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Assessment for Learning in the Accountability Era: Empirical Evidence from Scotland
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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
A Descriptive Assessment of the Effect of Evaluations on Instruction.
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Barnette, J. Jackson; Thompson, John C., III – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
A survey examined secondary school teachers' perceptions of the effects of program, student, and teacher evaluations on instructional improvement. Results indicated that student evaluation was most effective in influencing teachers to revise their instruction. Teacher and program evaluations appeared to be ineffective as change agents. (MH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization, Instructional Improvement
Implications of Portfolio Assessment for Program Evaluation.
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Gredler, Margaret E. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
Different meanings of portfolio assessment are reviewed, and potential applications to program evaluation are explored. At present, portfolio assessments are not recommended as the primary source of evidence about the attainment of program goals in evaluations that compare curricula or programs because of the lack of validity and reliability…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Educational Assessment
Evaluation of Education in the Netherlands.
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Creemers, Bert, P. M.; Terlouw, Cees – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
This overview of educational evaluation in the Netherlands provides background and details the state of the art in student, curriculum, and innovation evaluation. The role of international evaluation issues (such as evaluation criteria and the decision-making process) in evaluation theory and practice in The Netherlands is discussed. (BS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Perceptions of School Principals about their Engagement in Evaluation on the Basis of Student Data.
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Glasman, Naftaly S. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Elementary school principals rated attitudes and behaviors concerning the utilization of student achievement data: (1) commitment to influencing student achievement; (2) control in utilizing student achievement data; (3) use of data to evaluate programs and teachers; (4) effectiveness and accountability in use of data; and (5) principals' own…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility