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Download full textMar, Harvey – DB-LINK, 1996
This fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about psychological evaluations for infants, children, and adults who are deaf-blind. It also considers how to use psychological evaluation quality indicators and identifies desired outcomes to maximize benefits to the student. Questions addressed include: (1) what skills and abilities are…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Battersby, Mark, Ed. – Learning Quarterly, 1999
The articles in this issue of Learning Quarterly, published by the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer, and Technology (British Columbia), discuss the relationship between assessment and learning. Assessment can be used for three purposes in education: (1) to evaluate and credential (grade); (2) to determine institutional effectiveness; and (3) to…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Methods
Peer reviewedvan den Akker, Jan, Ed.; Verloop, Nico, Ed. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1994
The introduction and six articles of this special issue focus on curriculum evaluation in the Netherlands, reviewing approaches and results in the nation overall, and in the specific areas of physics, mathematics, and English. The use of innovative approaches and practice profiles is also explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Rathore, Harish, Ed.; Schuemer, Rudolf, Ed. – 1998
This document contains five papers examining evaluation concepts and practice in selected distance education (DE) institutions. "Preface" (Harish Rathore, Rudolf Schuemer) defines evaluation in DE and provides an overview of the evaluation philosophies, agendas, and methodologies discussed in the five papers. "Evaluation Practices at the Indira…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
PDF pending restorationPierret, M. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1990
This paper summarizes the proceedings of a conference held to discuss evaluation in vocational education. The agenda included welcome speeches and the introductory address by Robert Savy, President of the Regional Council of Limousin (France); an opening session with statements from representatives of the Commission of the European Communities…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Hexter, Holly; Lippincott, Joan K. – Research Briefs, 1990
This research brief highlights data from surveys of college administrators on the status of assessment policies and practices. The surveys addressed approaches to assessment, external mandates prompting assessment activity, skills or outcomes that are being assessed, assessment methods and procedures, and use of assessment results. The surveys…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
Kiernan, Henry, Ed.; Pyne, John, Ed. – The Docket: Journal of the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies, 1993
The four articles in this theme issue provide an overview of assessment in the social studies and the rationale behind the movement for a more authentic assessment of learning outcomes. In the first article, "Thinking as an Unnatural Act," William T. Daly offers a clear rationale for social studies teachers to re-examine the methods of assessing…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
Green, Muriel; Bartram, Dave – FE Matters, 1998
This document, which is intended for curriculum managers, student services managers, and learning support managers in further education (FE) colleges throughout the United Kingdom, presents the practical experiences of FE colleges that have implemented a range of approaches to initial assessment and offers technical information, good practice…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Needs
Mobus, Martine; Verdier, Eric – Training & Employment, 1997
In both France and Germany, the government, employers' organizations, and unions all participate in defining vocational diplomas based on a national framework of procedures of elaborating and standardizing titles. Important differences between the diploma definition processes in France and Germany may be identified. In Germany, the issue is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Practices
McGrail, Loren, Ed.; Purdom, Laura, Ed.; Schwartz, Rick, Ed.; Simmons, Alison, Ed. – Adventures in Assessment, 1998
"Adventures in Assessment" is an annual journal of the system for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES), a comprehensive training and technical assistance initiative for adult literacy educators and programs. SABES accomplishes this goal through staff and program development workshops, consultation, mini-courses, mentoring, peer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment
Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – 2000
This book contains eight papers on adult learning and literacy. "The Year 1998 in Review" (Fran Tracy-Mumford) examines educational legislation and policy and developments in adult education program development, program accountability, strategic alliances and partnerships, and instructional methodologies and technologies. "Lessons…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Learning
