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Shayna Levitan; Nicholas Munyan-Penney – Education Trust, 2024
Statewide annual assessments are designed to help guide educational decisions by evaluating student growth and learning so resources can be equitably distributed. They also provide valuable individual results that summarize how each student is progressing against grade-level academic standards, identify additional ways their school system can…
Descriptors: Measurement, Statewide Planning, Parent School Relationship, Student School Relationship
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Chen, Peggy P.; Bonner, Sarah M. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2020
We present a conceptual framework that leverages synergies between classroom assessment (CA) practices and self-regulated learning (SRL) theory to support academic growth and instruction. We articulate the processes shared by CA and SRL, drawing on a model of SRL with three phases: forethought, performance, and self-reflection. We blend this SRL…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Self Management, Learning Strategies, Models
Guenter, Cris – National Art Education Association, 2019
The teaching performance expectations and assignments that preservice art teachers currently address in field experiences and in their coursework are designed to help them meet the expectations of being a quality art educator in the 21st century. These assignments may be very different from the assignments that art educators had in their…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Data Collection, Art Education
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Perry, Nancy; Ercikan, Kadriye – Teachers College Record, 2015
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was designed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to evaluate the quality, equity, and efficiency of school systems around the world. Specifically, the PISA has assessed 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy on a 3-year cycle, since…
Descriptors: International Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
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Sullivan, Peter; Clarke, David J.; Clarke, Doug M. – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2012
We are interested in exploring the processes teachers use when planning. We sought responses from teachers on aspects of their planning from a survey of various aspects of their decisions. We found that, while there is diversity in processes teachers use for planning, a consistent theme was that teachers make deliberative decisions at all stages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Mathematics, Planning
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Hess, Frederick M.; Mehta, Jal – Educational Leadership, 2013
Data-based decision making is all the rage. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (2009) has emphatically declared, "I am a deep believer in the power of data to drive our decisions. Data gives us the roadmap to reform. It tells us where we are, where we need to go, and who is most at risk." In the past few years, all 50 states have adopted most or…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Decision Making, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Militello, Matthew; Militello, Luke – Educational Forum, 2013
Recent educational accountability efforts have married student assessments with reform mandates and sanctions. As a result, students--beginning in early elementary grades--are feeling the pressures of this new era of high-stakes accountability. This article chronicles a story of the consequences of high-stakes testing on a father and his son.…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment
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Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Hendrickson, Jo M. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2012
Assessment permeates many aspects of our educational society. With the passage of federal legislation (i.e., No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004), assessment in the form of accountability is ever present in our K-12 educational system. Current assessment practices should be used in…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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Johnson, Lynn – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Assurance of student learning through effective assessment has become increasingly important over the past decade as accrediting agencies now require documented efforts to measure and improve student performance. This paper presents the methodology used by the College of Business Administration at California State University, Stanislaus to assess…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Curriculum Enrichment, Evaluation Utilization, Thinking Skills
National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2013
The term "intensive intervention" is not commonly understood, and variations abound in the literature regarding both its definition and implementation. This document introduces and describes the data-based individualization (DBI) process, a framework for addressing the needs of students who require intensive intervention in academics…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Academic Support Services
Foster, John; Kelley, Patricia; Pritz, Sandy; Hodes, Carol – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
Just one of the ways career and technical education (CTE) is revamping its image is through increased attention to data-driven instructional techniques as a means of improving and focusing instruction on what matters most. Accountability and data have increasingly become a core focus of research, news, and commentary about education in recent…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Accountability
Wilhelm, Terry – Leadership, 2011
Effective use of data is key to improving student outcomes. This requires leaders to ensure teachers have developed the skills to convert student data to useful information to effectively plan for instruction and student interventions; to hold collaborative discussions that are structured for these purposes; to broaden the view of data to include…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Evaluation Utilization
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Smith, Rich; Johnson, Marcus; Thompson, Karen D. – Educational Leadership, 2012
A low-performing California school district experienced a dramatic turnaround when faculty members began studying student assessment data and working together to ensure students had the support they needed. Sanger Unified School District began its reform journey in 2004 when district leaders launched an effort to focus deliberately on student…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Change, School Districts, Low Achievement
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O'Connor, Edward P.; Freeman, Elizabeth Witter – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Although Response to Intervention (RtI) implementation efforts have been occurring in schools across the country for more than a decade, questions and concerns are emerging, as some schools are not observing significantly improved student achievement or behavior outcomes as expected. In the literature on RtI implementation, most authors indicate…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Leadership, Professional Development, Response to Intervention
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Wehlburg, Catherine M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
Assessing general education is not that different from assessing any other type of academic program, but there are some distinctions that make it even more challenging than other types of assessment. This article addresses methods for working with nondepartmentally based and interdisciplinary areas within general education, providing some examples…
Descriptors: General Education, Program Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach, Evaluation Methods
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