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Nebraska Legislative Council, Lincoln. Legislative Research Div. – 1988
During the spring of 1987, the National Conference of State Legislatures awarded the Nebraska Legislature a cost-sharing award to study local school evaluation processes. Embodied in Legislative Resolution 181, which has the purpose of studying school evaluation procedures, the study attempts to provide legislators, educators, local school…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
This article concerns recommendations made in a report to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about why and how well evaluations are done, and about how results are used. The recommendations are directed toward…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods

Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
Recommendations are made to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about evaluation procedures and practices, and the use of evaluation results. The recommendations are directed toward improving the quality and…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Catterall, James S. – 1990
The costs and benefits of recent statewide and nationwide educational assessment programs are examined. The purpose of this paper is to present and substantiate some critical lessons and observations concerning: how the costs and benefits of large-scale assessments (LSAs) can be appraised, and the utility of this type of research to policymakers…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Malvetti, Aniello L.; And Others – 1984
This document contains five symposium papers on the California Evaluation Improvement Program (EIP). Since 1974, a network of eight regional centers have annually assisted approximately 6,000 educators with educational program evaluation. Established to train middle management personnel to evaluate their own programs, the EIP centers now also…
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Peck, Hugh I.; Triplett, Suzanne E. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983
The Bureau of Evaluation, created by the Louisiana Department of Education, has established policies and procedures that ensure use of evaluation findings by both policymakers and program administrators. Information on its development, structure, mission, rationale, staffing, and operations is provided. (PN)
Descriptors: Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2001
This guide contains information to help teachers understand and use reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). The DSTP is designed to be a measure of progress toward Delaware's content standards that helps ensure that students can apply their academic skills to realistic, everyday problems. The DSTP aims to promote better…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Schleisman, Jane – 1999
This report explores changes in school policies and practices resulting from an externally mandated, high-stakes testing program. It is based on a study that investigated one Minnesota school district's transformation following the passage of a 1993 law mandating a results-oriented graduation rule. The paper outlines the role of testing programs…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs
Afflerbach, Peter – 1985
This paper examined the status of assessment of writing as it is currently performed in the United States. All fifty states and the District of Columbia responded to a survey requesting information on their testing programs. Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia were found to assess writing on the statewide level, and eight states were in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Utilization, Minimum Competency Testing
Caudell, Lee Sherman – Northwest Education, 1996
Most states have expanded their statewide testing programs to include alternative educational assessments, and two (Kentucky and Maine) have completely abandoned the multiple-choice format. However, over half of states designing alternative assessments are encountering major difficulties related to the high cost of performance-based assessments,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Costs, Educational Assessment
Baron, Joan Boykoff; And Others – 1989
A description of ecologically valid, authentic, and integrated performance-based assessment instruments of different lengths was undertaken to measure the extent by which students meet Connecticut's Common Core of Learning (CCL) objectives. The description focuses on the students' knowledge and general understanding of science and mathematics;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Koretz, Daniel; And Others – 1992
Since 1988, Vermont has been developing an innovative performance assessment program that relies substantially on portfolios of student work. This interim report presents findings about the reliability of scores from the first statewide implementation of the portfolio program in the 1991-92 school year. The focus is not on program impact as an…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Hansen, Joe B. – 1991
The current accountability movement in education is examined in terms of its historical antecedents and federal versus state initiatives and requirements. The assumptions underlying the educational accountability movement are then considered, and refinements and extensions to these assumptions are proposed. The accountability movement in American…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational History
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1988
This manual, which is provided as a resource for Illinois School Districts and which incorporates some of the materials in the Alaska Department of Education's Assessment Handbook, is designed to meet the requirements of Public Act 84-126 and to help practitioners develop student assessment plans of local usefulness. Areas covered in the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Slater, Sharon – 1994
Considerable evidence suggests that policy-makers, educators, the media, and the public do not understand national and state test results. The problems appear to be two-fold: the scales on which scores are reported seem confusing, and the report forms themselves are often too complex for the intended audiences. This paper addresses two topics. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Performance
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