Descriptor
Author
| Baker, Robert L. | 1 |
| Hansen, Joe B. | 1 |
| Herman, Joan L. | 1 |
| Johnson, Kenneth A. | 1 |
| Mitchell, Stephanie | 1 |
| Wolmut, Peter, Ed. | 1 |
| Ziomek, Robert, Ed. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Tests/Questionnaires | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| California | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Johnson, Kenneth A. – 1984
Self-report ergometric inventories can provide valuable information to employers and can serve as a means of intervention to improve employee attributes. Based on the science of ergonomics (a science that studies the natural laws of work in order to maximize human efficiency in job performance), such an inventory focuses on the interaction of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Utilization, Human Factors Engineering
Download full textHerman, Joan L. – 1990
This study analyzes the ways in which school boards assess and utilize evaluation data and their attitudes toward testing. Interviews with 27 school board members from 10 districts indicate that board members tend to rely on informal working knowledge over formal information, and on district administrators' judgments. Findings suggest that simple…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Boards of Education, Data Interpretation
Mitchell, Stephanie; Hansen, Joe B. – 1989
In July 1986, the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools began a 3-year study of the use of evaluative data in instructional planning and decision making in schools. This report summarizes the second year of the investigation, in which case studies of evaluative data use were conducted in one elementary school (kindergarten through grade 5) and one…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedBaker, Robert L.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991
The utility of teacher ratings of student academic performance and psychosocial behaviors as technically sound indirect measures of student outcomes was demonstrated in a long-term study of the effects of background variables on a cohort of Danish children (n=350). The Baker-Mednick Teacher Rating Form was developed for this purpose. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education
Ziomek, Robert, Ed.; Wolmut, Peter, Ed. – 1989
The papers in this collection reflect topics of major interest to members of the measurement and testing communities. Symposium 1, "Beyond the Wall Chart: Indicators and School Ranking," includes the following papers: (1) "What Our 17-Year-Olds Know: One District's Assessment" (L. D. Wilkinson and D. L. Galindo); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Children, Day Care
