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Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka – Council for Higher Education Accreditation, 2016
The idea of developing International Quality Principles emerged from a dialogue and debate among colleagues from many countries at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) International Quality Group (CIQG) 2014 Annual Meeting. The discussion focused on whether a single set of international standards for academic quality in higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Standards, International Cooperation, Educational Quality
Yatsko, Sarah; Opalka, Alice; Sutter, Jessica; Weeldreyer, Laura; Stewart, David – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2016
Many districts are expanding and diversifying the school options available to parents--a trend that shows no signs of reversing. While all public schools are required to test and publically report results, it remains nearly impossible for families and education and civic leaders to make school-to-school comparisons, especially across district-run…
Descriptors: Accountability, Management Information Systems, School Statistics, School Choice
El-Kogali, Safaa El Tayeb, Ed.; Krafft, Caroline, Ed. – World Bank, 2020
Education, which has been at the heart of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's history and civilizations for centuries, has a large untapped potential to contribute to human capital, well-being, and wealth. The region has invested heavily in education for decades, but it has not been able to reap the benefits of its investments.…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Human Capital, Well Being, Educational Change
LaCelle-Peterson, Mark, Ed.; Rigden, Diana, Ed. – Teacher Education Accreditation Council, 2012
The overall aim of this volume of essays is to honor Frank B. Murray's commitments to empirically-based quality assurance and to the development of increasingly effective systems of quality control in educator preparation programs. As the editors approached the authors with the invitation to contribute an essay, two characteristic aspects of…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Preservice Teacher Education, Federal Government, Educational Quality
Beghetto, Ronald A., Ed.; Kaufman, James C., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom" is a groundbreaking collection of essays by leading scholars, who examine and respond to the tension that many educators face in valuing student creativity but believing that they cannot support it given the curricular constraints of the classroom. Is it possible for teachers to nurture creative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Gifted, Motivation
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2004
The basic charter school bargain--freedom in exchange for accountability--presents unique challenges to authorizers. Authorizers must walk a tightrope of sorts, respecting each charter school's independence and distinct mission, while holding every school accountable for educational results and public obligations. Overseeing charter schools is…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Boards of Education, Accountability, Freedom
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 14 papers that were developed for a 5-day international seminar-workshop at which representatives of multilateral agencies, governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), women's organizations, feminist groups, and universities discussed gender issues in monitoring and evaluation of adult education. The following papers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development
Wilson, Arthur L., Ed.; Hayes, Elisabeth R., Ed. – 2000
This handbook presents the perspectives of more than 60 leading authorities on the study and practice of adult and continuing education. The following are among the papers included: "A Selective History of Adult Education Handbooks" (A.L. Wilson, E.R. Hayes); "The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice" (Stephen D.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning