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Rachel Abudu; Kathryn Oliver; Annette Boaz – Research Evaluation, 2024
The field of research impact assessment (RIA) has seen remarkable growth over the past three decades. Increasing numbers of RIA frameworks have been developed and applied by research funders and new technologies can capture some research impacts automatically. However, RIAs are too different to draw comparable conclusions about what type of…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Research Administration, Fund Raising, Financial Support
Rosenkvist, Morten A. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning using student test results in OECD countries. Initially the report provides an overview of how student test results are reported in OECD countries and how stakeholders in these countries use and perceive of the results. The report then reviews the literature relating to using student test…
Descriptors: Test Results, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Literature Reviews
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Ripley, William K. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
A communication theory paradigm typically is used to investigate the relationship between evaluation information and utilization: "Who says what, how, to whom, with what effects?" This study investigates the "how," or medium of presentation, aspect of the paradigm. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Kilgore, Alvah M.; And Others – 1985
This paper shares the outcomes of a developmental process designed to create a comprehensive teacher assessment program within a local school district. The paper includes a rationale that helps to explain the need for developing teacher evaluation systems different from most current models, the processes used to create the assessment program, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Herman, Joan L. – 1990
This study analyzes the ways in which school boards assess and utilize evaluation data and their attitudes toward testing. Interviews with 27 school board members from 10 districts indicate that board members tend to rely on informal working knowledge over formal information, and on district administrators' judgments. Findings suggest that simple…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Boards of Education, Data Interpretation
Cromey, Allison – 2000
Data from nine Michigan elementary, middle, and high schools highlight the challenges and common strategies found in the use of student assessment data to meet public demands for accountability. The information gathered from assessment tools varies by frequency and type. Educators have, historically, underutilized data to guide practice because…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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McEwen, Nelly – Educational Researcher, 1992
Identifies important criteria for assessing the quality of educational research and applies these 20 identified criteria to 2 recent international comparative studies in education, the Second International Science Study and the first International Assessment of Educational Progress. The major types of criteria are utility, propriety, and accuracy.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Research