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Direct linkSkedsmo, Guri – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2011
The introduction of the national evaluation system in the Norwegian education system can be described as a shift in the Norwegian educational policy from the use of input oriented policy instruments towards a more output oriented policy. The new tool-kit consists of different evaluation tools, such as standardised tests, diagonistic tests etc.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Educational Policy, Principals, Evaluation
Lee, Moosung; Louis, Karen Seashore; Anderson, Stephen – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
This article addresses an issue that has not been well explored in empirical research, namely whether local education agencies (districts) have an impact on student learning. We assumed that local district effects on learning would be largely indirect, mediated by how teachers work together in schools (in professional communities) and the quality…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, School Districts, Decision Making, Educational Practices
Miller, Jon D.; Pearson, Willie, Jr. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
In this article we use data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth to examine the influence of parent education on pathways to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) professions. Building on a general model of factors related to STEMM education and employment, we employ a two-group structural equation model to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Employment, Educational Attainment, Parent Education
Tempelaar, Dirk T.; Gijselaers, Wim H.; Schim van der Loeff, Sybrand; Nijhuis, Jan F. H. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
The question of subject-specificity of achievement motivations is important, both for educational psychology, as well as for educational policy. This study contributes to the investigation of the heterogeneity in achievement motivations in the context of the expectancy-value model. Whereas existing research deals with middle and high school…
Descriptors: Personality, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedKaplan, David; Elliott, Pamela R. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1997
Considers an approach to validating the selection of education indicators by incorporating them into a multilevel structural model and using the estimates from that model in policy-relevant simulations. The potential of this approach is demonstrated with data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Estimation (Mathematics), National Surveys
Brown, Gavin T. L. – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2004
Teachers' conceptions of assessment can be understood in terms of their agreement or disagreement with four purposes to which assessment may be put, specifically, (a) improvement of teaching and learning, (b) school accountability, (c) student accountability, or (d) treating assessment as irrelevant. A 50-item Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Questionnaires
Heck, Ronald H.; Takahashi, Robin – Educational Policy, 2006
The intersection of athletics and academics is legitimized through eligibility rules, which provide standards that bind commercial athletics to the educational purposes of higher education. To compete in intercollegiate athletics, freshman student athletes must meet the initial academic eligibility criteria set by the National Collegiate Athletic…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Team Sports, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
