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Direct linkShaker, Paul S.; Heilman, Elizabeth E. – School Administrator, 2008
In their popular explanation of No Child Left Behind, journalists and other public voices claim that unruly and inefficient public schools are being brought under the control of effective central authorities by scientific, test-driven accountability. Other popular themes of reform in media include mayoral control of schools, non-educators as…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Advocacy, Educational Research, Federal Legislation
Download full textTalbot, Gilles L. – 1994
This paper offers college teachers guidelines for improving their teacher made tests. It notes that teachers may focus on how well students have learned course objectives while being unaware of how the testing process itself contributes to the results obtained. The paper reports the results of a test-taking workshop designed to improve college…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Control
Lambert, Michael P., Ed.; Welch, Sally R., Ed. – 1993
This handbook contains a collection of 10 essays on practical skills needed by correspondence educators. The emphasis is on the "how to" of home study. The scope of the handbook includes coverage of the major aspects of providing instructional and administrative service to students, from how to organize the student services department to…
Descriptors: Assignments, Correspondence Study, Educational Administration, Grading
