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Miller-Whitehead, Marie – TVEE Monitor, 2002
The purpose of this study was to examine the state level, district level, and school level education accountability data that were made available on selected State Department of Education Web sites in 2000-2001. The issues of interest were: (1) differences in reported indicators on the education report cards produced in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Content Analysis, Educational Indicators
Peer reviewedMcEwen, Nelly, Ed. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1995
Five articles in this special issue present the approaches to accountability found in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland, provinces that represent 85% of all Canadian elementary and secondary school students. The articles are then discussed by representatives of four national Canadian educational associations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Research
Peer reviewedMcEwen, Nelly, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1996
The eight chapters of this issue focus on the uses, issues, and implications of national and international indicators of educational performance. They explore progress in using indicators to inform policy decisions and describe the progress of selected countries in developing, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting indicators of educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Peer reviewedLewit, Eugene M. – Future of Children, 1992
Examines a frequently discussed indicator of child well-being, the high school dropout rate. School-linked services will be successful only to the extent children are in school. First in a feature series ("Child Indicators") that analyzes implications and limitations of key statistical indicators of the well-being of children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Black Students, Child Welfare, Dropout Rate
Smith, Marshall S. – ASAP Notes, 1984
Educational indicators are statistical input/output measures providing information on the health of the educational system. This report for the consideration of the Council of Chief State School Officers characterizes the current state of educational indicators as in "shambles." It proposes a three phase framework for developing a sensitive and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators
Download full textMcClellan, Mary – Research Bulletin, 1994
Schools in the United States are the target of widespread criticism, and many of the ills of society are blamed on the inadequacy of the schools without regard to the problems that beset them. Schools have been beleaguered by a flood of social problems. Social critics ask the schools to take the lead in combatting social problems, often at a cost…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators
