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University Rankings: How Well Do They Measure Library Service Quality?
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Jackson, Brian – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
University rankings play an increasingly large role in shaping the goals of academic institutions and departments, while removing universities themselves from the evaluation process. This study compares the library-related results of two university ranking publications with scores on the LibQUAL+™ survey to identify if library service quality--as…
Descriptors: Library Services, Classification, Measurement Techniques, Measurement Objectives
The Validity of Value-Added Estimates from Low-Stakes Testing Contexts: The Impact of Change in Test-Taking Motivation and Test Consequences
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Finney, Sara J.; Sundre, Donna L.; Swain, Matthew S.; Williams, Laura M. – Educational Assessment, 2016
Accountability mandates often prompt assessment of student learning gains (e.g., value-added estimates) via achievement tests. The validity of these estimates have been questioned when performance on tests is low stakes for students. To assess the effects of motivation on value-added estimates, we assigned students to one of three test consequence…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Scores
Cross-Continental Reflections on Evaluation Practice: Methods, Use, and Valuing
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Kallemeyn, Leanne M.; Hall, Jori; Friche, Nanna; McReynolds, Clifton – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
The evaluation theory tree typology reflects the following three components of evaluation practice: (a) methods, (b) use, and (c) valuing. The purpose of this study was to explore how evaluation practice is conceived as reflected in articles published in the "American Journal of Evaluation" ("AJE") and "Evaluation," a…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Journal Articles
Start a New Fire: Measuring the Value of Academic Libraries in Undergraduate Learning
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Menchaca, Frank – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
In the last two decades, fundamental changes in information distribution, in the general economy, and in the behaviors of faculty, students, and library staff have problematized the question of an academic library's value and how it can be measured. This article reviews those changes and, drawing on research linked to the Collegiate Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Academic Achievement
Value, Impact, and the Transcendent Library: Progress and Pressures in Performance Measurement and Evaluation
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Town, J. Stephen – Library Quarterly, 2011
Libraries are under pressure to prove their worth and may not have achieved this fully successfully. There is a resultant growing requirement for value and impact measurement in academic and research libraries. This essay reviews the natural history of library performance measurement and suggests that proof of worth will be measured by the…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Measurement, Academic Libraries, Values
Program Evaluation for Child Care Professionals--Guidelines for Staff and Program Improvement.
Sull, Theresa M. – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Discusses three steps for evaluating an early childhood education program: identifying the evaluation objective (formative or summative), determining criteria for making value judgments (effectiveness, efficiency, fairness, acceptability, and aesthetics), and gathering evidence (quantitative and qualitative). Discusses the use of assessment tools…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria