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Evaluation: How Much Is Enough?
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Cummings, Oliver W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1992
Notes that, very early in program planning, budgets are estimated for major program components, including evaluation. Proposes heuristic for establishing reasonable evaluation estimates in initial planning. Describes logical sources of information from which to construct such a heuristic. Recommends that, for typical programs and projects, initial…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Program Evaluation
Using Hierarchical Modeling and Practical Measures of Fit to Evaluate Structural Equation Models.
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Buczynski, Patricia L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1994
Describes two strategies for assessing measures of practical fit and the goodness of fit from structural equation models. Focuses on linear structural relations (LISREL), chi-square fit index, practical fit indices, and hierarchical analyses. Includes empirical example of hierarchical model procedures used with practical and statistical indices to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Structural Equation Models
Ready or Not, Teachers K-12 Move to Center Stage in the Assessment Arena: Implications for State Education Policymakers.
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Jett, Daniel L.; Schafer, William D. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Contends that skills teachers need to be effective partners in development of better assessment practice are related to teachers' levels of classroom assessment training. Examines need for teacher competence in assessment, changing kindergarten through grade 12 assessment scene, teachers' roles in new assessments, teachers' training in assessment,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Role
Assessing Value-Added Outcomes Assessment.
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Pickering, James W.; Bowers, Jeanne C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Reviews strengths and weaknesses of value-added model of outcomes assessment in higher education. Explores important measurement issues that student development specialists who are currently involved in assessment may confront. Makes recommendations for researchers choosing the value-added outcomes assessment model. (NB)
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Models
Policy-Driven Assessment or Assessment-Driven Policy?
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Airasian, Peter W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Notes that, beginning in the mid-1970s, role of educational testing and assessment began to expand dramatically in response to reports portraying U.S. schools and students in less than favorable light. Sees the future status of new forms of assessment that are used to influence curricula and motivate teachers and students being related to their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Motivation
Assessing the Knowledge Base of Students: An Information Theoretic Approach to Testing.
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Bruno, James E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1986
Presents microcomputer-based test scoring procedure with focus on measuring student information, partial information, and misinformation based on an information theoretic approach model of knowledge assessment. Admissible probability measurement scoring procedure described removes the constraint of forced choices, where guesses are based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Children, Computer Oriented Programs