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Devlin, Marcia; Brockett, Jennifer; Nichols, Scott – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
In Australia, there has been a tendency to rely on quantitative indicators of university teaching quality. This has occurred partly because the indicators are perceived as objective and reliable and partly because they are relatively simple to gather and collate. A national project currently underway is based on the assumptions that teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment, Learner Engagement
Rama, Kondapalli, Ed.; Hope, Andrea, Ed. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
The Commonwealth of Learning is proud to partner with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Higher Education and UNESCO to produce this "Quality Assurance Toolkit for Distance Higher Education Institutions and Programmes". The Toolkit has been prepared with three features. First, it is a generic document on quality assurance, complete with a…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Higher Education, Distance Education, Pilot Projects
1998
Six papers discuss the Louisiana School Effectiveness and Assistance Pilot (SEAP) program, an ongoing 3-year research project associated with a legislatively mandated school and district accountability program. In three phases, the project joins school indicators, school effectiveness, and school improvement initiatives. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Grace, Donna J.; DeBaryshe, Barbara D. – Hawaii Educational Policy Center, 2006
The purpose of this report is to provide an evaluation of the experiences of the 2005-2006 pilot junior kindergarten schools. Data sources included administrative data provided by the Department of Education (DOE) as well as surveys and focus group interviews conducted with pilot school teachers and principals. Surveys were returned from 113…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Focus Groups, Interviews