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Direct linkGorur, Radhika – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
PISA is an extremely influential large-scale assessment, and its "policy lessons" are being incorporated in a range of nations all over the world. In this paper I argue that not only is PISA influencing policies and practices, but also that "seeing like PISA" is becoming a widespread phenomenon. Globally, education…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Evaluation Utilization, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Gergen, Kenneth J.; Dixon-Román, Ezekiel J. – Teachers College Record, 2014
In the present offering we challenge the presumption that the educational testing of students provides objective information about such students. This presumption largely rests on an empiricist account of science. In light of mounting criticism, however, empiricist foundationalism has given way to a social epistemology. From this standpoint,…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Educational Testing, Test Validity, Evaluation Utilization
Breakspear, Simon – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Little research has been done into how the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) affect national educational reform and policy-making. This paper examines the normative impact of PISA by investigating how, and the extent to which , national policy actors use PISA in policies and practices, to evaluate and improve…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRusson, Craig; Koehly, Laura M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
A scale was developed for measuring the persuasive impact of qualitative and quantitative evaluation reports on decision makers. Using two exploratory (n=192 graduate and undergraduate students) and two confirmatory (n=200 administrators) samples, researchers developed a 28-item Likert-type scale that demonstrated high reliability and validity.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attention, College Students, Comprehension
Download full textWestern Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. Evaluation Center. – 1995
This document contains the executive summary and the detailed report which provide an independent evaluation of Kentucky's new system for assessing student performance, the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). The summary gauges progress to date, highlights some strengths to be built on and problems to be solved, and provides…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Information Systems
Donmall, B. Gillian; And Others – 1985
Three papers address issues in course evaluation and assessment of student performance in language awareness programs. The first paper concentrates on the formative evaluation of a course, during its design phase or in progress. It focuses on self-evaluation and two features of course design considered essential to course integrity: explicitness…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
