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Aspen Institute, 2020
Even in "routine" years, the principal's attention to climate matters for wellness, and it matters for outcomes. School climate is a critical factor supporting the quality of student learning, particularly in times of stress. As a result, districts across the nation have dedicated considerable resources to tools used to assess climate,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Data Use, Educational Improvement, Equal Education
Morehouse, Richard – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Beginning Interpretive Inquiry" importantly makes the distinction between the use of "inquiry" rather than interpretive research or interpretive evaluation. Richard Morehouse explores how inquiry is a far more inclusive concept that allows for a detailed understanding of both research and evaluation. The author draws on his personal experiences…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Data Collection
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National Forum on Education Statistics, 2010
In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the immediate demand for data about displaced students overwhelmed many school districts that had gained or lost students because of the disasters. The scale of these crises and their effects on school operations and management were in many ways unprecedented. This guide reflects "lessons…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Management, Student Mobility, Crisis Management
Stearns, Roman – ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, 2010
This Framework is intended for use by school districts and their community partners as they plan and adopt systems of quality pathways. The Critical Elements that make up the Framework are intended to deepen and clarify the district's thinking about how to build the infrastructure that supports the design, implementation, and sustainability of a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Improvement, School Districts, School Community Relationship
McCarthy, Dennis P.; And Others – 1982
The School Improvement Project (SIP) and Local School Development Project are two school-based constituency planning programs. The Documentation Unit is responsible for ongoing documentation and evaluation of them. The goals of the unit included holistic school assessment, development of school based needs assessment and evaluation activities, and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Reynolds, Amelia B. – 1981
Before vocational instructional products are adopted for statewide dissemination in South Carolina, they must undergo a field test. An effective field test design incorporates collection of data about the instructional products, the students, and the teachers who use the products. The design of a control group and an experimental group compares…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Prince, Julian D. – Spectrum, 1987
Describes the performance-based principal evaluation system developed by the Tupelo Public School District (Mississippi). Nine data collection instruments are outlined, as are the methods used to collect the data. Included with the article are two forms: the "Survey of Teacher Opinion" and the "Parent Opinion Summary Form." (MD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Johnstone, James N. – Evaluation in Education: International Progress, 1978
Educational systems evaluation is a cyclical process of delineating, obtaining, and providing information for judging decision alternatives. As such, it encompasses much more than measurement. Methods for evaluating systems must be developed, because activities and orientations at this level differ from those of individual students, curricula, or…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Development
Jablon, Judy R.; Dombro, Amy Laura; Dichtelmiller, Margo L. – 1999
Noting the connection between the systematic observation of children's behavior and effective teaching, this book details experiences of early childhood practitioners to illustrate how observation helps teachers and caregivers become more effective in the child care center, preschool, family child care home, or elementary school classroom. The…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Early Childhood Education
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Hopkins, Charles O. – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper reviews data sources for objective evaluation of vocational education, including the need for such information and the problems associated with its use. First, a list is given of thirty-five data elements necessary to evaluate a skill training problem at the secondary,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Databases, Economic Factors
Kenneke, Larry J., Ed.; Terry, Arthur F., Ed. – 1979
Designed to assist practitioners with the actual conduct of career education program evaluations in teacher education, this handbook has four sections which parrallel the evaluation process. The first section describes the evaluation process and the need to assess the audience to be in a better position to decide on the procedures to use and the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Data Collection
Erwin, T. Dary – 1991
Designed specifically for higher education administrators, faculty, and student affairs professionals, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, purposes, practices and uses of assessment, with particular emphasis on student learning and development. Nine chapters present and discuss a series of assessment steps: Chapter 1…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document is intended to serve as a resource for state societies of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in the preparation of action plans targeted at legislative changes in support of engineering education. The results of action taken recently by various state legislatures in response to NSPE state society activities are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Science, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Lee, Arthur M. – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper deals with the nature and extent of use of evaluative data by administrators in vocational education. First, the following conditions which govern the use of the data are described: availability, reliability, credibility, utility, and consistency. Since the legitimacy of most…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs
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Hoyson, Marilyn; Jamieson, Bonnie V.; Strain, Phillip S.; Smith, Barbara J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Describes a five-step process by which preschool teachers can meet the individual needs of all children, including those with disabilities, while maintaining a group instructional format. The process links assessment to curriculum, has planned teacher-directed individualized group instruction, implements behavior management techniques, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Data Collection
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