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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
Plomp, Tjeerd; Carleer, Gerrit – 1986
This paper summarizes a survey of Dutch junior secondary schools which was conducted to measure their adoption of the "information and computer literacy" (ICL) concept, and to investigate how far the implementation factors identified by Fullan (1982) are consistent with this innovation. The study's objectives were twofold: (1) to collect…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
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Chan, Christine – Computers and Education, 1987
Reports results of a survey of the use of computers in Canadian elementary school classrooms. Questionnaires and interviews were used to determine the availability of hardware and software, teachers' backgrounds, student access to computers, and teachers' perceptions on the role of computer-assisted learning. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Developed Nations, Elementary Education
Larson, Elizabeth J. Hunt; Schrankel, Philipp Stephen – 1986
Planning to meet the needs of the future is a critical concern of an Arizona school district. The Mesa Action Planning System (MAPS) provides a framework for community involvement with a 200-member community-based planning committee, selected from constituent groups, and a 12-member steering committee. The planning committee will receive a summary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Coordination, Decision Making
Metropolitan Separate School Board, Toronto (Ontario). – 1990
The school review model is used by the Metropolitan Separate School Board of Toronto (Ontario) to determine, in a positive and supportive manner, the extent to which policies, procedures, and practices have been implemented in the local schools to achieve the Board's goals and objectives. The following areas are reviewed: (1) the Catholic school…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Catholic Schools, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
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McGee, Glenn W. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
Examines the effects of such variables as socioeconomic status (SES), school size, grade span, type of computer, and student to computer ratio on the implementation of microcomputers. Analysis of a random sample of 128 elementary schools indicates that SES and student to computer ratio have the strongest impact on implementation. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Instructional Program Divisions
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Beach, Robert H.; Vacca, Anna M. – Computers in the Schools, 1985
Describes a study which polled secondary school principals to determine the factors contributing to successful implementation of computer technology in instructional programs. Results indicate a strong positive relationship between principal effectiveness scores and successful implementation. Monetary support was the only demographic factor found…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demography, Institutional Characteristics
Martin, C. Dianne – 1988
This study examined the mobilization and implementation stages of introducing microcomputers into elementary and middle schools in a majority adopter (i.e., schools which began implementing microcomputers for instruction in 1983-84) school district. Data collection included structured interviews with school district staff and principals;…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Innovation
Naron, Nancy K.; Estes, Nolan – 1985
This study of the impact of technology on education is an in-depth case study of 25 educational institutions, including both public school districts and colleges and universities. Information was gathered through the use of a lengthy questionnaire and a comprehensive telephone and/or site visit interview. Aspects of the study include the role of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
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Smith, Sara Dawn – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
Reports results of two studies that examined teachers' and students' efficacy and sex-typing attitudes toward computers in schools from contrasting settings. Questionnaires were used in elementary and secondary schools in a district that had an educational computing curriculum in place and in schools that were just beginning computer…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
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Carver, Joyce; MacKay, Ruth C. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1986
Reports on a distance education undergraduate nursing course offered by Dalhousie University School of Nursing (Nova Scotia) via live interactive television during 1984-85. The delivery method, course design, student achievement and attitudes towards the delivery method, costs, and advantages and disadvantages are described. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communications Satellites, Costs, Course Descriptions
McBeath, Marcia; Hoffman, Gilbert L. – 1984
This study was conducted (1) to determine the effects of the change, under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), from categorical grants to block grants in the District of Columbia, and (2) to compare these local effects with the findings of other nationwide studies. The first half of the paper is a review of reports…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Massey, Romeo M. – 1986
Belize's Relevant Education for Agriculture and Production (REAP) national primary school program is described in data from seven annual formative evaluations (1979-1985). The 1984-85 program/school evaluation included 54 rural REAP schools and utilized a 43-item questionnaire containing eight quality sub-variables. The quality of REAP schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Skills, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Neubauer, Antonia – 1984
This study examines local, ongoing inservice practices and programs for school board members in Pennsylvania in order to devise a program that local districts can adapt or adopt in response to their own needs. Following a brief introduction, a summary describes how data for the study were gathered by means of a series of interviews and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Kennedy, Kerry J. – 1984
This paper reports the results of a study of the implementation of multicultural education policy initiatives in Australia. An outline of the study's methods follows brief discussions of the emergence of multicultural education as a policy issue and the context of multicultural education in Australia. To assess the impact of multicultural…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Educational Policy
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