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What Educational Indicators? The Case for Assessing the School Context.
Oakes, Jeannie
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v11 n2 p181-99 Sum 1989
Federal and state educational indicator systems should include assessments of school context as well as of student outcomes. A review of the literature suggests that access to knowledge, pressure for achievement, and professional teaching conditions are the best general constructs to provide bases for school context indicators. (TJH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Institutional Characteristics, Literature Reviews, Outcomes of Education, Professional Recognition, School Effectiveness, State Programs, Student Motivation, Teacher Improvement
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