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Gaertner, Holger; Pant, Hans Anand – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
School inspections are fundamental to quality assurance and improvement in many countries. Yet the question of the validity of these inspections has not yet been comprehensively addressed. This paper proposes a systematic approach to assessing the validity of school inspections, based on Messick's multifaceted concept of validity. We apply each…
Descriptors: Schools, Inspection, Educational Assessment, Quality Control
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Tillema, Harm; Leenknecht, Martijn; Segers, Mien – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
The interest in "assessment for learning" (AfL) has resulted in a search for new modes of assessment that are better aligned to students' learning how to learn. However, with the introduction of new assessment tools, also questions arose with respect to the quality of its measurement. On the one hand, the appropriateness of traditional,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Criteria, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness
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Zhu, Weimo; Rink, Judy; Placek, Judith H.; Graber, Kim C.; Fox, Connie; Fisette, Jennifer L.; Dyson, Ben; Park, Youngsik; Avery, Marybell; Franck, Marian; Raynes, De – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2011
New testing theories, concepts, and psychometric methods (e.g., item response theory, test equating, and item bank) developed during the past several decades have many advantages over previous theories and methods. In spite of their introduction to the field, they have not been fully accepted by physical educators. Further, the manner in which…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Quality Control, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory
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Zakrzewski, Stan; Steven, Christine; Ricketts, Chris – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
There are three purposes for evaluation: evaluation for action to aid the decision making process, evaluation for understanding to further enhance enlightenment and evaluation for control to ensure compliance to standards. This article argues that the primary function of evaluation in the "Catherine Wheel" computer-based assessment (CBA)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Stakeholders, Risk, Quality Control
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Grek, Sotiria; Lawn, Martin; Lingard, Bob; Varjo, Janne – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
Governing processes in Europe and within Europeanization are often opaque and appearances can deceive. The normative practices of improvement in education, and the connected growth in performance measurement, have been largely understood in their own terms. However, the management of flows of information through quality assurance can be examined…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Measurement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Andersen, Vibeke Normann; Dahler-Larsen, Peter; Pedersen, Carsten Strombaek – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
In recent years, international comparisons have become a powerful lever for change in educational policies. Quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) in many forms is being incorporated in the steering and management of schools. However, the Danish use of QAE is a dynamic result of ongoing tensions and struggles both around and within QAE…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Mehrotra, Dheeraj – Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
The marching trend of the new economic order has generated a new capsule of SIX SIGMA as a unified approach to process excellence. The tests reveal that it has transformed some of the most successful companies in the world like Motorola, GE etc. It is activated as an approach to aiming at the target by changing the culture of a company, involving…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Quality Control, Measurement Techniques, Problem Solving
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Simola, Hannu; Rinne, Risto; Varjo, Janne; Pitkanen, Hannele; Kauko, Jaakko – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This article traces quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) developments in Finnish compulsory schooling. The central question is this: Is there a Finnish model of QAE? We conclude that it may be a rhetorical overstatement to speak about a specific Finnish 'Model' of QAE in a strong sense. However, neither is it valid to conclude that what happens…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Administrative Organization, Educational Testing
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Lauterbach, Uwe – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: The quality of an education system or a comparative international assessment refers more and more to quantitative parameters, i.e. "educational indicators." The paper aims to analyse the structure of several educational indicators and indicator systems and answer the question "What can educational indicators achieve?"…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Educational Indicators, Statistical Analysis
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Baartman, Liesbeth K. J.; Bastiaens, Theo J.; Kirschner, Paul A.; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Educational Research Review, 2007
Because learning and instruction are increasingly competence-based, the call for assessment methods to adequately determine competence is growing. Using just one single assessment method is not sufficient to determine competence acquisition. This article argues for Competence Assessment Programmes (CAPs), consisting of a combination of different…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Evaluation Criteria, Quality Control, Psychometrics
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Ozga, Jenny – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This paper explores the relationship between changing forms of the governance of education and the growth and uses of data in the context of England--a context that can be described as the most "advanced" in Europe in terms of data production and use. The paper links the shifting relations between the central department of education…
Descriptors: Governance, School Districts, Foreign Countries, Local Government
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Gibbs, Graham; Dunbar-Goddet, Harriet – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This article outlines a methodology for characterising features of programme-level assessment environments so that the relationship between features of the assessment environment and students' learning response can be studied. The methodology was developed through the detailed case study of nine undergraduate degree programmes: one in each of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Curriculum Design, Student Evaluation, Quality Control
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Volkwein, J. Fredericks – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
A diverse society has created a diverse education system, which in turn requires diverse and complex mechanisms of quality control. The diversity and complexity of the industrial, service, and knowledge-based economy, with its vast variety of occupations and dynamic labor markets, heavily influences the curricular structures and academic profiles…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Needs, Quality Control, Accountability
Kouptsov, O.; Tatur, Y. – 2001
The major aspects of the Russian educational system were examined in terms of quality assurance. No part of the educational system in Russia is small enough to escape some form of assessment, measurement, comparison, audit, or classification as to quality. To describe the quality control system, the book begins with an overview of Russian…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Sakura, Fubuki – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2007
This article reports on the New Zealand education quality assurance and school monitoring system, including its framework, and responsibilities of agencies. It first gives an outline of the education system in New Zealand, and then introduces the role of school charters and levels of schooling. To ensure the quality of schools, the methods of…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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