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Maryland State Department of Education, 2017
Disproportionate rates of suspensions and expulsions among racial/ethnic groups are a local, state, and national concern. Maryland has made significant progress in decreasing the use of exclusionary discipline, but there is substantial work left to do to move toward equity. Maryland has cut the use of exclusionary discipline practices by half in…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Suspension, Expulsion, Racial Differences
McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Casabianca, Jodi M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
As the education reform movement increasingly focuses on teachers and teaching, educators, policy-makers, and researchers need valid and reliable measures that can be used to evaluate individual teachers, provide guidance for improving teaching performance, and support research in ways that advance instruction and classroom dialog and practice. A…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques, Video Technology, Observation
Jerald, Craig D.; Van Hook, Kristan – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2011
Teacher evaluation has emerged as a major focus for reform at the highest levels of education policymaking, and for good reason. Most evaluations are based on scant evidence of actual effectiveness, produce inflated ratings, and provide teachers with little useful feedback. This paper offers policymakers and practitioners important "lessons…
Descriptors: Evidence, Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
US Department of Education, 2006
Spurred by the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001, virtually every educational reform program now includes an accountability component that requires sound data collection and reporting. Improving data quality has thus emerged as a high priority for educators and policymakers across the country. The list of programs for which data quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Federal Legislation, Improvement
Mongeon, Rebecca, Ed.; Tambascio, Donna, Ed. – Wellesley Centers for Women, 2010
The "Research & Action Report," published twice a year, is a window on the activities and initiatives at the Wellesley Centers for Women. The report typically features news about the Centers, interviews with researchers, commentary on recent events or social trends affecting women and girls, announcements of new publications, and…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Research, Life Style, Health Behavior
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 2002
This Accountability Procedures Manual (APM) is designed to be used by Texas Education Agency staff and other education system personnel as a guide for on-site evaluations. It is the responsibility of each member of an on-site peer review team to become familiar with the contents of the APM. Quality peer review evaluations demand consistency,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Peer Evaluation
Helge, Brian; And Others – OCLC Newsletter, 1987
Five librarians considered authorities on quality cataloging in the OCLC Online Union Catalog were interviewed to obtain their views on the current level of quality control in the OCLC database, the responsibilities of OCLC and individual libraries in improving the quality of records, and the consequences of quality control problems. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Databases
Barth, John; Burk, Zona Sharp; Serfass, Richard; Harms, Barbara Ann; Houlihan, G. Thomas; Anderson, Gerald; Farley, Raymond P.; Rigsby, Ken; O'Rourke, John – 2000
This document, one of a series of reports, focuses on the adoption of principles of quality management, originally developed by W. Edwards Deming, and the Baldrige Criteria for use in education. These processes and tools for systemic organizational management, when comprehensively applied, produce performance excellence and continuous improvement.…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2007
This study reports on the Hong Kong education quality assurance and school monitoring system. Three research questions were addressed: (1) Who controls the quality of school education in Hong Kong? (2) What strategies are used in the Hong Kong school education quality assurance process? (3) Agenda for Future Research on quality assurance and…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Policy

Newby, Peter – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Presents a typology of quality-assurance systems for higher education and evaluates the alternatives. Argues that total quality management strategies are best suited to higher education's purpose because the model is internal to the delivery of the service, continuous, and process-oriented, but notes, however, that there are deep, often…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Educational Quality, Higher Education

Caldwell, Bettye – Young Children, 1984
Reports membership and organizational changes in the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) over the past two years. Also describes the development of a project to accredit day care centers, an information services department, and recommendations by NAEYC on many early childhood issues. (CB)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Information Services
Fecso, Ronald S., Ed. – 1993
This report of the Panel on Quality Improvement in Student Financial Aid Programs examines the quality control of federal student financial aid programs covered by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and offers recommendations calling for sweeping revisions of the present system. The report explores: (1) the quality control practices…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Greenblatt, Janet – 1984
This is a report on the evaluation of the status of the Asbestos in Schools Identification and Notification rule, which requires all public and private local education agencies (LEA's) to inspect, sample, notify occupants, and maintain records on asbestos materials in school buildings. The evaluation consisted of a national survey of 2,600…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Compliance (Legal), Construction Materials, Documentation
Commonwealth of Learning, 2008
"Education for a Digital World" contains a collection of strategies and tools for effective online teaching, based on the principles of learning as a social process. Narrative is supplemented by real-life examples, case studies, and resources to supply comprehensive perspectives about structuring and fostering socially engaging learning…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Problems, Instructional Design, Management Systems
Flood, Mirjam; Weinstein, Debra; Halle, Tamara; Martin, Laurie; Tout, Kathryn; Wandner, Laura; Vick, Jessica; Sherman, Juli; Hair, Elizabeth – Child Trends, 2007
Quality measures were originally developed for research aimed at describing the settings that children spend time in and identifying the characteristics of these environments that contribute to children's development. They were also developed to guide improvements in practice. Increasingly, however, measures of quality are being used for further…
Descriptors: Validity, Reliability, Child Care, Educational Quality