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Improving School Accountability in California
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Larsen, S. Eric; Lipscomb, Stephen; Jaquet, Karina – Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
Federal education policy will soon undergo a major revision, with significant consequences for the state's own policy and practices. This report seeks to help federal and state policymakers consider this restructuring and one of its core questions: How should schools and school districts be held accountable for the academic progress of their…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Federal Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
The Quantoids versus the Smooshes: Struggling with Methodological Rapprochement.
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Hatch, J. Amos – Issues in Education, 1985
Outlines the foundations of the qualitative and quantitative approaches to research and discusses the implications of these two completely different approaches in educational research. Points out they are not complementary as they are separate scientific paradigms.(MD)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
A Framework for the Development of National Educational Indicators, for the Consideration of Chief State School Officers. Occasional Paper #2.
Smith, Marshall S. – ASAP Notes, 1984
Educational indicators are statistical input/output measures providing information on the health of the educational system. This report for the consideration of the Council of Chief State School Officers characterizes the current state of educational indicators as in "shambles." It proposes a three phase framework for developing a sensitive and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators