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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
McIver, Monette C.; Dean, Ceri B. – Mid Continent Research for Education and Learning, 2004
Schools are in the midst of serious reform as they attempt to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act and make adjustments that will positively impact students? academic lives. Yet, to accomplish these outcomes, schools need help, and state departments of education and local school districts are obligated to provide such assistance.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, Instructional Leadership, Intervention
Warsett, Sue – 1978
BORN FREE is designed as a collaborative effort of university-based counseling psychologists and field-site educators to reduce career-related sex stereotyping in 14 educational institutions. This report describes the evaluation of BORN FREE products and includes field testing of the three training packets for elementary, secondary, and higher…
Descriptors: Careers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Field Tests
Preston, Frederick R.; Schetlin, Eleanor M. – 1985
Although much has been written in support of a student development role for the student affairs professional, research documentation is lacking on the contributions made by student affairs staff to the development of students. A simple research methodology, which could be easily replicated on college campuses, to begin providing these missing data…
Descriptors: College Environment, Field Tests, Higher Education, Models
Biester, Thomas W.; And Others – 1983
This report presents the results of a New Jersey school district field test of a comprehensive administrator training program. The program's main objectives were to develop a knowledge-utilization approach to the improvement of instruction and student achievement in basic skills, and to develop and test strategies for installing and disseminating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Board of Education Role