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Crooks, Terry – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
The requirements for valid assessment for learning and assessment of learning are reviewed and then the tensions between these two purposes of assessment are explored, first in general and then within two areas of the New Zealand education system. First, the nature of assessment for learning in primary schools is discussed and how it is, or might…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Accountability, Outcomes of Education
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Hutchinson, Carolyn; Young, Myra – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
In many European languages, the words "assessment" and "evaluation" are synonymous, but in English the two terms are used differently. Educational "assessment" is learner-focused and part of professional pedagogy, relating directly to the accountability of practitioners and schools to learners and their families.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Communities of Practice, Student Evaluation
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Vanhoof, Jan; Van Petegem, Peter – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2007
Contributions on quality assurance in education often argue that a complementary and integrated relation between internal and external evaluation of schools would be advisable. This article sets out to investigate what role internal evaluation should--or could--fulfil in relation to external evaluation. It concludes that the arguments for an…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Accountability, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1994
This introduction provides an overview of the eight other articles in the special issue and summarizes the objectivist concept of educational evaluation that the author recognizes as growing from the work of the Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE). (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
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Wolf, Robert L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1980
The fundamental assumptions of evaluation are recognition of the multiple realities or truths, and importance of rationality. The major roles of evaluation are critical examination, clarification, and facilitation of change. Finally, the evaluator should be aware that political, human, economic, and legal influences on an evaluation relate…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Agents, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods
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Glasman, Naftaly S. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
A structure for the evaluation of all levels of educational personnel is presented. The six assumptions regarding the evaluation instrument which form the structure's rationale are listed. Two examples of its actual use are illustrated: evaluation of post secondary teachers and counselors. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Accountability, Counselor Evaluation, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Webster, William J.; Mendro, Robert L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
This paper describes an educational accountability system that provides needed accountability along with the data necessary for school improvement. The accountability system, which is being implemented in the Dallas (Texas) schools, is a three-tier system moving from the school level through district improvement plans to school improvement…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Improvement
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Shepard, Lorrie – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
Assessment generally refers to large-scale, system-wide measurement programs for pupil diagnosis; pupil certification; program evaluation; research; accountability; resource allocations; or teacher evaluation. The purpose of assessment should determine the test content, construction, administration, and examinees sampled. Assessment methods for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Research