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Sturgis, Chris – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper is part of a series investigating the implementation of competency education. The purpose of the paper is to explore how districts and schools can redesign grading systems to best help students to excel in academics and to gain the skills that are needed to be successful in college, the community, and the workplace. In order to make the…
Descriptors: Grading, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
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Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – 1974
The Michigan accountability system, based on statewide objectives-referenced testing at two grade levels generated considerable controversy, including this response to criticisms of an evaluation of the program by a panel of three persons. The contract under which the evaluation was performed is quoted to show that the authors of the report were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Lee, Kwangyhuyn; Weimer, Debbi – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2002
Michigan is designing a new accountability system that combines high standards and statewide testing within a school accreditation framework. Sound assessment techniques are critical if the accountability system is to provide relevant information to schools and policymakers. One important component of a sound assessment system is measurement of…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Accountability
Gross, Betheny, Ed.; Goertz, Margaret E., Ed. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2005
This report focuses squarely on strategies for instructional improvement in American high schools. Specifically, this study examines how high schools that perform below average incorporate their state's accountability goals into their own goals, identify their challenges, and search for strategies for instructional improvement. It focuses on how…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High Schools, Instructional Improvement, Accountability