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Gardiner, Lion F., Ed.; Anderson, Caitlin, Ed.; Cambridge, Barbara L., Ed. – 1997
This book is intended to provide college administrators, faculty, and researchers with a guide to resources concerned with assessment at the postsecondary level. After a foreword by Margaret A. Miller, president of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), an introduction by Barbara L. Cambridge examines the different ways that current…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Principles, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods
McMullan, Bernard J.; And Others – 1988
This document summarizes the literature on the causes of dropping out, reviews national dropout prevention initiatives, proposes a set of principles to guide dropout prevention programs, and recommends a framework of policies for the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Public Schools. The dropout literature indicates that dropping out is a developmental…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Principles
Peer reviewedBarton, Keith C.; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1996
Presents seven brief essays addressing recent research efforts and policy initiatives aimed at reforming the history curriculum. Notes that policy recommendations are rarely informed by research on either historical or pedagogical thinking. Authors include Keith C. Barton, Matthew T. Downey, Terrie L. Epstein, Linda S. Levstik, Peter Seixas,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
