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Klenowski, Val – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
Developments in school education in Australia over the past decade have witnessed the rise of national efforts to reform curriculum, assessment and reporting. Constitutionally the power to decide on curriculum matters still resides with the States. Higher stakes in assessment, brought about by national testing and international comparative…
Descriptors: Test Results, Student Evaluation, Testing, Foreign Countries
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Foy, Pierre – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2005
Data from international comparative studies in education are generally derived from complex, multi-stage sample designs and rotated assessments. Consequently, care must be taken not only in estimating variance components but also in interpreting them. Target population definitions, the nature of the sampling stages and their sampling units, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Sampling, Educational Research, Research Design
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Plomp, Tjeerd; Van Der Meer, Adri – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1980
The explicit statement of course objectives and a retrospective analysis of student test results are used in the evaluation of a mathematics course for engineering students. (BW)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Data Analysis
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Wu, Margaret – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2005
In large-scale assessment programs such as NAEP, TIMSS and PISA, students' achievement data sets provided for secondary analysts contain so-called "plausible values." Plausible values are multiple imputations of the unobservable latent achievement for each student. In this article it has been shown how plausible values are used to: (1)…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Computation, Educational Research, Educational Assessment
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Hill, Richard; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
This review of a previous article (TM 503 836), concludes that: (1) the evaluation methodology was straightforward; (2) simpler data analysis would have yielded the same conclusions; and (3) exclusion of many experimental schools from data analysis and use of post hoc matching and covariance produced misleading results. (CP)
Descriptors: Bias, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Primary Education
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Sharifi Ashtiani, Nahid; Babaii, Esmat – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2007
For decades traditional methods of testing have been criticized for saying relatively little reliably about students' ability as well as causing anxiety, which can negatively affect students' recall of learned information. The reform movement with its innovative approaches focusing on learner-centered education perceives assessment as an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Grade 11, Test Construction
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Isaac, Stephen – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
An independent statewide study of 4,735 elementary schools, conducted after three years of the Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) in California, indicates that ECE schools have lower reading scores in grades 2 and 3 when compared to non-ECE schools. Five potential causes for this discrepancy are discussed. (CP)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Performance Factors, Primary Education
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Acland, Henry – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
Schools in California's Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) have lower reading achievement than non-ECE schools; furthermore, schools which are both ECE and Title I score below all others. Three alternative policies are discussed: (1) continued expansion; (2) gradual termination; and (3) stable funding, explaining score discrepancies, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Policy, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
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Burstein, Leigh; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
Activities of the California State Department of Education related to the Early Childhood Education Program were audited, specifically: (1) overall data management and processing; (2) information quality for the evaluation of program impact; (3) treatment of standardized test data; and (4) procedures for expansion funding and termination. (CP)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization
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Keeves, John P.; Hungi, Njora; Afrassa, Tilahun – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2005
This article traces the evolution of a quest for solving the problems involved in the analysis of multilevel data and the estimation of the value added effects of schools in influencing educational outcomes. The authors report the findings of two studies that followed several cohorts of students that were tested at two grade levels (Grade 3 and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 5, Grade 3, Scaling
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Tamir, Pinchas; Doran, Rodney L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1992
Conclusions drawn from results of the practical skills testing of the Second International Association of Evaluation in Educational Assessment Science Study are presented for the six countries participating. Data analyses have indicated that the practical skills tests measured performance that differed from that measured by the paper-and-pencil…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Langeheine, Rolf – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1978
A three-way multidimensional scaling model is presented as a method for identifying classroom cliques, by simultaneous analysis of three variables (for example, chooser/choosen/criteria). Two scaling models--Carroll and Chang's INDSCAL and Lingoes' PINDIS--are presented and applied to two sets of empirical data. (CP)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cluster Analysis, Computer Programs