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White, C. Stephen; Fox, Rebecca K.; Isenberg, Joan P. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This study examined how multiple measures can be used to study experienced teachers' learning. The study was conducted in an advanced Master's degree programme, aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the United States. The programmatic features and key learning experiences found in the programme are described and…
Descriptors: National Standards, Faculty Development, Masters Degrees, Investigations
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2008
Many adults in OECD countries have low language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills. The consequences of these low foundation skills span the economic, health and social well-being of individuals, families and communities. Investment in this sector of adult education is therefore crucial. This study looks specifically inside the programmes for…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1973
This publication has two major parts. The first is a paper by Joan Beers, Pennsylvania Department of Education, and Paul Campbell, Educational Testing Service, which describes, analyzes and interprets the most significant portions of data collected in a second survey of the status of state educational assessment programs. The second part is a…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Maluccio, Anthony N.; Ainsworth, Frank; Thoburn, June – 2000
Ideally, there is a close interaction between research and practice in human services, and program planning is based on such interaction, particularly the findings of outcome research. This book reviews the bodies of outcome research about child welfare programs from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, particularly outcomes in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Kirkpatrick, Denise – Commonwealth of Learning, 2005
Assuring the quality of education provision is a fundamental aspect of gaining and maintaining credibility for programmes, institutions and national systems of higher education worldwide. Despite a long and generally successful track record, open and distance learning (ODL) is still required to prove that the quality of student learning is at…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Maker, C. June – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2005
C. June Maker, Professor at the University of Arizona, has developed a unique performance-based assessment in which children are observed by teams of teachers, counselors, paraprofessionals, administrators, specialists in education of the gifted and bilingual education, and local community members. The assessment, designed initially to …
Descriptors: Gifted, Bilingual Education, Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness