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Malte Ring; Taiga Brahm – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
More and more teachers create video explanations for their instruction. Whether or not they are effective for learning depends on the videos' instructional quality. Reliable measures to assess the quality of video explanations, however, are still rare, especially for videos created by (preservice) teachers. We developed such a measure in a…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality, Measurement Techniques
Johnson, Angela; Goldenberg, Claude – American Educator, 2020
At the end of every school year, particularly as students move on to middle or high school, educators throughout the nation face the same question: To reclassify or not to reclassify English Language Learners (ELLs)? The reclassification decision is tricky because it sometimes feels as if there is an inevitable tradeoff between specialized…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Secondary School Students, Decision Making
Achieve, Inc., 2019
In 2013, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), working collaboratively with state education agencies, released a set of criteria for states to use to evaluate and procure high-quality assessments. The mathematics section of the document included five content-specific criteria to evaluate alignment of assessments to college- and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Criteria, Cognitive Processes
Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, 2020
As part of its regulatory roles, the Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) is required to assess evidence of 'scholarship' that is put forward by providers, whether evidence of scholarship by individuals, such as teaching staff within the provider, or for the provider as a whole. TEQSA is seeking to review…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, 2018
In the context of the "Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2015" (HES Framework), 'scholarship' means those activities concerned with gaining new or improved understanding, appreciation and insights into a field of knowledge, and engaging with and keeping up to date with advances in the field. This includes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Educational Research, Standards
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Danilowicz, Bret; Judge, Rebecca; Hanson, Janet; Hughes, Sherri; Sundberg, Lori – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
A typology of budget-driven program reviews is categorized by two variables: the locus of responsibility and the timing of the review. When a budget-driven program review is first implemented during a crisis, the range of financial and administrative options are high, yet buy-in and match to mission are low. When a budget-driven program review is…
Descriptors: Budgets, Program Evaluation, Institutional Mission, Classification
Shinn, Marta M. – Communique, 2019
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) refers to deliberately harming one's body without the intention of dying. Common methods include skin cutting, scratching, burning, and self-battery. NSSI is currently not listed as a diagnostic category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), but it is considered a condition for further…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Coping, Clinical Diagnosis, Incidence
Domaleski, Chris; D'Brot, Juan; Keng, Leslie; Keglovits, Russ; Neal, Ann-Michelle – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2018
Most states have developed or revised school accountability systems in response to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). While these systems include multiple indicators, to many stakeholders the outcome of central interest is the overall rating or classification produced for each school. These ratings are often used to identify schools that merit…
Descriptors: Accountability, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria
Dragoo, Kyrie E.; Lomax, Erin – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; P.L. 108-446) is the primary source of federal funding to states for the identification and education of children with disabilities. The majority of IDEA appropriations are allocated to states by formula to carry out activities under Part B, which covers 14 disability categories. Each state is…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Comparative Analysis, Equal Education, Educational Legislation
Cook, H. Gary; Linquanti, Robert – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2015
This report summarizes and further develops ideas discussed at a national working session held on May 23, 2014, to examine issues and options associated with initially classifying English learners (ELs). It is the third in a series of guidance papers intended to support states in large-scale assessment consortia that are expected to move toward a…
Descriptors: Classification, English Language Learners, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
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Tukachinsky, Riva – Communication Teacher, 2013
"The New York Times" is known for its slogan ''All the News That's Fit to Print.'' But how do gatekeepers decide which events meet this criterion? Although some individuals might believe that the news constitutes an undistorted reflection of the social reality, students in communication courses have the…
Descriptors: News Media, Classification, Current Events, Values
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Egger, Helen L.; Emde, Robert N. – American Psychologist, 2011
As the infant mental health field has turned its focus to the presentation, course, and treatment of clinically significant mental health disorders, the need for reliable and valid criteria for identifying and assessing mental health symptoms and disorders in early childhood has become urgent. In this article we offer a critical perspective on…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Criteria, Classification
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Alkin, Marvin C.; Vo, Anne T.; Christie, Christina A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2012
The act of valuing in an evaluation may be perceived in different ways. We consider the multiple theoretic perspectives that govern an evaluator's behavior and present a typology of evaluator valuing roles. Within this typology we describe three ways in which value judgments are typically reached--by stakeholders alone, stakeholders and evaluators…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Classification, Value Judgment, Role
Linquanti, Robert; Cook, H. Gary – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013
States participating in the four federally-funded assessment consortia are required to establish a "common definition of English Learner." This includes the two Race to the Top academic assessment consortia and the two Enhanced Assessment Grant English language proficiency (ELP) assessment consortia. This paper provides guidance that…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Definitions, Consortia, Educational Legislation
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Ospino, Hosffman – Religious Education, 2010
One perceived concern in the process of educating in faith in the context of our Western societies is the temptation of approaching this experience primarily in terms of observable and measurable criteria (e.g., church growth, reception of sacraments, acquisition of factual knowledge, study of trends). Although Religious Education requires…
Descriptors: Christianity, Beliefs, Religious Education, Measurement
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