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Selingo, Jeffrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Describes a study grading all 50 states on how well they deliver higher education. The study examined public and private colleges, and ranked states in five categories. Results were mixed, but no state received all As, and some had several poor grades. Every state received an incomplete in the area of student learning because researchers thought…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Private Schools, Public Schools
Download full textEwell, Peter – 2001
In 1999, an external review was conducted of the indicators and methodology that the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCHEMS) had developed for "Measuring UP 2000: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education." The principal purpose of these tests was to understand better the relationships among the indicators and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Higher Education, Profiles
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 2000
This report card contains information on the status of public education in Alaska. Data are organized around the four key elements of the Alaska Quality Schools Initiative: (1) high standards and assessments; (2) quality professional standards; (3) family, school, business, and community networks; and (4) school excellence standards. A statewide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Public Schools
McLarty, Joyce R.; Hudson, Susan – 1987
The development of the Tennessee school system Commissioner's Report Card (CRC) and the School Report Card--later named the Tennessee School Improvement Project (TSIP)--is described. The report card project began in 1984 when statewide mandated achievement testing was introduced. The first CRC included limited results of such testing. The first…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 2001
The North Carolina State Board of Education developed the ABCs of Public Education in response to the School-Based Management and Accountability Program enacted in 1996. The ABCs focuses on accountability with an emphasis on high educational standards, teaching the basics, and maximum local control. This document reports the results of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
Masters, Geofferey; And Others – 1990
This publication on the New South Wales' Basic Skills Testing Program (BSTP) describes the development of the program's tests, the analysis of students' results, and the communication of results to parents, teachers, and schools. In BSTP tests, basic skills are defined not as low-level, rudimentary survival skills, but as major areas of learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Hall, Carroll L.; And Others – 1995
The "Accountability Report" provides indicators of the condition of Public Education in New Mexico, and is published each year by the State Department of Education. The report provides narrative and statistical information on an array of educational indicators, which include enrollment trends, funding and expenditures, graduation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, American Indians
