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Cox, Cristián; Meckes, Lorena – Research Papers in Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, Chile has participated in all major international large-scale assessment studies (ILSAs) of the IEA and OECD, as well as the regional ones conducted by UNESCO in Latin America, after it had been involved in the very first international Science Study in 1970-1971. This article examines the various ways in which these studies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
van 't Hooft, Mark; Vahey, Philip; Swan, Karen; Kratcoski, Annette; Cook, Dale; Rafanan, Ken; Stanford, Tina; Yarnell, Louise – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
Data literacy is recognized as a critically important skill in today's society, but thinking with and about data is often ignored in K-12 curricula. The Thinking With Data (TWD) project advocates that data literacy is a skill that should be addressed in an interdisciplinary manner. This article provides an overview of the TWD curriculum for middle…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7, Data Analysis, Information Literacy
Dougherty, Chrys – ACT, Inc., 2015
This report summarizes how school and district leaders and academic coaches in two Texas school districts used assessment and other types of data to assess the quality of teaching and learning, to coach and supervise teachers, and to guide management decisions. The report also describes how district and school leaders supported teachers' use of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Districts, Research Reports, Information Utilization
Inbar, Dan – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1984
A conceptual framework that will increase understanding of the link between educational planning and implementation is presented. The framework is based on three basic components: (1) identifying the problems to be solved, (2) making decisions in choosing among alternative actions, and (3) communicating change inherent in the educational plan. (RM)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Diffusion (Communication)

Fitzgerald, Mary Ann – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Presents strategies that students can use to evaluate information and recommends ways to integrate them into the curriculum. Highlights include evaluation as a critical thinking skill; current research about the evaluation process of sophisticated information users; and recommendations for school library media practice based on theoretical and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking
Anderson, Beverly L. – 1992
The products of research and the successes of curriculum reforms are often inaccessible to teachers, administrators, and policymakers. This paper was designed to help researchers communicate their knowledge of successful curriculum reform to policymakers and practitioners, in order to influence practice. It focuses on making more effective use of…
Descriptors: Communications, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Diffusion (Communication)
Doyle, Christina S. – 1994
Information literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, and use information from a variety of sources. This document traces the history of the development of the term "information literacy" and discusses the emergence of information literacy as an important concept in contemporary society. Two major events are examined that have driven…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change

Salter, Brian; And Others – Educational Studies, 1983
Teachers in England and Wales were asked about their use of teachers' centers and leaders of teachers' centers were asked about materials produced by the Schools Council. Hopes originally voiced for coordination between teachers' centers and the Schools Council in the dissemination of new materials have not been met. (IS)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Resta, Paul E. – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1994
Discusses the ethical use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and the lack of integration of information ethics into elementary, secondary, and higher education curricula. The development of information ethics instruction is proposed which would include such topics as intellectual property, destruction of digital property, confidentiality and…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Curriculum Development
Montgomery, Paula – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Reports on activities of the Information Skills Task Force of the American Association of School Librarians that addressed three main issues: (1) student competencies required to access, use, and apply information; (2) preparing an information skills curriculum; and (3) ensuring the integration of information skills into the elementary and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Watson, Bernard C. – 1980
This paper examines strategies for urban school improvement within the realm of preschool, elementary, and secondary level programs, and systemwide programs. Examples of programs in each grade level area which are operating in different parts of the country are given. The following elements are identified as common to all successful programs: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Class Size, Curriculum Development
Mancall, Jacqueline C.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Discusses recommendations from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for defining, developing, and promoting library media programs that teach information finding and using skills. Areas covered include helping students develop thinking skills, theoretical implications of current research on how children process information,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization
Davies, Bill; And Others – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1989
Emphasizing the importance of information in effective planning and decision making, this document reviews the background on data in education both before and after 1976, with particular emphasis on the Florida Educational Accountability Act and its influence on: (1) comprehensive planning; (2) student assessment; (3) management information…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Demography
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Instructional Media and Technology. – 1985
The Virginia Standards of Learning Program establishes a framework for instruction in the public schools and includes objectives that will help students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes believed necessary for further education and employment. The Standards of Learning (SOL) Objectives for Library/Information Use are the result of a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs
Newfield, John W. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the topics of information sought by curriculum supervisors when they are considering curriculum-related decisions. In addition, the relationships between the topics of information demands and selected background factors and psychological characteristics of the supervisors were examined. The topics of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
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