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Jeon, Lieny; Buettner, Cynthia K.; Hur, Eunhye – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Research has documented the importance of high-quality early childhood experiences in preparing children for school. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) have recently emerged in many states as a way to build quality of child care and to promote better child outcomes. Objective: The goal of this study was to determine if…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales
Gross, Steven Jay – National Education Policy Center, 2012
This descriptive work urges U.S. policymakers to consider the English system of school inspections as a way of expanding our understanding of student achievement. Such an innovation is timely, according to the report, because the No Child Left Behind legislation is coming up for reauthorization. Using data largely from the English Office for…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Inspection, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Al-Alawi, Yaser; Al-Kaabi, Dheya; Rashdan, Suad; Al-Khaleefa, Lobna – Quality in Higher Education, 2009
In recent years, Bahrain has taken serious actions to diversify its sources of income and solve major national problems such as unemployment. Through this process it discovered that one of the main factors for its economic problems was the quality of higher education on offer. This led to the creation of a national Quality Assurance Authority that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Standards, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Prochnow, Harold G. – 1973
The final audit report (1972)73) on the Bilingual Education Program of the San Marcos Independent School District critiques the quality of the project and the audit. The 5 sections of the audit are: (1) introductory and general comments on the quality of the project evaluation and the comparative findings of the project evaluation and the audit;…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria
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Weeks, Patricia – Innovations in Education and Training International, 2000
Describes a benchmarking project developed at Queensland University of Technology (Australia) to compare the design and delivery of the Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education) against national and international institutions. Discusses use of the benchmarking process for quality improvement. (LRW)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement
Pryor, Guy C. – 1970
The purpose of the audit report on the Bilingual Education Program (1969-70) of the Harlandale and San Marcos Independent School Districts is to give a critique on the quality of the project evaluation, to discuss the comparative findings of the project evaluation and the audit, and to confirm or question the need for program modifications…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria
Pryor, Guy C. – 1971
The audit report (1970-71) on the Bilingual Education Program of the Harlandale and San Marcos Independent School Districts gives a critique on the quality of the project evaluation, discusses the comparative findings of the project evaluation and the audit, and confirms or questions the need for program modifications proposed in the evaluation.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria
Pryor, Guy C. – 1972
The final audit report (1971-72) on the Bilingual Education Program of the Harlandale and San Marcos Independent School Districts gives a critique on the quality of the project evaluation, discusses the comparative findings of the project evaluation and the audit, and confirms or questions the need for program modifications proposed in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria
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Van Petegem, Peter; Vanhoof, Jan – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
Current educational policies show a growing tendency towards giving schools more autonomy and internal quality control. Accurate and comparable data on school performances are thus needed. In Flanders, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) and TIMSS-R (Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat) have provided…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Feedback (Response), Educational Change, Administrator Attitudes
Payne, I. V. – 1973
The purpose of the audit report on the Southeastern New Mexico Bilingual Program (1972-73) of the Artesia School District is to give a critique of the project's evaluation with notations on comparative findings of the project evaluation and the audit, and to confirm or question the program modifications proposed in the evaluation. The 5 audit…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria
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de Jager, H. J.; Nieuwenhuis, F. J. – Quality in Higher Education, 2005
South Africa has embarked on a process of education renewal by adopting outcomes-based education (OBE). This paper focuses on the linkages between total quality management (TQM) and the outcomes-based approach in an education context. Quality assurance in academic programmes in higher education in South Africa is, in some instances, based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Environment, Quality Control
Misko, Josie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This report compares the provision of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. It finds that training policies are increasingly based on similar general principles which promote the improvement and reform of vocational education and training, although the implementation of these principles tends to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Job Training
Shafer, Barbara S.; Coate, L. Edwin – Business Officer, 1992
Benchmarking is an ongoing, systematic process for measuring and comparing work processes of one organization to those of another to identify best practices. Higher education can gain much from this technique, as industry has. The method is objective, reduces resistance to change and can lead to dramatic innovation and rapid development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Change Strategies, College Administration, Comparative Analysis
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Hackmann, Donald G.; Wanat, Carolyn L. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2007
This paper describes the process of principal licensure reform in Iowa. Upon adoption of the ISLLC standards, the state department of education required revision of all principal preparation programs to conform to state code and guidelines developed by an external review panel. This paper analyzes the review process and compares five programs that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Guidelines, Content Analysis, Principals
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Gross, Theodore – Change, 1983
Two recent reports (Boyer's "High School" and Goodlad's "A Place Called School") on the current state of U.S. education and the goals and means of improving it are discussed. It is concluded that public policy must match the needs expressed in these and other reports on education, and that it is critical to support the teacher and humanize…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
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