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Peer reviewedBissell, Joan S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Characteristics of evaluative studies used by California state legislators are discussed: specificity in addressing particular policy decisions; factors which contribute to or hinder the accomplishment of educational objectives; balanced studies with a range of indicators; and attention to local concerns, and to fiscal and legal issues. (MH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Download full textNorthwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Goal Based Education Program. – 1984
This report constitutes proceedings of a seminar held in Portland, Oregon (September 1983), by representatives of 15 state education agencies, conceived as a forum for exploring state-level policy and program options. Four topical areas were the subject of speaker presentations: "The Effective Schooling Research Base," by Ronald M. Smith…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Linking Agents
Voorhis, John – 1983
This report explores state level governance as it is currently practiced in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. After a brief introduction, section II's attention to the evolution of state boards offers a historical perspective of state intervention in educational policy-making, a review of major questions concerning the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Kemmerer, Frances; And Others – 1984
This report includes expanded versions of two papers by Frances Kemmerer and Alan P. Wagner which were first presented at a 1983 working seminar on the recommendations of five national educational task forces and their implications for New York State educational policy. Included also is a major additional paper contributed by W. Paul Vogt. The…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Role, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Spagnolo, Joseph A. – 1997
A state superintendent of education discusses standards from the point of view of a policymaker, acknowledging both educational and political elements. The objective for the policymaker is to take the work of researchers and educational theorists and make it something that practitioners and ultimately the public can understand. The first thing is…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Langvick, Mina M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The purpose of this study is to analyze current practices in the construction of State courses of study. Available State courses of study, reports of survey commissions and educational officials, and other State educational publications have been examined to discover the problems considered significant by State educational officials and the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Course Content
