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Download full textLewis, Anne – 2001
This report outlines the major themes of the 2000 annual conference of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), which focused on educational accountability in the 21st century. The conference opened with a panel presentation on the Texas accountability system. This session included a presentation by one of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Lewis, Anne – 2001
This report outlines the major themes of the 1999 annual conference of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), which focused on creating benchmarks for accountability in education. Opening the conference, a panel of experts focused on recent work regarding standards, quality, and fairness in the assessment…
Descriptors: Accountability, Benchmarking, Conferences, Educational Quality
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1990
The conference reported in this document was attended by representatives of seven states (Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington). Participants focused on three key questions: (1) what are the issues and objectives behind assessment in each state? (2) what can be done regarding the implementation of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Assessment and Evaluation Program. – 1985
This report comprises edited versions of the presentations from the 17 participants in a conference under the sponsoreship of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. The conference was designed to enable policy-makers, educators, and business people to share perspectives on the most effective methods for identifying and collecting data that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Databases, Decision Making
Tschantz, Jennifer – 2002
This document presents the proceedings of the sixth National Monitoring Conference concerned with implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Introductory material describes the purpose and background of the document and the federal monitoring of states, including the Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (CIMP) and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN. – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a June 11-12, 1999, forum that addressed alternative assessments and gray areas in large-scale assessments for students with disabilities. The forum included 161 representatives from 42 state departments of education, 3 large school districts, 1 territory, and the Department of Defense Dependent Schools. Five…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities
Kober, Nancy L., Ed.; Feuer, Michael J., Ed. – 1996
The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 substantially revised the Title I program for disadvantaged children. Some of the most far-reaching changes relate to testing and accountability. States will now need to develop their own assessments and ensure that these assessments are aligned with challenging state standards linked to educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Symposium. Vocational Education's Role in a Changing Economy. (Spokane, Washington, April 26, 1978).
VanAusdle, Steven, Ed. – 1978
The symposium reported here was held to provide representatives from business, industry, labor, agriculture, government, and education an opportunity to examine the present and future role of vocational education in the state of Washington. First, this report presents the opening remarks regarding vocational education's role in a changing economy…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Conferences, Economic Development
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1974
This publication reports the proceedings of the National Interstate Project Conference. The purpose of the meeting was to study significant developments in ESEA, Title V, Section 505 Projects in 1973-74 and plan Interstate Project needs for the future. The major topics of discussion include: the policy, politics, and survival of State education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Collective Bargaining, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Woodling, Ruth W., Ed. – 1978
This publication contains the edited text of the proceedings of the September 1976 Conference on Education for Georgia Legislators. Addresses by 20 experts from Georgia and around the country are presented. The proceedings are intended to help legislators, educators, parents, and others interested in deeper insight into the issues of educational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Collective Bargaining, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports
CRESST Evaluation Comment, 1989
An overview of an international conference held on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to take stock of the development and use of educational quality indicator systems at the local, state, national, and international levels is provided. Major implications and findings of the education summit held at the University of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Conference Papers
Mid-Atlantic Teacher Corps Network, Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference's keynote address is presented by Bernard C. Watson. Papers include: Vantage from the State Department of Education, by Robert G. Scanlon (Pennsylvania); Minimum Competency: As the Public Sees the Question, by Jacqueline Grennan Wexler; Minimum Competency Testing (MCT): A Tripartite Response from the Profession, by W. James Popham;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Community Attitudes, Educational Policy
Texas Advisory Council for Technical - Vocational Education, Austin. – 1977
This report summarizes the proceedings of the Governor's Conference on Technical-Vocational Education in Texas, which was held (1) to provide a public forum on vocational, technical, adult, and manpower education; (2) to assess developments in these areas since the 1973 Governor's Conference; (3) to examine key issues related to the funding,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Career Choice
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Various topics concerning assessment in higher education are considered in five papers. In "Defining and Measuring the Competencies of a Liberal Arts Education," David G. Winter proposes that liberal arts competencies can be assessed by creative new quantitative strategies and outlines five important criteria, or standards, as well as measures of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions)
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1978
The proceedings of the 1978 Legislative Work Conference of the Southern Regional Education Board include eight essays on higher education. In the first essay, "Financing Higher Education in the 1980's: Fewer Students, More Dollars?," Lyman A. Glenny outlines nine issues that may affect fixed and variable costs for higher education. In…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Admission, Competency Based Teacher Education
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