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MacGregor, Stephen W.; Cooper, Amanda – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
We interrogate the opportunities and challenges of using mixed methods (MM) within a developmental evaluation (DE) context by drawing on two illustrative cases that investigated educational change in Canada. Methods: Multi-case design and cross-case analysis, with a focus on examining common patterns across the two cases, enabling new ways of…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Evaluation Methods, Barriers, Educational Change
Cecilia Mezzanotte; Claire Calvel – OECD Publishing, 2023
Calls for increased monitoring and evaluation of education policies and practices have not, so far, included widespread and consistent assessments of the inclusiveness of education settings. Measuring inclusion in education has proven to be a challenging exercise, due not only to the complexity and different uses of the concept, but also to its…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Equal Education
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Goodwin, Adam; Chittle, Laura; Dixon, Jess C.; Andrews, David M. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
A multi-disciplinary academic unit at a Canadian university completed an evaluation of course syllabi used in its undergraduate programmes over the previous five years. This paper examines the reasons for the evaluation, the processes employed to collect and analyse the data, and how the results will be incorporated into the next steps of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Course Descriptions
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Lin, E.; Balogh, R.; Cobigo, V.; Ouellette-Kuntz, H.; Wilton, A. S.; Lunsky, Y. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience high rates of physical and mental health problems; yet their health care is often inadequate. Information about their characteristics and health services needs is critical for planning efficient and equitable services. A logical source of such information is…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification, Data Analysis
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Hao, Shiqi; Johnson, Robert L. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
This study, through multilevel analyses of the data of four English-speaking nations (i.e., Canada, England, New Zealand and the United States) from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2001 database, investigated the relationship between teachers' uses of various types of classroom assessments and their fourth-graders'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, International Education, Comparative Education
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Jackson, Suzanne F.; Kolla, Gillian – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
In attempting to use a realistic evaluation approach to explore the role of Community Parents in early parenting programs in Toronto, a novel technique was developed to analyze the links between contexts (C), mechanisms (M) and outcomes (O) directly from experienced practitioner interviews. Rather than coding the interviews into themes in terms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis
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Wolf, Peter – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
In the fall of 2003, Teaching Support Services (TSS), a department at the University of Guelph, was approached by a faculty member in the department of food sciences. Professor Art Hill was interested in seeking support in systematically assessing the department's undergraduate curriculum and using that assessment to trigger further improvement of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Program Effectiveness, College Faculty
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Nadeau, Luc; Richard, Jean-Francois; Godbout, Paul – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2008
Background: Coaches and physical educators must obtain valid data relating to the contribution of each of their players in order to assess their level of performance in team sport competition. This information must also be collected and used in real game situations to be more valid. Developed initially for a physical education class context, the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Team Sports, Observation, Performance Based Assessment
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McMillan, Melville L.; Chan, Wing H. – Education Economics, 2006
Efficiency scores are determined for Canadian universities using both data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier methods for selected specifications. The outcomes are compared. There is considerable divergence in the efficiency scores and their rankings among methods and specifications. An analysis of rankings, however, reveals that the…
Descriptors: Universities, Efficiency, Data Analysis, Productivity
Kemerer, Richard W.; Schmid, Richard F. – 1983
Data on the intrinsic characteristics of an educational program are essential in pilot testing new programs in order to determine how successfully design components have achieved their intended purpose. At the outset of an evaluation of such data, it is necessary to define the evaluator's role and determine what intrinsic information will be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods
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Price, Harry E. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1990
Analyzes orchestral repertoire data as indications of musical taste. Collects data from 34 U.S. and Canadian symphony orchestras from 1982 through 1987. Summarizes and compares programing of 600 composers and 10,500 works. Reveals that Mozart was most frequently performed, and Beethoven was given most time. Shows relationship between student and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Cousins, Brad; Clark, Shannon; Goh, Swee; Lee, Linda – Education Canada, 2005
Evaluative inquiry--systematically gathering and analyzing data for the purposes of judging program or innovation merit, worth or significance and/or supporting ongoing school-based decision making and problem solving--is an option available to educators that is not often used; this despite recent interest in action research and school-based…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Decision Making, Problem Solving, School Culture
Anderson, Barry; Postl, Bill – 2001
This paper provides an overview of the data collection, analysis, and reporting system of the British Columbia Ministry of Education, a system that is intended to improve the results obtained by the school system. The background of the system is described, and how it is used to assist in school improvement is outlined. The system's success to date…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Raptis, Helen; Baxter, Laurie – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2006
Throughout this era of greater educational accountability, assessment researchers have argued that large-scale comparative assessment data can enhance learning within and across systems of education and can foster reforms based on the practices of high achieving jurisdictions. Other researchers are less optimistic, warning that educational reform…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Accountability
Brown, Robert S.; Baird, William; Rosolen, Lisa – 1999
In January 1998, seven school boards amalgamated to form the Toronto District School Board, a board responsible for 600 schools. To deal with the complexities of the new entity, researchers have been using geographical information systems (GIS). GIS are computer-based tools for mapping. They store information as a collection of thematic layers or…
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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