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Peer reviewedStrauss, Robert P.; Sawyer, Elizabeth A. – Economics of Education Review, 1986
Using logarithmic and statistical data, this study analyzes teacher quality as a determinant of student performance on standardized tests. The most startling finding: a 1 percent increase in teacher competency, as measured by standardiazed test scores, is accompanied by a 5 percent decline in student failure rate on high school competency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance
Peer reviewedMahmoud, Mohamed M. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1991
A study used correlational analysis and step-wise multiple regression to build mathematical models representing the dynamics of student evaluation of courses and teachers. The resulting models were very strong and were subsequently used to improve academic programs in Kuwait's Institute of Banking Studies. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedGrimes, Paul W.; Register, Charles A. – Journal of Economic Education, 1990
Examines the effect of unionization on high school economics teacher productivity measured by student performance on the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). Finds that students in unionized school districts scored higher relative to students in nonunionized districts. Suggests these findings have implications for resource allocation. Includes tables…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics Education, High Schools, National Competency Tests
Download full textGreenwald, Anthony G. – 1996
Higher education relies on student ratings to evaluate faculty teaching, partly because the alternatives (expert peer appraisals or objective performance criteria) are costly or unavailable. Because student ratings are crucial not only to improving instruction, but also in making or breaking faculty careers, it is important to assure that they…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Course Selection (Students), Data Interpretation, Grade Inflation
Peer reviewedLopus, Jane S. – Journal of Economic Education, 1990
Using a production-functions approach, analyzes data from the National Assessment of Economic Education to investigate whether spending more on high school economics courses improves student performance measured by the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). Delineates procedure. Results show direct allocation of resources produces improved student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics Education, Educational Resources, Expenditure per Student
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
This notebook contains 21 standards established by the Center for Educational Statistics (CES); CES legislation; and a description of the CES publication and publication review processes. The publication clearance procedures and the external advice and peer review policies are established by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Codification, Data Analysis, Data Collection
