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Developing Teachers' Knowledge and Skills at the Intersection of English Language Learners and Language Assessment
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Téllez, Kip; Mosqueda, Eduardo – Review of Research in Education, 2015
The growth of teachers' professional knowledge and skills has been the topic of policy, research, and even philosophy for many decades. The assessment of English Learners (ELs), a more specific concern, has become an interest of the educational community in just the past 40 years (e.g., Harris, 1969). The authors' task in this chapter is to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Educational Assessment, Academic Achievement, Language Teachers
Review of Formative Assessment Use and Training in Africa
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Perry, Lindsey – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2013
This literature review examines formative assessment education practices currently being utilized in Africa, as well as recent research regarding professional development on such assessments. Two main conclusions about formative assessment use and training, as well as a set of recommendations about teacher training on formative assessment, can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Educational Practices, Professional Development
Beyond Adoption-Implementing Rigorous College- and Career-Readiness Standards. Briefing Paper
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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
Formative Evaluation of the Intel[R] Innovation in Education Institutes. Summary Report. CCT Reports
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Keane, Julie Thompson; Keisch, Deborah; Culp, Katie McMillan – Education Development Center, Inc., 2004
During the summer and fall of 2003, Education Development Center's Center for Children and Technology (CCT) undertook a formative evaluation of the Intel Innovation in Education institutes. The institutes are one- to two-and-a-half day district-level trainings intended to introduce professional development providers to the online resources and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Formative Evaluation, Educational Technology, Professional Development
Choosing the Right Process for Teacher Evaluation.
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Ballard, Leah M.; Gullat, David E. – American Secondary Education, 1998
If evaluation's purpose is improving teaching rather than prescribing teaching effectiveness, then supervisors must find ways to communicate that purpose and to motivate teachers to seek improvement. This article reviews relevant literature, focusing on summative and formative evaluation, philosophical concepts espoused by neo-traditionalists and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Professional Development, Secondary Education
21st Century Research for Agricultural Education. Proceedings of the National Agricultural Education Research Conference (27th, San Diego, California, December 6, 2000).
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Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences