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Utah State Board of Education, 2025
In Utah, public education is a community endeavor. It is shaped by the dedication and service of teachers, the curiosity of children, the commitment of families, and the support of policymakers and partners. This annual report reflects the collective effort that makes Utah's education system unique. The data and stories within shows the challenges…
Descriptors: Public Education, Academic Standards, State Standards, Educational Finance
Ashenafi Tsegaye Tegegn – European Journal of STEM Education, 2024
This study aimed to examine the implementation of STEM education in the university-based STEM centers in Ethiopia. To this end, a descriptive survey research method was employed, and data was collected from 11 coordinators of the STEM centers and 54 STEM educators through questionnaire, interview and observation. Data was analyzed by using both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, College Faculty, Teacher Education
Juan David Parra; D. Brent Edwards Jr. – Critical Studies in Education, 2024
This paper seeks to raise awareness among educational researchers and practitioners of some significant weaknesses and internal contradictions of randomised control trials (RCTs). Although critiques throughout the years from education scholars have pointed to the detrimental effects of this experimental approach on education practice and values,…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
Tze Chang Liu – Evaluation Review, 2025
This study focuses on the second round of Taiwanese teacher preparation program (TPP) evaluation (2012-2017) to analyze how evaluation policy shapes TPPs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 stakeholders, which included professors, administrators, researchers, and staff involved in TPP evaluation. First, the findings revealed that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
François Staring; Stewart Butler; Patricio Ruedi – OECD Publishing, 2025
This Education Policy Perspective serves as Part A in a two-part series of policy papers on "Promoting Quality and Excellence in Higher Education and VET". This first paper (Part A) reviews recent policy developments in the external evaluation and quality assurance of higher education and vocational education and training (VET)…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Career and Technical Education
Horia Oni?a; Ana Gvritishvili; Joanna Maruszczak – European Students' Union, 2023
This publication has been developed under the Erasmus+ co-funded "Quality Assurance Fit for the Future"(QA-FIT) project, coordinated by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), in partnership with the European University Association (EUA), the European Students' Union (ESU), and the European Association…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, College Students
Gomez, Celia J.; Whitaker, Anamarie A.; Cannon, Jill S. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are designed to assess, improve, and communicate the quality of early care and education programs. Using administrative data, we investigated whether providers that participated in a county-level QRIS saw increases to their global quality (tier) rating, domain-specific quality ratings, and scores on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Domaleski, Chris; D'Brot, Juan; Keng, Leslie; Keglovits, Russ; Neal, Ann-Michelle – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2018
Most states have developed or revised school accountability systems in response to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). While these systems include multiple indicators, to many stakeholders the outcome of central interest is the overall rating or classification produced for each school. These ratings are often used to identify schools that merit…
Descriptors: Accountability, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria
Tom Keily; Ben Erwin; Lauren Peisach – Education Commission of the States, 2024
High-quality career and technical education (CTE) and work-based learning opportunities can support students along a pathway to credential attainment, employment and upward economic mobility through intentional skill development and experiential learning. CTE concentration in high school can increase graduation rates while helping students build…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Educational Quality, Dual Enrollment, High Schools
Hood, Stafford L.; Dilworth, Mary E.; Lindsay, Constance A. – National Academy of Education, 2022
The dialogue on what constitutes quality teacher preparation and how it should be assessed and evaluated is muddled. It begins neatly with a universal agreement and aspiration for quality teaching and enhanced PK-12 student achievement, then quickly scatters when there are attempts to define and weigh key components of academic excellence.…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Accountability
Liu, Hao – Chinese Education & Society, 2021
There is a growing emphasis on accountability in the management of preschool education across the world. It has become common practice in many countries to evaluate kindergartens to monitor and ensure their quality. The Chinese government has been implementing the policy of evaluating kindergartens for 30 years. It mainly involves assessing…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
Trevisan, Michael S.; Carey, John C.; Martin, Ian; Sundararajan, NarayanKripa – Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation, 2020
Using qualitative content analysis (Cohen et al., 2007), we examined the expectations of states in the United States regarding program evaluation content for school counselor licensure. Results show that 43 states maintain some form of program evaluation expectations for licensure, up from the 19 identified by Trevisan (2000). Twenty-eight states…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Certification, Program Evaluation, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Šamajová, Katerina; Zahradníková, Michaela – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive narrative of the current status of Chinese language teaching at upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic. Processes involved in developing the Chinese language curriculum in upper secondary schools were mapped through a qualitative survey. Representatives of 20 schools were interviewed to identify…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cameron, Kristen; Boyles, Deron – Global Education Review, 2022
Contemporary Froebelian-inspired early childhood education in the United States is challenged by government regulation and accreditation requirements that have arisen alongside neoliberalism in education. Using Critical Policy Analysis and case study examples from a preschool in Atlanta, Georgia, this paper examines the influence of neoliberalism…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Quality, Neoliberalism, Teaching Methods
Gates, Susan M.; Woo, Ashley; Xenakis, Lea; Wang, Elaine Lin; Herman, Rebecca; Andrew, Megan; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2020
State policymakers, including state leaders, districts, and professional associations, play a role in fostering an environment that supports the development of effective school principals, with the broad policy objective of achieving high principal quality across the state. This report examines how seven states use state policy levers to advance…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Principals, State Policy, Educational Policy