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Derek C. Briggs – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
This article provides a history of the two large-scale assessment consortia that were funded in 2010 as part of the Race to the Top Competition, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC), and the Smarter-Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). I compare the goals the consortia were funded to meet between 2011…
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Renger, Ralph – American Journal of Evaluation, 2006
The Office of Management and Budget has recommended the termination of numerous federal programs, citing a lack of program results as the primary reason for this decision. In response to this recommendation, several federal agencies have turned to logic modeling to demonstrate that programs are on the path to results accountability. However,…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Models, Accountability, Program Evaluation
Durrant, Crystine; Eastmond, Nick – 1994
This paper presents the findings of a qualitative followup survey of a sample of programs listed in the 1986 "Directory of Evaluation Training Programs." Four programs listed in the directory are no longer considered evaluation training, and five, originally similar, are still going strong. A sampling strategy was used to compare the discontinued…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Directories, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Sperazi, Laura; And Others – 1991
The Massachusetts Workplace Education Initiative (MWEI) was begun in 1985 as an inter-agency effort to bring adult basic education and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction directly into workplaces throughout the state. The impetus for the program was a concern for large numbers of workers who did not have the skills necessary to compete…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business, Case Studies, Curriculum Design