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Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2011
This paper presents some of the major issues raised in Education International's preliminary analysis of the overall PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2009 study. Some of these issues are: (1) PISA has serious limitations. The study does not cover the full curriculum, focusing on a narrow set of subject areas, neglecting such…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation
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Smartschan, Glenn F. – Clearing House, 1983
Describes the five-year effort of the Allentown, Pennsylvania School District to develop districtwide final examinations to test the mastery of course objective in its secondary schools. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Content, School Districts
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Bonbright, Jane M.; McGreevy-Nichols, Susan – Arts Education Policy Review, 1999
Reports on the data gleaned from the survey on dance education administered simultaneously with the 1997 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) arts assessments. Presents the process and problems of developing and implementing assessments in dance. Considers the value of the assessments to dance and offers recommendations for the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Art Education, Dance Education, Educational Testing
Cottey, Patricia – 1982
Suspecting that computer assisted instruction (CAI) could help teach grammar to freshman composition students at Northeast Missouri State University (NMSU), three instructors received a research grant to begin a program of testing basic writing skills and to initiate CAI instruction for those students who needed help in the tested areas. A survey…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
Gold, Ann Meyerson – 1976
This booklet describes and evaluates the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Inc. Reading/Math Basic Skills Learning Center operating in 14 Atlanta public schools for approximately 1,200 low achieving pupils. The basic concept of the Learning Centers was to provide pupils with the opportunity to improve their basic skills in reading or mathematics…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Learning Laboratories, Mathematics
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Haroutounian, Joanne – Arts Education Policy Review, 1998
Describes various collaborative programs between community arts organizations and schools that provide long-range talent development. Considers the aspects of identifying artistic talent within the arts. Addresses artistic underpinnings, perceptual discrimination, metaperception, creative interpretation, student commitment, the procedures, the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Elementary Education, Fine Arts
Blake, Robert W., Ed. – Impact on Instructional Improvement, 1979
The five articles in this journal issue are intended for use by school administrators, and provide information on how to organize effective programs for achieving student writing competency. The first article discusses the development of New York State's Preliminary and Regents Competency Tests in Writing, analyzes sample student responses to one…
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Content
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1973
The report evaluates the first year's operation of an employer-based career education project in Philadelphia, the Academy for Career Education, which recruited 107 participants, the majority of whom were 16 year-old 11th graders who had performed poorly in their sending schools, but have close-to-average IQ scores. Three standardized testing…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Educational Programs
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1974
The final evaluation report provides an assessment and discussion of the FY 1974 activities of the Research for Better Schools' Career Education Program, one of four employer-based career education programs currently funded by the National Institute for Education. The introduction (section 1) provides an overview of the evaluation activities and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs
Danzig, Arnold; Zhang, Jingning; You, Byeong-kuen – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2005
This article captures how a web-based course, designed as a part of the School Leadership Grant Program, meets some challenges of leadership training and development. The content, structure and discussion board exercises of the sample course are designed to provide more reflective and practical opportunities for leader-learners to develop…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Leadership Training, Grants, Instructional Leadership