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Kerstin Löf Catini; Susanne Westman; Eva Alerby – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
Public pressure on evaluation has influenced educational projects and national evaluation systems for many decades. This article extends the ongoing discussions in the field, offering a problematising exploration of evaluation as an educational policy phenomenon, thinking with the notion of rhythm in the analysis. Approaching educational…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
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Salinas, Francisco J. – Journal of Education Policy, 2023
With some of the propositions from the literature on 'policy enactments' as a backdrop, this paper addresses the circulation of a research policy innovation and its effects on the knowledge territory of an unlikely profession. Specifically, I show how the Research Excellence Frameworks' impact policy in the UK was an object first managed by…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
Seda Sakar; Sema Tan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2025
Many articles have been published in gifted education in recent years. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of the evolution of academic studies in gifted education. In this context, the structural topic modeling (STM) method was used to analyze the topics and trends in the field. STM is a machine learning technique that utilizes…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Educational Trends, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Sophie Lilit Litschwartz – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In education research test scores are a common object of analysis. Across studies test scores can be an important outcome, a highly predictive covariate, or a means of assigning treatment. However, test scores are a measure of an underlying proficiency we can't observe directly and so contain error. This measurement error has implications for how…
Descriptors: Scores, Inferences, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
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Adhi Indra Hermanu; Diana Sari; Merry Citra Sondari; Muhammad Dimyati – Cogent Education, 2024
The study aims to investigate the mediating role of output, productivity, and outcome variables in the relationship between input or process variables and research performance. By examining how these variables interact, the study aims to enhance our understanding of the factors that influence research performance. This role was investigated using…
Descriptors: Mediation Theory, Models, Input Output Analysis, Productivity
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Cirkony, Connie; Rickinson, Mark; Walsh, Lucas; Gleeson, Jo; Salisbury, Mandy; Cutler, Blake – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Rapid reviews involve a streamlined approach to knowledge synthesis. They are used to identify high-quality evidence for the purpose of informing decisions and initiatives, completed over relatively short timeframes, and have been found to reach conclusions that do not differ extensively from full systematic reviews. Although common in…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Faculty Development, Research Methodology
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Barbana, Samir; Dumay, Xavier; Dupriez, Vincent – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article is an introduction to a European Educational Research Journal special issue on accountability policies and instruments in Europe. Two hypotheses grounded in the new institutionalist theory are presented to conceptualise and analyse the variety of national trajectories and forms of accountability in four European education systems…
Descriptors: Accountability, Governance, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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McDonald, Sarah Kay; Schneider, Barbara – Educational Governance Research, 2017
Based on their experiences from their work with two national initiatives designed to reform educational practice in U.S., the authors present seven guiding principles of evidence-based/informed educational policy and research to lay the foundation for making rigorous and comprehensive judgments about what evidence and scientific research designs…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Research Design
Watt, Michael – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study was to analyze the findings of research studies investigating the role of instructional materials, review issues and recommendations referring to instructional materials in policy papers, and evaluate the decision-making process in relation to the development, diffusion and adoption of EdReports program. Content analysis…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Change, Instructional Materials, Organizations (Groups)
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Njiru, Samson Murithi; Karuku, Simon; Nyaga, Milcah – Educational Research and Reviews, 2020
In recent decades, school performance ranking (or 'league table') have become a common feature of many education systems in the world. The ranking is usually published by government and news agencies in an attempt to measure and compare the relative performance of individual schools against a number of criteria, including academic performance.…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Competition, Tables (Data)
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Levin, Henry M.; Belfield, Clive – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Cost-effectiveness analysis is rarely used in education. When it is used, it often fails to meet methodological standards, especially with regard to cost measurement. Although there are occasional criticisms of these failings, we believe that it is useful to provide a listing of the more common concerns and how they might be addressed. Based upon…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Validity, Educational Policy
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Lane, Rod; Bourke, Terri – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2019
There are more than 700 articles exploring assessment in geography education. However, these papers vary in the degree to which recommendations and conclusions are based on research evidence. Globally, evidence-based practice is being prioritised, making it essential to understand exactly what the empirical research around this topic is saying. A…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Geography, Student Evaluation
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Goh, Jonathan W. P.; Lee, Ong Kim; Salleh, Hairon – Educational Governance Research, 2017
This chapter provides a discussion on how the Singapore education system uses evidence from educational research conducted both locally and internationally, to shape policies and initiatives that can effectuate the "common good". In addition to research outcomes, the Singapore Ministry of Education also takes into consideration the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Data Use, Educational Research
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Malouf, David B.; Taymans, Juliana M. – Educational Researcher, 2016
An analysis was conducted of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) research evidence base on the effectiveness of replicable education interventions. Most interventions were found to have little or no support from technically adequate research studies, and intervention effect sizes were of questionable magnitude to meet education policy goals. These…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Effect Size
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Shaw, Ryan D. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2016
Arts educators recently have found themselves in unfamiliar and sometimes-frustrating situations regarding their performance evaluations. The push for value-added models, effectiveness ratings based on schoolwide test score averages, portfolios, student learning objectives, and other measures of teacher effectiveness has dramatically changed arts…
Descriptors: Art Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational History
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