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Cohen, Julie; Brown, Michelle – New Educator, 2016
Districts are increasingly making personnel decisions based on teachers' impact on student-achievement gains and classroom observations. In some schools, however, a teacher's practices and their students' achievement may reflect not just individual but collaborative efforts. In other settings, teachers' instruction benefits less from the insights…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Merit Rating, Achievement Rating, Achievement Gains
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Leighton, Jacqueline P.; Cui, Ying; Cor, M. Ken – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
The objective of the present investigation was to compare the adequacy of two cognitive models for predicting examinee performance on a sample of algebra I and II items from the March 2005 administration of the SAT[TM]. The two models included one generated from verbal reports provided by 21 examinees as they solved the SAT[TM] items, and the…
Descriptors: Test Items, Inferences, Cognitive Ability, Prediction
Gierl, Mark J.; Leighton, Jacqueline P.; Wang, Changjiang; Zhou, Jiawen; Gokiert, Rebecca; Tan, Adele – College Board, 2009
The purpose of the study is to present research focused on validating the four algebra cognitive models in Gierl, Wang, et al., using student response data collected with protocol analysis methods to evaluate the knowledge structures and processing skills used by a sample of SAT test takers.
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Student Attitudes
DiBiase, Rebecca Wolf – National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2004
Monitoring and evaluating whether a charter school is in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and performing financially, organizationally, and academically requires the authorizer to examine a host of information about an individual school. Some of this information is reported by the school itself; vehicles such as self-reports,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal), School Culture, Institutional Evaluation