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Shirley, Debra J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to identify the self-reported research-based instructional and assessment practices used by third through fifth grade teachers among rural school environments in Western Pennsylvania which have attained Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) pursuant to statewide assessments. Specifically, this study examines the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Ewell, Peter T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Standardized testing for higher education has been much in the news in the US over the last few years. In the wake of the Spellings Commission, the clear intent of the Department of Education's (USDOE) position in negotiated rulemaking in 2007 was to mandate its use in accreditation. Standardized testing is also a central feature of the Voluntary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Testing, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
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Coyle, James P. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2011
Evaluating higher education degree programs is an arduous task. This paper suggests innovative strategies for addressing four types of challenges that commonly occur during program evaluation: identifying theoretical models for evaluation, balancing potentially conflicting standards, accommodating faculty differences, and aligning courses.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Programs, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Sosanya-Tellez, Carla Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Public schools are in crisis, as educators and legislators seek to provide high quality education to diverse students in a measurement-driven environment. The public educator's moral imperative is to assure that all children are literate when they leave school so they can thrive in our democracy (Dewey, 1944; Freire, 1998a; Giroux & Giroux,…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teacher Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Public School Teachers
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Bohnert, Amy; Fredricks, Jennifer; Randall, Edin – Review of Educational Research, 2010
Despite increased focus on the effects of organized activities on youth development, there is currently no consensus about the best way to assess various dimensions of involvement. This article explores the complexities of assessing involvement and focuses specifically on the following organized activity dimensions: (a) breadth, (b) intensity, (c)…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Student Participation, Models, Literature Reviews
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Lee, Nicolette; Horsfall, Briony – Innovative Higher Education, 2010
In this study we explored faculty and student experiences of accelerated learning. We conducted interviews with faculty members who had delivered the same course in 12 and 6-week timeframes, and we analysed a student survey. Students reported overall positive experiences in the accelerated courses, particularly in the social aspects of learning,…
Descriptors: Faculty Workload, Student Surveys, Program Effectiveness, Acceleration (Education)
McLaurin, Sidney E.; Bell, Beulah; Smith, Curtis – Online Submission, 2009
The classroom assessment process can have encouraging results when it begins with "early assessment" that addresses student learning, as well as the social and emotional needs of student(s) in the classroom. This paper presents a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis for classroom assessment. It will review literature…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
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Slocum-Gori, Suzanne L.; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Michalos, Alex C.; Diener, Ed – Social Indicators Research, 2009
A case is made that measures used in quality of life and happiness research will be essentially unidimensional: inherently tapping minor dimensions. This is illustrated using Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). It is shown that the SWLS does not meet the standard of strict unidimensionality, but that the interpretation of the total scale…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Ewert, Alan; Sibthorp, Jim – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
There is an increasing interest in the field of experiential education to move beyond simply documenting the value of experiential education programs and, instead, develop more evidence-based models for experiential education practice (cf., Gass, 2005; Henderson, 2004). Due in part to the diversity of experiential education programs, participants,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Evidence, Models, Program Evaluation
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von Davier, Matthias – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2009
In this commentary, the author points out few issues, one being that there are models mislabeled as diagnostic, which deal with linear decompositions of item difficulties rather than estimating multidimensional skill variables. The author discusses the issue that there are many new names for essentially well-known models for multiple simultaneous…
Descriptors: Test Items, Probability, Models, Diagnostic Tests
Dalton, Ben – RTI International, 2011
The debate about the performance of US students on international assessments of educational achievement routinely fails to account for one consistently stark result: US achievement is bifurcated between a group of high-performing Asian and white students and an exceptionally low-performing group of black and Hispanic students. By summarizing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Minority Groups, Race
Truscheit, Tori – ConnCAN, 2010
Teachers are the most important factor in whether a student achieves in the classroom, so closing the achievement gap means improving the effectiveness of our teachers and their principals. But right now, no one really knows how effective our teachers are. The Obama administration recognizes that many states' evaluation systems are broken, and the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Federal Programs, Achievement Gap
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Stockard, Jean – Current Issues in Education, 2010
A large body of literature documents the central importance of fidelity of program implementation in creating an internally valid research design and considering such fidelity in judgments of research quality. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides web-based summary ratings of educational innovations and is the only rating group that is…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Innovation, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Harmon, Oskar R.; Lambrinos, James; Buffolino, Judy – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2010
Many consider online courses to be an inferior alternative to traditional face-to-face (f2f) courses because exam cheating is thought to occur more often in online courses. This study examines how the assessment design in online courses contributes to this perception. Following a literature review, the assessment design in a sample of online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Cheating, Online Courses
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Cashwell, Craig S.; Glosoff, Harriet L.; Hammond, Cheree – Counseling and Values, 2010
The phenomenon of spiritual bypass has received limited attention in the transpersonal psychology and counseling literature and has not been subjected to empirical inquiry. This study examines the phenomenon of spiritual bypass by considering how spirituality, mindfulness, alexithymia (emotional restrictiveness), and narcissism work together to…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, College Students
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