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Wong, Viola Yuk-Yue – Management in Education, 2012
This paper attempts to deal with the elusive nature of quality in quality management, using a case study to examine quality control measures implemented in an academic context and to show an emergent framework for quality enhancement. This paper introduces the concept of the ecology of quality assurance and examines efforts to maintain and advance…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Quality Control, Ecology, Quality Assurance
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Cervetti, Michael J.; Royne, Marla B.; Shaffer, J. Michael – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
The authors propose the use of performance control charts as a useful tool for tracking student assessments that rely upon faculty administered exams and projects as well as assessing teacher performance. This quantitative, formative evaluation process can be integrated into the classroom during an actual semester and utilized as a means to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charts, Formative Evaluation, Outcomes of Education
Robertson, Rachel – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
Among quality measurement systems, there is no clear description of how administrators are expected to move through the process. This is not necessarily a fault of the systems; it is not their intention to script a program's process. Yes, there are many tasks that are logically the administrator's responsibility--important things that must get…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Administrator Behavior
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Fisher, Roy – Education, Knowledge & Economy: A Journal for Education and Social Enterprise, 2010
Further education (FE) colleges in England were statutorily "cut free" from local education authority (LEA) control in 1992. This article, however, primarily considers changes within FE in the 30 years before this "incorporation" of FE colleges, as well as debates that followed. It argues that the post-1992 changes were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational History
Jerald, Craig D.; Van Hook, Kristan – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2011
Teacher evaluation has emerged as a major focus for reform at the highest levels of education policymaking, and for good reason. Most evaluations are based on scant evidence of actual effectiveness, produce inflated ratings, and provide teachers with little useful feedback. This paper offers policymakers and practitioners important "lessons…
Descriptors: Evidence, Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
MacMullin, Colin – 1995
When researchers evaluate social skills programs, they essentially are measuring progress towards a goal. How they measure this progress hinges on the precision of the goal statements, the identification of valid and realistic process and outcome indicators, and the selection of appropriate data and methods for collection. This paper outlines the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation