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Smith, William; Xu, Xiao – European Journal of Education, 2023
After eight years of piloting, China's National Assessment of Education Quality (NAEQ) was administered for the first time in 2015. The NAEQ was introduced during the country's transition from exam-oriented to quality-oriented education. The public, in particular parents and students, were required to subscribe to this reorientation. To ensure…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Pilot Projects, Educational Quality, National Competency Tests
Christine Lee Power – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The Massachusetts edTPA Pilot and Field Test (2010-2013) was launched by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to evaluate the possible adoption of edTPA within that state. Guided by Cochran-Smith et al.'s (2013) Politics of Policy Framework, this mixed-methods study examines this policy initiative by analyzing the…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Moyer, Eric L.; Galindo, Jennifer – National Assessment Governing Board, 2023
The National Assessment Governing Board (the Board) contracted with Pearson to design and implement a review of the achievement level descriptions (ALDs) for National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 8 assessments in Science, U.S. History, and Civics. This document describes the procedural and technical aspects and outcomes of the…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Student Evaluation, Grade 8, Academic Achievement
Moyer, Eric L.; Galindo, Jennifer – National Assessment Governing Board, 2022
The National Assessment Governing Board has a legislatively mandated responsibility to develop National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) achievement levels. The Board Policy Statement on Developing Student Achievement Levels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress provides policy definitions of "NAEP Basic,"…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests
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Claro, Magdalena; Jara, Ignacio – Digital Education Review, 2020
This article analyzes the reasons behind the end of the ICT in education policy (Enlaces) driven by the Chilean Ministry of Education for 25 years. The argument is that the institution that sought to give sustainability to this policy over time, ended up losing its ability to lead relevant responses to the educational challenges posed by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational History, Information Technology
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Regueiro, Patricia Digón; García, Rosa María Méndez; DePalma, Renée; Matos, Silvana Longueira – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2017
Development education has a long and well-established trajectory in terms of initiatives promoted by international organizations, national governments and civil associations, accompanied by a growing awareness of the significance of global issues. Nevertheless, an analysis of the education policy reflected in the official Spanish and English…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Weiss, Michael J.; May, Henry – Education Finance and Policy, 2012
As test-based educational accountability has moved to the forefront of national and state education policy, so has the desire for better measures of school performance. No Child Left Behind's (NCLB) status and safe harbor measures have been criticized for being unfair and unreliable, respectively. In response to such criticism, in 2005 the federal…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Accountability, Performance Based Assessment, Federal Programs
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Barzanò, Giovanna; Grimaldi, Emiliano – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
Italy is well known for its difficulty in introducing any educational evaluation system. This paper explores the dynamics which occurred in Italy in 2010-2011, within the context of the umpteenth national pilot of school and staff evaluation. Our research object is an unfinished project, observed in its development. We get close to the struggles…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Merit Rating, Policy Analysis
Alamprese, Judith A.; Limardo, Chrys – Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Policy to Performance Toolkit" is designed to provide state adult education staff and key stakeholders with guidance and tools to use in developing, implementing, and monitoring state policies and their associated practices that support an effective state adult basic education (ABE) to postsecondary education and training transition…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education, State Policy
van der Gaag, Jacques; Abetti, Pauline – Brookings Institution, 2011
This policy brief outlines how national education accounts (NEAs) are created, and why they are a vast improvement over current financial tracking systems in the education sector. Examples from the health sector illustrate the benefits of national accounts for improving public services, and their ubiquity highlights the poor state of affairs of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Health Services
Dias, Mary Beatrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research contributes to efforts in assessment studies related to science and technology interventions. The work presented in this thesis focuses on understanding the effects of policies that influence science and technology interventions, and determining the impact of science and technology interventions themselves. Chapter 1 explores how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
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Spencer, John – Teachers College Record, 2012
This article is a case study of compensatory education as it was developed and implemented by an innovative urban school principal in the early 1960s. I argue that while the compensatory education movement was often marred by pejorative-sounding language and inegalitarian ideas, especially as it was shaped and expanded by policy makers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Low Achievement, Charter Schools, Pilot Projects
Haynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
This policy brief examines standards-based approaches that hold promise for shaping a common vision of skilled teaching commensurate with the national goal of preparing all students for college and careers. Numerous studies confirm that teachers are the most significant school-based factor in improving student achievement, particularly for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation)
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Paloniemi, Riikka; Vilja, Varho – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
We present a rural Finnish case of nature conservation called the nature values trade (NVT) as an example of the process of changing ecological and cultural states and preferences of environmental policy. We emphasise the importance of local ecological and cultural circumstances for the formulation of environmental policy. The study shows how…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Conservation (Environment), Biodiversity, Forestry
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Horm, Diane M.; Goble, Carla B.; Boatright, Michelle; Decker, Cindy G.; Noble, Nichol; Norris, Deborah J. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This article describes the initiation of a statewide public-private partnership to expand and enhance services for infants, toddlers, and their families. It presents information regarding the initiation and implementation of the project; the program requirements, including those for professional development; and the design of a three-phase program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions, Policy Analysis
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