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Butler, Anne Marie; Hahn, Christine – London Review of Education, 2021
This article presents a case study of a decolonized curriculum development in the Art History programme at the small liberal arts institution Kalamazoo College (Michigan, USA). It discusses the curriculum plan, methods for learning, assessment and potential applications for this approach beyond the case study. Paying attention to questions about…
Descriptors: Art History, History Instruction, Curriculum Development, Case Studies
Russell, Christina A., Ed.; Newhouse, Corey, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021
"Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out-of-School Time" shares the experience and wisdom from a broad cross-section of out-of-school time professionals, ranging from internal evaluators, to funders, to researchers, to policy advocates. Key themes of the volume include building support for learning and evaluation within out-of-school time…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Capacity Building, Evaluators, Educational Quality
Guarino, Cassandra M. – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2013
The push for accountability in public schooling has extended to the measurement of teacher performance, accelerated by federal efforts through Race to the Top. Currently, a large number of states and districts across the country are computing measures of teacher performance based on the standardized test scores of their students and using them in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Models, Program Descriptions
Deddeh, Heather; Main, Erin; Fulkerson, Sharon Ratzlaff – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
A group of teachers at Clifford Smart Middle School in Michigan's Walled Lake Consolidated School District have broken free from traditional grading in order to embrace a more meaningful grading practice. Using standards-based grading practices, they believe their grading now accurately communicates to students and parents the student's mastery…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Grading, Academic Standards, Evaluation Methods
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Fitch, Dale; Peet, Melissa; Reed, Beth Glover; Tolman, Richard – Journal of Social Work Education, 2008
Portfolios can foster the integration of theory, action, self-reflection, and assessment. Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) extend this concept by acting as a "content-management system" that facilitates the collecting, considering, sharing, and presenting of learning outcomes with and to others via a digital medium. This article…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Curriculum, Systems Approach, Teaching Methods
Blaschke, Charles L.; Sweeney, John M. – 1976
This paper describes and discusses a number of conceptual approaches and models for determining the cost-effectiveness of educational programs. Section 1 first discusses a number of conceptual models and designs related to cost-effectiveness analysis in education and then describes several specific cost-effectiveness models that have been recently…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conceptual Schemes, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration
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Norton, Richard K.; Brix, Andrew; Brydon, Trevor; Davidian, Elijah; Dinse, Keely; Vidyarthi, Sanjeev – Planning for Higher Education, 2007
This study addresses several common shortcomings of current university campus sustainability initiatives, including a lack of attention to integrative issues such as land use, housing, and transportation, and a generally reactive rather than proactive approach to sustainability. To engage these concerns, we develop a model for assessing the…
Descriptors: Land Use, Sustainable Development, Administrative Principles, College Administration
Cook, Polly; Authier, Gail – 1977
The TELSTAR project serves preschool handicapped children in all categories of disabilities in a three-county rural area of Northeastern Michigan. Services are home-based from ages 0 to 3, with the children placed in appropriate group programs at approximately age 3. The assessment and evaluation of child progress is done using a standardized…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education
President's National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services, Washington, DC. – 1969
This report includes several contributions concerned with the PACE program of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title III. One editorial reviews five previous studies of PACE and another is devoted to the need for "process evaluation" of Title III projects. Also included are descriptions of three PACE projects, in Los Angeles,…
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Brickell, Henry M.; And Others – 1975
The Michigan Department of Education developed an operational model for career education which combined the elements of individual career development with career preparation accomplished through academic, vocational, and technical education programs. A third-party evaluation was conducted to determine to what extent the operational model has been…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Andrews, Mary P.; Swanson, Jane F. – 1979
A descriptive-comparative study was designed to document the service delivery functions and impacts of three different parent-aide programs ongoing in Michigan. The study took place over the period of summer 1978 to summer 1979. The programs involved in the study were the Genesee County Department of Social Services' Volunteer Services Parent-Aide…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Family Health, Family Problems
Michigan State Dept. of Public Instruction, Lansing. – 1966
THIS REPORT FOLLOWS THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR EVALUATION REPORTS OF TITLE I PROJECTS. THE FIRST PART DESCRIBES THE PROJECTS' OPERATION AND SERVICES, METHODS OF DISSEMINATION OF DATA AND INFORMATION, EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, AND MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS. IT ALSO PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT (1) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Kaplan, Carol B.; Downey, Lee – 1978
This description of career education activities in Coloma, Michigan, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) This…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
Watson, John F. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
Online learning is growing rapidly across the United States within all levels of education, as more and more students and educators become familiar with the benefits of learning unconstrained by time and place. Across most states and all grade levels, students are finding increased opportunity, flexibility, and convenience through online learning.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Resources, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment