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Carver, Fred D. – 1985
Educational research and evaluation have had less impact on policy and decision making in education than hoped for, since research and evaluation represent fundamentally different kinds of endeavor than policy and decision making do. Evaluation has more impact than research because it is a more administrative activity and is more integral to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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McDonnell, Lorraine M. – American Journal of Education, 1994
Explores the policy uses of assessment and focuses particularly on its persuasive role in encouraging higher levels of educational performance and on its accountability and regulatory functions. Policymakers continue to insist that assessments can be used for multiple purposes, in spite of past experience and expert evidence to the contrary. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
O'Neal, Marcia R. – 1989
The role of educational research is examined, focusing on its relationship to the classroom teacher's efforts to promote student learning. After a discussion of the relationship between education and psychology, the individual roles of educational research are discussed; the latter include increasing and disseminating knowledge and assessing…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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Ewell, Peter T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2005
This chapter discusses the evolution of alumni studies in the United States and how alumni data can be used to inform public policy.
Descriptors: Public Policy, Alumni, Graduate Surveys, College Outcomes Assessment
Sharpe, F. G. – 1992
Issues in the impact of educational research on educational policy and practice in Australian schools are addressed in this paper, which provides an overview of the numerous research and evaluation projects being conducted in Australian education. Specific questions examined are the extent to which: (1) the research subjects (schools) benefit from…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Asche, F. Marion; And Others – 1992
Legislation has largely treated planning and evaluation in vocational education separately. There has been a history of increasing requirements in planning and evaluation and of diffusing responsibility. In addition, existing policy regarding vocational education's dominant mission shows a general lack of clarity. Such factors inhibit the linking…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Chelimsky, Eleanor – 1986
The politics of program evaluation are discussed from the personal perspective of the Director of the General Accounting Office's Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, which has produced reports for committees of the United States Congress. It is concluded that successful evaluations must be useful to others and must understand the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peng, Samuel S.; Herriot, Roger A. – 1993
In response to the legislative mandate and the increasing need for timely and high-quality data by policymakers at various levels, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has initiated a number of actions, programs, and surveys to improve the amount and quality of education information. To improve the relevance of data, the NCES has…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Kleinsasser, Audrey M.; Horsch, Elizabeth A. – 1992
Forms of assessment that are consistent with outcomes based education are discussed. Assessment in service to learning must inform students about their learning, provide data for teachers who plan instruction, inform parents about student progress, and provide data for policymakers. Chapter 1 of this document is "The Implications of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Bock, R. Darrell – 1986
Efforts have been made to increase the dissemination and use of data generated by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Potential users include those concerned with curriculum and methods evaluation, public policymakers, and researchers. NAEP can provide data for curriculum evaluation, including item analysis data which assist in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Testing
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet, which was produced as a follow-up to the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, examines monitoring adult learning for knowledge-based policymaking. The following are among the topics discussed in the booklet: (1) the need to reconstruct the reality of adult learning in consideration of the concepts of lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Data Collection, Educational Assessment