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Little, Judith Warren – American Journal of Education, 2012
Despite the growing volume of research on data use systems or data use activities in which teachers engage, micro-process studies--investigations of what teachers and others actually do under the broad banner of "data use" or "evidence-based decision making"--remain substantially underdeveloped. Starting with a review of the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Investigations, Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization
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Hezel, Richard T.; Miller, Karen R. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1987
Describes the development of INTERACT, a videotext system in which information and graphics were designed using a systematic multistage formative approach. The assessment of information needs is explained, and results of an evaluation completed after five weeks of operation in the student center at Syracuse University are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Delivery Systems, Display Systems, Evaluation Methods
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Mowbray, Carol T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A literature review describes evaluation activities in mental health services in financial, programmatic/clinical, and new constituency areas. Expanding reimbursement for alternative mental health services is offered as a way of developing a formal structure to ensure better utilization of evaluation results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Health Services
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Porter, Andrew C. – Educational Researcher, 1993
Analyzes the concept and purposes of school delivery standards. Argues against using school delivery standards for accountability, but supports school process standards to create a vision of what education can be. School performance standards that lead to school input and process indicators would provide useful insights. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment
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Linn, Robert L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
Student achievement test results are the coin of the realm in educational accountability systems in the United States. For a number of years, both states and the federal government have relied heavily on tests to judge the quality of schools. The exact characteristics of the accountability systems have evolved over the years and vary a good deal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Accountability, Barriers
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Timar, Thomas – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1994
Effects of the federal compensatory education policy on the capacity of schools to deliver high-quality services to poor children is examined with a focus on federal assessment of Chapter 1 programs. Alternatives are suggested to improve evaluation usefulness in building organizational capacity by moving beyond a sole focus on student outcomes.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
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Green, Rex S., Ed.; Newman, Frederick L., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The six articles of this special section address the organizational context that shapes utilization of mental health services, the relevance of data elements and results to decision making, and assuring the validity of evaluation results. Theoretical and practical concerns are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Coping, Data Collection, Decision Making
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Gomby, Deanna S.; Larson, Carol S. – Future of Children, 1992
Reviews types of evaluation that may be applied to school-linked services; and discusses the needs for a range of evaluative strategies for program providers, policymakers, and funders. For some programs evaluation will be primarily descriptive, whereas for others a carefully designed outcome evaluation will be possible. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Delivery Systems, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cox, Gary B., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The nine articles of this special section focus on the role of evaluation in the reform of the mental health system in Washington. The reform process is described from its inception through its design to the dissemination and utilization of evaluation results. The final article considers implications for statewide evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Community Health Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems