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Zaslow, Martha, Ed.; Martinez-Beck, Ivelisse, Ed.; Tout, Kathryn, Ed.; Halle, Tamara, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What constitutes quality in early childhood settings, and how can it best be measured with today's widely used tools and promising new approaches? Find authoritative answers in this book, a must-have for high-level administrators and policymakers as more and more states adopt early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems. The most…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Toddlers
Gore, Paul A., Jr., Ed.; Carter, Louisa P., Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
Offering a primer on action research methodologies and examples of practice, "Students in Transition: Research and Practice in Career Development" responds to a dual challenge facing career development educators--designing cutting-edge career development interventions and demonstrating their effectiveness. Overviews of quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Program Design, Action Research, Research Methodology, Apprenticeships
Heppler, Brad – Online Submission, 2008
This is a book about quality and how to control quality through deliberate actions on the part of the professionals developing and implementing the instances of instruction available at an organization. Quality control theory favors no particular learning philosophy and is only directed towards aspects of how, what, where and when measurements are…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Program Effectiveness, Measurement, Measurement Techniques
Wright, Robert J. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
The book is a highly readable integration of the latest assessment policies, and includes valuable information regarding young children with special needs and English Language Learners--topics that have rarely been touched upon in other textbooks. Focusing on practical applications of key concepts, this text provides a knowledge base of what every…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education
Harms, Thelma; Clifford, Richard M.; Cryer, Debby – 1998
The ECERS-R is a thorough revision of the widely used program quality assessment instrument, the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS). Designed for use in preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children 2-and-a-half through 5 years of age, the ECERS-R can be used by program directors for supervision and program…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
McNamara, James F.; Erlandson, David A.; McNamara, Maryanne – 1999
This book addresses the domain of Measurement and Evaluation, 1 of 21 domains of knowledge and skill deemed necessary for the principalship by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. The purpose of this book is to help principals and others who assume leadership roles in schools to understand the importance of measurement and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Secolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness
Popham, W. James, Ed. – 1974
Representing a set of required readings for those who would keep abreast of developments in the field of educational evaluation, this book presents nine chapters, each written by a recognized scholar on the topic being considered. Several chapters are also available as separate booklets, thereby increasing the flexibility with which the materials…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Analysis, Evaluation
Winter, Richard; Maisch, Maire – 1996
This book describes the ASSET (Accreditation for Social Services Experience and Training) Program, a British program which addresses the need for effective education and development of social workers and a model variant of ASSET used to train engineers. The work draws on three different traditions: the principles of National Vocational…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Fleming, Dan B. – 1974
In this paper, the author reviews a number of criticisms that have been made of the use of standardized tests in the social studies and reviews 11 general, skills, and discipline-oriented standardized tests for social studies. Standardized tests evaluating the results of the new social studies courses are open to criticism on the basis of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, National Competency Tests, Predictive Measurement
Mann, Marlis; And Others – 1974
This monograph presents an overview and evaluation of the three years of development and initial implementation of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program (Master's degree level). The Comfield Teacher Preparation Model, a performance-based, field-centered, personalized and systematically designed program of sequences of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Cohen, Libby G.; Spenciner, Loraine J. – 1998
This book is designed to provide future and experienced educators and other professionals with a fundamental understanding of traditional and contemporary perspectives on the assessment of children and youth, aged 3 through 21. It features broad coverage of traditional and contemporary assessment approaches. Individual tests are discussed at…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Development, Children
Mount San Jacinto Coll., San Jacinto, CA. – 1976
This document presents the annual Management by Objectives report of Mt. San Jacinto College. The first section, describing the college's long-range plan, provides for the college as a whole and for each administrative and instructional area an historical perspective, projected futures, and recommendations designed to meet future contingencies.…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Credits, College Role, Community Colleges
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, DC. – 1978
The guidebook is designed to help school districts plan humanistic education programs. Humanistic education is defined as a commitment to education and practice in which the teaching/learning process emphasizes the individual's freedom, value, dignity, and integrity. Humanistic education aims to develop the learner's potentials, help students to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Middaugh, Michael F.; And Others – 1994
This book provides conceptual and practical strategies for the data and information collection and analysis needs of a diverse group of institutions, ranging from small rural community colleges to large urban research institutions. The model framework is designed for use by any size or type of institution and gives a broad overview of various…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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