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Hummelsheim, Stefan; Baur, Michaela – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
Germany has a "dual system" of initial vocational education and training, one that other countries admire and would like to adopt. Can it hand this model over to them? This article argues that doing so will require far more than a simple process of copying. Instead, any transfer must reflect the existing conditions in the country…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technology Transfer, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Strategies
Ready, Douglas D. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2008
Over the past several decades, researchers, politicians, and corporate leaders have focused reform efforts on the size of educational contexts. Hundreds of billions of public and private dollars have been invested to reduce the size and scope of both classrooms and schools (Lee & Ready, 2007). Unlike many education reforms, these downsizing…
Descriptors: Class Size, Equal Education, Minority Group Children, Educational Change
Boudett, Kathryn Parker, Ed.; Steele, Jennifer L., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
What does it look like when a school uses data wisely? "Data Wise in Action", a new companion and sequel to the bestselling "Data Wise", tells the stories of eight very different schools following the Data Wise process of using assessment results to improve teaching and learning. "Data Wise in Action" highlights the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Leadership, Program Descriptions
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Jennings, Patricia K.; Rienzi, Beth; Lyda, Laramee – Teaching Sociology, 2006
In winter of 2004, the Sociology Department at California State University-Bakersfield (CSUB) conducted a student assessment using an embedded assessment technique--a technique wherein a class assignment serves as an assessment tool. The authors conducted the embedded assessment for their Five-Year Program Review. Thus, similar to many…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Case Studies, Academic Achievement, Psychometrics