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Mayger, Linda K. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2023
Recognizing the need for scientific fidelity and balanced representation in the evidence that informs public policy, this study investigates technical and issue bias in 43 policy briefs and state handbooks that provided information about the use of Student Learning Objectives to evaluate teachers' performance. The author uses multiple qualitative…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Educational Policy, Teacher Evaluation, Guides
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Reckhow, Sarah; Tompkins-Stange, Megan; Galey-Horn, Sarah – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021
Using congressional testimony on teacher quality from 2003 to 2015 and analysis of 60 elite interviews, we show how the political economy of knowledge production influences idea uptake in education policy discourse. We develop and assess a conceptual framework showing the organizational and financial infrastructure that links research, ideas, and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Politics of Education
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Chelimsky, Eleanor – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The history of evaluation utilization in policy making and political features of program evaluation are discussed. A five-part continuum describes the evaluation process. Evaluation practice modifications contribute to real growth in evaluation use in congressional policy making as evaluation research improves the quality of information available…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Models
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Klein, Susan S.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This article describes the background and rationale for the Convening Process, created and evaluated by the U.S. Department of Education staff, and its relation to other efforts to increase the use of research and evaluation information. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Consultants, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Haensly, Patricia A.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The chart essay is discussed as an effective technique that links specific research to real policy decisions and arranges answers for each question in a chart highlighting actual research data. A study of 515 high school seniors' extracurricular activities illustrates use of this report form. (SLD)
Descriptors: Charts, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Research and Development
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Dockrell, W. B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The effects on policy and practice of national surveys of education conducted in Scotland were evaluated. Surveys carried out as early as 1953 and 1963 have had little impact. Research must deal with contemporary issues and be relevant to local circumstances in order to influence policy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
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Merwin, Jack C.; Wiener, Paul H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
This paper assesses the status of evaluation as a profession and examines the consequences of not attending to the manner in which the discipline evolves. Special concerns are (1) what the profession seeks to accomplish; (2) ways in which it functions; and (3) who can be identified as "professionals." (LMO)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Educational Assessment, Educational Researchers, Evaluation
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Florio, David H.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Twenty-six congressional staff members dealing with educational legislation were surveyed concerning their sources of information and the relative importance and value of educational inquiry in various stages of the policy process. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations regarding improvement of the process were made. (MH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Decision Making, Educational Policy
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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
In an interview with Albert H. Quie, governor of Minnesota, he gives his opinion about the impact of research studies or educational evaluation on policy decision making in Congress, and the role of Congressional Committee staff members. (MH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy