/or teachers who work with special-needs students. However, because Public Law 94-142 was passed to protect and improve the quality of education for children who have special needs, administrators have a duty to uphold the right of all students to a quality…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Dismissal (Personnel), Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
