This report describes the use of a Learning Progression Framework (LPF) to support the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) process. The report highlights a few common threats we currently see in the SLO process implemented at various states and districts, and offers the LPF as a possible solution for addressing these threats. This report was…

Career and technical education (CTE) programs of study are subject to rigorous state and federal accountability systems that provide information on key student outcomes. However, while these outcome measures can form a basis for identifying high- and low-performing programs, they are insufficient for answering underlying questions about how or why…

Describes progress of efforts of four Title I elementary schools in Idaho to raise student scores on state-mandated mathematics tests. Variations in patterns of progress among schools were attributed to differences in staff commitment and principal leadership. (PKP)

Describes accountability methods built into practicums for school psychology trainees. Results of intervention-based services were summed across individual cases developed by trainees as a means of examining the overall effectiveness of the practicum experiences. Outcomes are reported as procedural adherence to the model of service delivery,…

Describes how Winthrop School District conducted an indepth review of historic and current financial and statistical data involving enrollment, revenue, staffing, and expenditures in an effort to meet the requirements of the Massachusetts Education Accountability Act passed by the legislature in 1993. (Contains four references.) (PKP)

Focusing on issues related to the training of industrial workers in Brazil, this article reports the findings of a study which evaluated the effectiveness of vocational training offered by the National Industrial Apprenticeship Service. (LRA)

Provides a qualitative analysis of the Kentucky school-based performance award program at four elementary and two secondary schools. Teachers were motivated to modify teaching approaches to enhance student performance, but seemed to be experiencing high stress levels. Teachers and principals at the six award-winning schools reported attitudes and…

Examines the cost effectiveness of New Jersey's tuition reimbursement plan for 10-month private school programs for handicapped students, using multiple regression techniques. The study found accounting inconsistencies correctable by organizing an actual cost model that requires pricing of program needs, system cost projections, and a site-based…

Discusses Edina School District's School Profiles composed of multiple indicators from student achievement assessment results, school demographic data, and survey responses. Focuses on student, staff, and parent surveys, and shows how the surveys were developed, presented, and used by the schools to support comprehensive and ongoing efforts to…

This document is the second annual report of the activities of the Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools (PREPS). The mission of PREPS, a consortium of public school districts in Mississippi, is to aid member schools in obtaining quality data from which curricular and administrative decisions can be made. Technical assistance…

Ways to monitor staff development programs include: (1) counting the number of participants; (2) obtaining participant reactions to programs; and (3) tracking participants by needs, objectives, and inservice topics. A needs assessment model of staff development focuses on information utilization, program impact, and evaluation approaches. (JN)

Reports findings of a study conducted at a midwestern university to determine whether a battery of basic skills tests would accurately predict student success in professional education courses. Concludes that test performance was consistent with the general grade point average throughout the college. (FL)

Comparative research was conducted on two preservice teacher education field experience programs. The "Tutoring Program" was designed to place participants in active teaching roles by having them prepare remedial lessons and tutor pupils. The "Teacher Apprentice Program" was designed to expose participants to a full range of teaching…

This report describes how assessments are scored and results are reported in the inclusive assessment and accountability systems in Maryland and Kentucky. Specific topics include: (1) how school performance is reported to the public; (2) what components go into the reported performance of schools; (3) how scores are obtained for students in the…

Includes four articles that discuss the evaluation of library reference services. Topics addressed include unobtrusive testing; measuring the accountability of reference librarians by behavioral rather than factual evaluation; on-the-job training of reference librarians; and faculty expectations of academic reference librarians. (52 references)…