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Miller, Margaret A. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
A recent five-state project, the National Forum on College-Level Learning, has demonstrated that learning, higher education's most important product, can be assessed in ways that make interstate comparison possible, that these assessments are consistent with other information known about the states, and that the results can be useful to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Objectives, Thinking Skills, Higher Education
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Horry-Georgetown Technical Coll., Conway, SC. – 1999
This document presents the results, in tabular form, of the employee satisfaction survey of 13 selected departments and divisions at Horry-Georgetown College (SC), conducted in the spring of 1999. One hundred and fourteen employees participated in an online survey containing questions based upon their level of satisfaction with services,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employees, Evaluation Methods, Job Satisfaction
Cronin, John; McCall, Martha – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Northwest Evaluation Association regularly conducts studies of alignment between the RIT scale and the scales used for statewide achievement tests. In recent years, educational experts have put increasing emphasis on the need for triangulation of student achievement information in order to assure that important educational decisions are based on…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Achievement
Cronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Each year, South Carolina students participate in testing as part of the South Carolina assessment program. Students in grades 3 through 8 take the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests (PACT) in English/Language Arts and Mathematics. Students in grade 10 take the High School Assessment Program (HSAP) in English/Language Arts and mathematics. These…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Achievement
Horry-Georgetown Technical Coll., Conway, SC. – 1999
Horry-Georgetown Technical College (SC) has completed graduate and employer surveys since 1994. The reports are divided into specific curricular areas leading to degrees or certificates for most of the programs offered at the college. Each section contains the original survey forms for employers and graduates, and the survey results and comments…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Employee Attitudes, Employees, Employer Attitudes
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Cronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
This study investigated the relationship between the scales used for the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests (PACT) assessments and the RIT scales used to report performance on Northwest Evaluation Association tests. The RIT scale was developed using Rasch scaling methodologies. RIT-based tests are used to inform a variety of educational…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Achievement