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Download full textLevesque, Karen; And Others – Centerfocus, 1996
Although most school districts and schools are routinely involved in data collection, they do not typically use the data they collect in a systematic fashion to identify strengths and weaknesses and develop improvement strategies. One reason for the lack of data use is the perception that the data are being collected for someone else's purposes.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Peer reviewedFloden, Robert E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
Flexner's report on the procedures, agents, and effects of medical school accreditation emphasizes common sense and unstructured observation, rather than objective social science. Flexner would probably declare that lay people, rather than the National Education Association or the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, should…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Murray, Stephen L.; Quilling, Mary R. – 1980
Four problems underlying the delivery of technical assistance in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation are discussed: (1) the dual missions of facilitating the implementation of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System and of facilitating the local use of evaluation information frequently require tradeoffs between…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
