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Justin Rogers-Cooper; Rejitha Nair; Arthur O'Keeffe – Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning, 2024
In this essay, we explore program reviews as important sites for the tension Peter Ewell defines at the core of outcomes assessment practices: that is, between assessing for accountability and assessing for improvement. We address this tension through the example of our Industrial Design program on our urban campus in New York City. In exploring…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Industrial Education, Program Evaluation
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Purcell, Megan L.; Schmitt, Sara A. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Reflective practice is foundational in what preservice educators should know and be able to do as noted in professional preparation standards for Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE). Reflection aids preservice educators in connecting course content with field and clinical experiences…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Standards
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Tamir, Eran – New Educator, 2021
This paper intends to demonstrate how within the current contentious environment for teacher education in the U.S., two small teacher preparation programs conducted a voluntary coordinated long-term self-evaluation study, that partially responded to external accountability pressures by the Federal administration, state agencies and various private…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Accountability, Self Evaluation (Groups)
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Cosner, Shelby – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
What makes a leadership preparation program exemplary? All three exemplary programs featured in this special issue evidence strong learning orientations and more sustained improvement work in their pursuit of exemplary preparation. I therefore examine exemplary preparation from a process perspective that emphasizes continuous improvement. To help…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
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McDiarmid, G. Williamson – ECNU Review of Education, 2019
Purpose: Written from the prospective of a school of education dean, the article describes how deans worked with researchers and university system staff to develop multiple measures of teacher preparation program (TPP) quality. Design/Approach/Methods: As a key participant in the development of a multi-methods approach to evaluating (TPP) quality,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Program Improvement, Educational Quality
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Goldhaber, Dan; Koedel, Cory – American Educational Research Journal, 2019
In the summer of 2013, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) issued public ratings of teacher education programs. We provide the first empirical examination of NCTQ ratings, beginning with a descriptive overview of the ratings and how they evolved from 2013--2016. We also report on results from an information experiment built around the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Teacher Education Programs, Intervention, Program Evaluation
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Kawasaki, Jarod; Quartz, Karen Hunter; Martínez, José Felipe – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
We argue that teacher preparation programs considering approaches to assess teaching quality should choose measures that appropriately represent the complexity of teaching, have formative value in supporting teacher candidates develop as highly qualified teachers and consider the context, mission, and people that the program desires to serve. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching (Occupation)
Kasprzak, Christina; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Spiker, Donna; McCullough, Katy; Lucas, Anne; Walsh, Sharon; Swett, Judy; Smith, Barbara J.; Kelley, Grace; Whaley, Kathy T.; Pletcher, Lynda; Cate, Debbie; Peters, Mary; Ayankoya, Betsy C.; Bruder, Mary Beth – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center used a rigorous 2-year collaborative process to develop, test, and revise a conceptual framework for high-quality state early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) systems. The framework identifies six critical components of a state system and what constitutes quality in each…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Special Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Groen, Jovan F. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
Stemming from increased levels of participation and diversity of the student base and from growing scrutiny on the quality of university degrees, governments have begun establishing mechanisms to monitor and support quality in higher education. Faced with administrative quality assurance structures, academics often complain that little is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Benchmarking
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Eddy, Pamela L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Funded grant projects all involve some form of evaluation, and Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants are no exception. Program evaluation serves as a critical component not only for evaluating if a project has met its intended and desired outcomes, but the evaluation process is also a central feature of the grant application itself.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Technology Education, Grants, Federal Programs
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Bennedsen, J.; Rouvrais, S.; Roslöf, J.; Kontio, J.; Georgsson, F.; McCartan, C. D. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
This article discusses the tension between quality assurance and quality enhancement in engineering education at a programme level. It acknowledges that accreditation has evolved for many years, but does not agilely support innovation or implement changes in educational programmes. Existing quality assurance systems, institutional collaboration…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Arcia, Gustavo; Macdonald, Kevin – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
This article contrasts policy intent and policy implementation in school autonomy and accountability. The analysis uses a conceptual framework based on the interaction between school autonomy, student assessment, and accountability as elements of a closed system. The article analyzes the implementation of school autonomy and accountability policy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Policy
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Norman, Patricia J.; Sherwood, Sara A. S. – New Educator, 2015
The same high stakes accountability measures that have shaped the K-12 educational context over the past decade have become part of the university teacher preparation landscape. National accrediting organizations have created more rigorous, outcomes-based accountability measures for teacher preparation programs. Educational stakeholders offer…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Models, Program Improvement, Accountability
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Sloan, Tine Falk – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2015
The current U.S. education agenda places unprecedented attention on improving the quality of its roughly fifteen hundred teacher preparation programs. The effort places considerable weight on measuring program effectiveness and includes a push to hold programs accountable for their graduates' effects on student performance. Concerns regarding the…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Accountability, Teacher Education Programs, Data
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Baughman, Sarah; Boyd, Heather H.; Franz, Nancy K. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Increasing demands for accountability in educational programming have resulted in increasing calls for program evaluation in educational organizations. Many organizations include conducting program evaluations as part of the job responsibilities of program staff. Cooperative Extension is a complex organization offering non-formal educational…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Evaluation Utilization, Program Evaluation, Accountability
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