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Kuh, George D.; Ikenberry, Stanley O.; Jankowski, Natasha A.; Cain, Timothy Reese; Ewell, Peter T.; Hutchings, Pat; Kinzie, Jillian – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
The expectation for accountability is legitimate. In order to have the desired effects, evidence of what students know and can do must respond to genuine institutional needs and priorities. Far too often, that condition is not met. On too many campuses, assessment activity is mired in a culture of compliance rather than driven by collective…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Compliance (Psychology), Educational Trends
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Grassian, D. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
The author argues that while outcomes assessment may be an imperfect process, if completed in a systematic and deliberative manner, it can help determine the overall direction, culture, and success of an academic department. Most important, assessment can spark meaningful pedagogical and curricular discussions that can lead to substantive academic…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Utilization, Accountability
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Ehren, Melanie; Perryman, Jane; Shackleton, Nichola – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
With decentralisation becoming increasingly widespread across Europe, evaluation and accountability are becoming key issues in ensuring quality provision for all (Altrichter & Maag Merki, 2010; Eurydice, 2004). In Europe, the dominant arrangement for educational accountability is school inspections. The purpose of this research is to identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Involvement, Inspection, Expectation
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Cramer, Elizabeth D.; Little, Mary E.; McHatton, Patricia Alvarez – Action in Teacher Education, 2014
Across the United States, teachers and teacher educators are facing increased accountability for improved student achievement. Using assessment results to inform instruction provides a catalyst to improve student outcomes and is a key skill for preservice teacher candidates. The process of data-based decision making is integral to performance…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Decision Making Skills
Bornfreund, Laura; McCann, Clare; Williams, Conor; Guernsey, Lisa – New America, 2014
Earlier this year, in "Subprime Learning: Early Education in America since the Great Recession," the current state of early education in the U.S. was surveyed by examining progress over the last five years . It was found that while the public, political, and research consensus is stronger than ever, the field remains in dire need of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
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Brookhart, Susan M. – Oxford Review of Education, 2013
The United States education system depends on legislation and funding at the federal, state and local levels. Public understanding of assessment therefore is important to educational reform in the USA. Educational reformers often invoke assessment information as a reason for reform, typically by citing unacceptable achievement on some measure or…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Assessment, Public Opinion, Educational Indicators
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Meckes, Lorena; Carrasco, Rafael – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2010
The Chilean national learning outcome assessment system (Sistema de Medicion de Calidad de la Educacion, SIMCE) has carried out census-based assessments since 1988 and publishes the results at both the national and school levels. During its 20 years of existence, SIMCE has experienced changes in its institutional framework, objectives,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, National Competency Tests, Outcomes of Education
Walberg, Herbert J., Ed. – Hoover Institution Press, 2011
The pressing need to improve achievement in American schools is widely recognized. In "Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform," Herbert J. Walberg draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to inform citizens, educators, and policy makers about well-established principles of testing, current problems, and promising evidence-based…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Restructuring, Test Results, Testing
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Reeves, Douglas B.; Flach, Tony – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
Learning Forward's Standards for Professional Learning have the potential to influence educational policy and practice in profound ways for the systems that are courageous enough to take them seriously, and the Data standard is a critical element systemwide. Schools are overwhelmed with data warehouses, colorful charts and graphs, and endless…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Incentives, Academic Achievement, Leadership Effectiveness
Looney, Janet W. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
A long-held ambition for many educators and assessment experts has been to integrate summative and formative assessments so that data from external assessments used for system monitoring may also be used to shape teaching and learning in classrooms. In turn, classroom-based assessments may provide valuable data for decision makers at school and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Formative Evaluation, Testing, Summative Evaluation
Rosenkvist, Morten A. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning using student test results in OECD countries. Initially the report provides an overview of how student test results are reported in OECD countries and how stakeholders in these countries use and perceive of the results. The report then reviews the literature relating to using student test…
Descriptors: Test Results, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Literature Reviews
Doyle, Denis P.; Pimentel, Susan – 1999
This book, intended for the interested layman and the education professional, describes the process and content of standards-driven education reform. It is based on the premise that schools can excel if they benchmark their standards, align their curriculum, and conduct academic analysis to assess progress. Only the highlights appear in the hard…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Change Strategies
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Jones, Lyle V. – Educational Researcher, 1996
Presents a history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), focusing on procedural changes from 1969 to date and questions whether NAEP results should be used for accountability purposes. It recommends that NAEP should be insulated from reform efforts and that NAEP's monitoring of population levels of educational achievement…
Descriptors: Accountability, Criticism, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Schleisman, Jane – 1999
This report explores changes in school policies and practices resulting from an externally mandated, high-stakes testing program. It is based on a study that investigated one Minnesota school district's transformation following the passage of a 1993 law mandating a results-oriented graduation rule. The paper outlines the role of testing programs…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs
Brooks, Sarah R. – 2000
Few states have overcome the political and practical obstacles to implementing a clear, feasible, comprehensive accountability system. The University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education reviewed experiences from state accountability efforts. Workable accountability systems focus on results, clarify goals and roles, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
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