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Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed.; Chapman, Olive, Ed.; Gourdeau, Frédéric, Ed.; Lajoie, Caroline, Ed.; Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Simmt, Elaine, Ed.; Taylor, Peter, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2016
This special issue of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group/Groupe Canadien d'Étude en Didactique des Mathématiques (CMESG/GCEDM) Proceedings looks at CMESG/GCEDM's collective history, reflects on where the group has been, and who the members have become as an organization. Through a selection of excerpts from past proceedings, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, History, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Sadler, Philip M., Ed.; Sonnert, Gerhard, Ed.; Tai, Robert H., Ed.; Klopfenstein, Kristin, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
With an annual yearly growth rate of 9.3 percent over the last two decades, Advanced Placement courses have become a juggernaut in American high school education. AP courses are routinely perceived as an indicator of educational rigor, and many schools push to enroll low-income or minority students in these courses in the hope of preparing them…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Tsagari, Dina, Ed.; Csepes, Ildiko, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The Guidelines for Good Practice of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) stress the importance of collaboration between all parties involved in the process of developing instruments, activities and programmes for testing and assessment. Collaboration is considered to be as important as validity and reliability,…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Testing, Language Tests, Test Validity
Russell, Michael; Kavanaugh, Maureen – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The importance of student assessment, particularly for summative purposes, has increased greatly over the past thirty years. At the same time, emphasis on including all students in assessment programs has also increased. Assessment programs, whether they are large-scale, district-based, or teacher developed, have traditionally attempted to assess…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Adaptive Testing
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Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1982
The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) was assessed to determine the effectiveness of the TIERS in meeting its statutory objectives. A second purpose was to outline directions for the future of the system in light of enactment of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Focus was on assisting the United States…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Canadian Commission of Employment and Immigration, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1983
This collection of articles on vocational guidance and counseling is one of the NATCON series produced by the Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission to improve the methodology of vocational guidance and employment counseling. Ten articles are included in the book. They cover the following subjects: a processing of counseling psychology for…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Development