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Hodes, Carol L.; Foster, John C.; Pritz, Sandra G.; Kelley, Patricia – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
As part of a multiyear research study on the preparation of educators to use assessment data for instructional improvement, the present study is a pilot test of a research-based professional development intervention for career-technical teachers. Forty-eight educators at nine sites in five states participated in a 1-day workshop followed by…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Mentors, Instructional Improvement, Teacher Workshops
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Brown-McGowan, Sharon; Eichelberger, R. Tony – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1993
Describes use of the Knowledge Use System, originally developed as a tool for corporate market research to overcome obstacles to implementation, in a higher education setting to delineate decision-maker variables and characteristics that may impede the utilization of evaluation results. Implications for future research and for higher education are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Futures (of Society)
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McColskey, Wendy, H.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
Secondary school principals in Ohio were surveyed regarding their reliance on formal and informal information for decision making and potential predictors of such reliance. Data supported the existence of a number of dimensions that distinguish principals who are greater information users from lesser users. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Dogmatism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Burry, James – 1985
This paper documents the evaluation use process among districts using the Guide for Evaluation Decision Makers, published by the Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) during the 1984-85 school year. Included are the following: (1) a discussion of research that led to conclusions concerning the administrator's role in evaluation use; (2) a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bilingual Education Programs, Decision Making, Discipline Problems
Stewart, Robert Grisham – 1996
The objectives of this study were identification and verification of key processes that could be used by higher education quality administrators to implement continuous improvement programs and benchmarking processes. East Tennessee State University's Continuous Improvement Key Process Relationship Matrix was used as the basis of a 44-item…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Outcomes Assessment, Decision Making, Educational Quality
Pfister, Linda A. – 1985
This learning module, one in a series of competency-based guidance program training packages focusing upon professional and paraprofessional competencies of guidance personnel, deals with reporting results of program evaluation and using results to make key administrative decisions. Addressed in the module are the following topics: evaluating…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Change Strategies, Check Lists