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Download full textBecker, Kirk A.; Bergstrom, Betty A. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2013
The need for increased exam security, improved test formats, more flexible scheduling, better measurement, and more efficient administrative processes has caused testing agencies to consider converting the administration of their exams from paper-and-pencil to computer-based testing (CBT). Many decisions must be made in order to provide an optimal…
Descriptors: Testing, Models, Testing Programs, Program Administration
Jones, Barbara, Ed. – 1984
The report examines services for the gifted in West Virginia and offers recommendations for improving those services. In chapter 1, "Study of Best Practices in Educating Gifted Children," Patricia Bruce Mitchell outlines findings from a literature and interview analysis regarding best practices in gifted education, including exemplary…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHendricks, Michael – Evaluation Practice, 1993
A good formative evaluator, who helps programs become as effective as possible, behaves remarkably like a good personal coach. Nine ways in which a formative evaluator can help a program manager are listed, and implications for practicing evaluators and the evaluation profession are detailed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Vokey, Daniel – 1987
Since the 1970s, Outward Bound (OB) has borrowed psychological language and models to articulate its educational objectives and methods in terms accessible to mainstream educators. This report claims that OB's uncritical adoption of psychological language and models will undermine its commitment to certain core values of its tradition. This is…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Definitions, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
This Consolidated Youth Employment Program demonstration (CYEP), implemented in eight prime sponsor areas in fiscal 1979, consolidated the activities and services formerly provided by the Summer Youth Employment Program, the Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Projects, and the Youth and Employment Training Programs. The fundamental…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Watson, John; Gemin, Butch; Ryan, Jennifer – Evergreen Education Group, 2008
"Keeping Pace" has several goals. First, it strives to add to the body of knowledge about online education policy and make recommendations for advances. Second, it serves as a reference source for information about programs and policies across the country, for both policymakers and practitioners who are new to online education as well as those who…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Definitions, State Agencies, Computer Mediated Communication
Tracy, Maurice; Ronayne, Tom – 2000
This booklet examines the definition of the term "empowerment" according to academics and policymakers and the relevance of empowerment to achieving social inclusion at the national and European Union levels. The findings of a study of the theory and practice of empowerment in five Integra projects in Ireland are reviewed and used to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adult Education
