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Faber, Irene R.; Sloot, Lena; Hoogeveen, Lianne; Elferink-Gemser, Marije T.; Schorer, Jörg – High Ability Studies, 2022
This literature review provides an overview of the various modern approaches in talent programs for the context of schools and sports reported in scientific journals (2009-2019) and presents their similarities and differences and options for cross-pollination between contexts. This is a first attempt to overarch contexts regarding talent…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, Talent Development, Athletics
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López, Daniel A.; Espinoza, Oscar; Rojas, María J.; Crovetto, Mirta – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to review processes of accreditation for Chilean Universities. Along with cataloguing evolutionary milestones, the study analyses effects at the institutional and program levels. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts a meta-evaluative approach and is based on secondary information sources, including both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Reagan, Emilie M. – National Academy of Education, 2021
In 2010, as the result of a congressionally mandated study, the National Research Council (NRC) published the report "Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy" (NRC, 2010). Reflecting the unprecedented attention to teacher quality that had emerged internationally in response to the exigencies of the "global knowledge…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Knowledge Economy
August, Diane; Slama, Rachel – Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2016
This literature review begins with a description of the process used to conduct the literature review, parameters for the review, and the characterization of the literature. The body of this review consists of four sections: (1) Development and/or Adoption of State English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards, (2) Design and Development of the ELP…
Descriptors: Accountability, English Language Learners, State Standards, Language Proficiency
Banta, Trudy W.; Ewell, Peter T.; Cogswell, Cynthia A. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2016
At some future point, when a definitive history of the assessment movement is written, one of the most frequently cited, influential publications will be "Assessment Update" ("AU"). Since 1989, this bimonthly newsletter has been published by Jossey-Bass in partnership with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Evaluation Methods
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Ryan, Tricia – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2015
This paper examines the literature surrounding quality assurance in global higher education. It provides an overview of accreditation as a mechanism to ensure quality in higher education, examines models of QA, and explores the concept of quality (including definitions of quality and quality assurance). In addition, this paper provides a review of…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Global Education
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Turkan, Sultan; Buzick, Heather M. – Urban Education, 2016
The current interest in evaluating teachers and teacher education programs provides an opportunity to consider the education of diverse learners in K-12 schools in the United States. We address teaching English language learners (ELLs), a rapidly growing population. Challenges lie in holding content teachers of ELLs accountable as they are not…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Teacher Evaluation, Scores
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Beatrice L. Bridglall; Jade Caines; Madhabi Chatterji – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2014
Purpose: This policy brief, the second AERI-NEPC eBrief in the series "Understanding validity issues around the world", focuses on validity as it applies to test-based models of evaluation employed for schools, instructional programs, and teachers around the world. It discusses validity issues that could arise when data from student…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Validity, Academic Achievement
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Brookhart, Susan M. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2013
Studies of the use of teacher judgement for summative assessment in the USA are considered in two general categories. (1) Studies of teacher classroom summative assessment, that is, teacher grading practices, have historically and currently emphasised the lack of validity and reliability of these judgements. (2) Studies of how teacher judgement…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Grading, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Stone, Elizabeth; Davey, Tim – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
There has been an increased interest in developing computer-adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage assessments for K-12 accountability assessments. The move to adaptive testing has been met with some resistance by those in the field of special education who express concern about routing of students with divergent profiles (e.g., some students with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Disabilities, Special Education
Stone, Elizabeth; Davey, Tim – Educational Testing Service, 2011
There has been an increased interest in developing computer-adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage assessments for K-12 accountability assessments. The move to adaptive testing has been met with some resistance by those in the field of special education who express concern about routing of students with divergent profiles (e.g., some students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adaptive Testing, Accountability, Computer Assisted Testing
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Cullen, Anne; Coryn, Chris L. S. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Background: Since the late 1970s participatory approaches have been widely promoted to evaluate international development programs. However, there is no universal agreement of what is meant by participatory evaluation. For some evaluators, participatory evaluations involve the extensive participation of all stakeholder groups (from donor to…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Global Approach, International Programs, Program Evaluation
Chapman, Camille; Chauvin, Ramona; Molina, Concepcion; Theodore, Kathleen; Times, Chris; Wade, Sally – Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2011
Preparing future citizens for postsecondary education and careers that span a continuum of sophistication is not a new topic in education. However, the rapid changes in technology and increased competition from industrialized nations have changed the landscape and meaning of college and career readiness. As part of a strategy to better prepare…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Academic Standards
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2010
Teacher quality research and the study of teacher effects received renewed attention and emphasis with Sanders and Rivers' (1996) startling finding that teacher effects are both additive and cumulative, persisting up to an estimated two years after the student has left the teacher's classroom. Sanders and Rivers estimated that a student receiving…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Influence, Academic Achievement, Educational Research
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Steinberg, Carola – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2008
The intention of this article is to illustrate how assessment is an "emotional practice" (Hargreaves, 1998) for teachers and how paying attention to the emotions involved can provide useful information about assessment practices to teachers, teacher-educators and policy-reformers. Through presenting a review of research literature it makes three…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Formative Evaluation, Accountability, Student Evaluation
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