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Brown, Chris; Schildkamp, Kim; Hubers, Mireille D. – Educational Research, 2017
Background: Data-based decision-making (DBDM) and research-informed teaching practice (RITP) are key to teacher and school improvement. Currently, however, DBDM and RITP represent two distinct approaches to developing evidence-informed practice (EIP) and do not correspond to the all-encompassing notion of EIP envisaged by many academics and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evidence Based Practice, Teaching Methods, Decision Making
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Pyle, Katie; Jones, Emily; Williams, Chris; Morrison, Jo – Educational Research, 2009
Background: All national curriculum tests in England are pre-tested as part of the development process. Differences in pupil performance between pre-test and live test are consistently found. This difference has been termed the pre-test effect. Understanding the pre-test effect is essential in the test development and selection processes and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pretesting, Context Effect, National Curriculum