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Mazouz, Abdelkader; Crane, Keenan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
Establishing a link between Course Learning Outcomes (LOs) and Program Outcomes (POs) while assessing the course contents and delivery are among the most challenging issues in Higher Education. In the present study two forms were generated based on specific Course Learning Outcomes identified in the syllabus at the beginning of the teaching term:…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Outcomes of Education, Matrices, Course Content
Wolf, Patrick J.; Witte, John F.; Fleming, David J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2012
Special education and parental school choice are two of the most controversial issues in K-12 education in the United States. In certain places, especially Milwaukee, Wisconsin, those two sensitive education concerns intersect in ways that prompt regular interest on the part of policy makers, advocates, the media, and the public at large. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, School Choice
Lim, Hyo Jin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The present study investigated longitudinal changes of the reading achievement among schools populated with English learners. It also examined the heterogeneity in the English learners group in terms of students' performance in high stakes reading tests. Historically, English learners have often been considered the students who are in the process…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Research, Oral Language, Reading Achievement
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2011
High-stakes testing is one of the most controversial issues in American education. Advocates contend that these tests encourage students to work harder, provide teachers with a stronger understanding of students' strengths and weaknesses, and allow educators to target failing schools for extra help. Critics claim that they narrow and distort the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Dropout Rate, Testing Programs
Ballard, Amy; Palmieri, Stafford; Winkler, Amber – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
This report has a simple aim: to present results from international assessments so readers can judge for themselves how American students stack up globally. It's intended to be a stand-alone supplement to the "Education Olympics" web event held between August 8th and August 22nd, 2008 (see edolympics.net). It shows how the U.S. has…
Descriptors: International Studies, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Wulfeck, Wallace H., II; And Others – 1978
This report describes the instructional quality inventory (IQI), which was developed to provide quality control/evaluation procedures for the instructional system development (ISD). The ISD is described as a method used by the military to develop or revise training courses. IQI procedures are detailed in six sections. Section 1 explains the IQI…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Classification, Course Content, Educational Objectives