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Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This paper presents a study that shows the use of professional standards in field experience assessment in initial teacher education. A Professional Development Progress Map was developed in field experience assessment in a teacher education institution in Hong Kong. The study enriches our understanding of the holistic nature of assessing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Experience Programs, Academic Standards, Student Evaluation
Zhang, Yanwei; Nandakumar, Ratna – Online Submission, 2006
Computer Adaptive Sequential Testing (CAST) is a test delivery model that combines features of the traditional conventional paper-and-pencil testing and item-based computerized adaptive testing (CAT). The basic structure of CAST is a panel composed of multiple testlets adaptively administered to examinees at different stages. Current applications…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Item Response Theory, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
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Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris; McElheron-Hopkins, Charryn – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2006
This multimethod study generated and tested a "best evidence" model of school improvement processes (SIP) capable of improving student achievement. Initially developed through the review of a comprehensive body of previous empirical research, the model was further refined through a 2, 5-year longitudinal study in 10 schools. A quantitative test of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Convergent Thinking