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Zhi Li – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation advances research on evaluation (RoE) through a trio of studies focusing on the role of context and the innovative use of Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) software in formative evaluation in a qualitative research project. The first article extends Coryn et al. (2017) and elucidates how various contextual…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Computer Software, Inquiry, Computational Linguistics
Landolfi, Adrienne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
As accountability measures continue to increase within education, public school systems have integrated standards-based evaluation systems to formally assess professional practices among educators. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent in which the communication process between evaluators and teachers impacts teacher performance…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Teaching Models, Accountability
Morris, Genelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Policy makers and educators across the nation are incorporating new standards and assessments into evaluation systems, designed to impact teacher effectiveness and student achievement. New York is one of the states that have developed a teacher evaluation system, now fully implemented in all of its 697 public school districts. As the results from…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, State Standards, Public Schools
Drury, Debra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this problem-based study was to gather data which analyzed the degree of fidelity of implementation of Response to Intervention as reported by building principals in the State of Missouri. The project began when team members, providing professional development for the Response to Intervention process, came to the conclusion there…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Response to Intervention, Public Schools
VanderLaan, Ski R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This mixed methods study (Creswell, 2008) was designed to test the influence of collaborative testing on learning using a quasi-experimental approach. This study used a modified embedded mixed method design in which the qualitative and quantitative data, associated with the secondary questions, provided a supportive role in a study based primarily…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Testing, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness
Parker, Jason L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation was designed to examine and assess the effectiveness of the ClassScape formative assessment tool on the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction at a rural middle school in western North Carolina. The teachers had the ClassScape program for 3 years, but were not using the program to plan future instruction. The…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Focus Groups, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys
Cetta, Orsolina A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students should have exposure to social justice education (SJE) through the content-based curriculum or through cocurricular learning opportunities. This program evaluation study used qualitative data collection and analysis procedures to determine how to best improve the cocurricular SJE program, Lead for Diversity (LFD), which is used in high…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Data Collection
Meyer, Jadie K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of principals who have met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) with the special education subgroup. This was a qualitative study, utilizing interviews to answer the research questions. The first three research questions analyzed the areas of assessment, building-level leadership, and curriculum…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Special Education, Qualitative Research
Richardson, Irving – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to determine whether or not elementary classroom teachers' exploration of an integrated theoretical model of formative assessment would change participants' understandings of formative assessment and whether or not participants would apply this newly-acquired knowledge to their classroom assessment practices. After…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness