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Stringer, Phil – Educational Review, 2018
This paper reports on what has happened since Elliott ("Dynamic Assessment in Educational Settings: Realising Potential," 2003) in those applications of dynamic assessment that he considered. There continues to be two broad applications, one, largely researcher led, and the other, largely practitioner led, although there are examples of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Schultz-Jones, Barbara; Ledbetter, Cynthia – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
This paper presents the full results from a 2008/2009 research study examining the application of a "learning environment" paradigm to the school library setting. The preliminary results from the examination of the Fifth Grade science classes were presented at the IASL 2009 Research Forum. We now report the process of completing our…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Science Programs, School Libraries, Grade 5
Gong, Brian; Marion, Scott – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
Dealing with flexibility--or its converse, the extent of standardization--is fundamental to alignment, assessment design, and interpretation of results in fully inclusive assessment systems. Highly standardized tests make it easier to compare (performances, students, and schools) across time and to common standards because certain conditions are…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Research and Development, Inferences, Disabilities
Feuer, Michael J.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Congress should formulate U.S. testing policy to ensure that reliable and accurate data are available to policymakers, educators, and the public and that tests are used fairly without infringing on individual rights or imposing unacceptable social costs. Appropriate test use and continued research funding must be a high priority for agencies…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Government Role
Rudd, Peter; Wade, Pauline – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2006
In 2005-6 a team from the NFER carried out an evaluation of the implementation of Renaissance Learning mathematics and reading programs in selected Specialist (secondary) and feeder (primary) schools in London. The research involved matching schools implementing the programs (14 "treatment" schools) with 7 similar schools where the…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Research Reports, Educational Research, Research and Development Centers
Herman, Joan L., Ed. – 1989
At the 1989 meeting of the National Faculty of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), faculty members were invited to present testimony on what they viewed as the most pressing research and policy issues in the fields of testing, evaluation, and standards. These views are expressed in this document,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Agenda Setting, Alternative Assessment