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Florida Department of Education, 2018
This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. Rule 6A-6.014, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), titled, General Requirements for Adult General Education Programs, requires all adult education programs to report all student measurable educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, State Policy, Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation
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Cummings, Kelli D.; Smolkowski, Keith – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2015
This paper aims to translate for practitioners the principles and methods for evaluating screening measures in education, including benchmark goals and cut points, from our technical manuscript "Evaluation of Diagnostic Systems: The Selection of Students at Risk of Academic Difficulties" (this issue). We offer a brief description of…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Student Characteristics
Goldhaber, Dan; Loeb, Susanna – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
Better teacher evaluation should lead to better instruction and improved outcomes for students, but more accurate classification of teachers requires better information than is now available. Because existing measures of performance are incomplete and imperfect, measured performance does not always reflect true performance. Teachers who are truly…
Descriptors: Personnel Management, Personnel Policy, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
Statistical neighbour models provide one method for benchmarking progress. For each local authority (LA), these models designate a number of other LAs deemed to have similar characteristics. These designated LAs are known as statistical neighbours. Any LA may compare its performance (as measured by various indicators) against its statistical…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Research Tools
Middaugh, Michael F. – 2001
This book is intended to provide consistent and reliable quantitative and qualitative information on faculty productivity and accountability to help counter criticism and accurately describe what faculty do to the policy makers and/or the general public. It reports on a study at the University of Delaware that focused on instructional costs and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Benchmarking, College Faculty, Decision Making
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Cumming, Joy J.; Maxwell, Graham S. – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2004
This paper explores ten common themes concerning assessment practice in Australian education across the six states and two territories. The themes are: (1) a strong curriculum base influencing assessment, (2) the incorporation of school-based assessment in all certification, (3) preference for standards-referenced assessment, (4) respect for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Evaluation Methods, Profiles, Foreign Countries
Shafer, Barbara S.; Coate, L. Edwin – Business Officer, 1992
Benchmarking is an ongoing, systematic process for measuring and comparing work processes of one organization to those of another to identify best practices. Higher education can gain much from this technique, as industry has. The method is objective, reduces resistance to change and can lead to dramatic innovation and rapid development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Change Strategies, College Administration, Comparative Analysis
Owen, Jane – 1999
This booklet introduces the principles and practices of benchmarking as a way of raising quality and achievement at further education colleges in Britain. Section 1 defines the concept of benchmarking. Section 2 explains what benchmarking is not and the steps that should be taken before benchmarking is initiated. The following aspects and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Benchmarking, Data Collection
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Clark, John L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
In 1987, Toronto Board of Education mandated the development of standards, called "benchmarks," for students' achievement in mathematics and language at the end of grades 3, 6, 8, and 10. The development and testing of benchmarks stressing higher-order thinking, problem solving, and the use of experiential approaches and manipulative…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Helen, Ed.; Armstrong, Michael, Ed.; Brown, Sally, Ed. – 1999
This book explores the issues involved in developing standards in higher education, examining the practical issues involved in benchmarking and offering a critical analysis of the problems associated with this developmental tool. The book focuses primarily on experience in the United Kingdom (UK), but looks also at international activity in this…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 2000
A four-step approach to implementing a training program and measuring results for government agencies was developed in response to an executive order to federal agencies to provide effective training and performance measures in their annual budgets. Step one is the analysis of established goals to identify training requirements. Suggested…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Wagner, June G. – Keying In, 2001
This document contains three articles devoted to assessing online learning. "Online Learning: A Digital Revolution" profiles innovative World Wide Web-based programs at high schools and colleges in the United States and worldwide and discusses the following topics: new demographic realities; the need for continuous (lifelong) learning; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Measures