aimswebPlus® is an assessment, data management, and reporting system that provides national and local performance and growth norms for the screening and progress monitoring of math and reading skills for all students in kindergarten through 8th grade. aimswebPlus uses two types of measures: (1) "curriculum-based measures" (CBMs)--brief,…

The undergraduate business program rankings in USNWR are based solely on peer assessments from deans and associate deans of AACSB accredited U.S. business schools. Often these reputation-based rankings are discounted and likened to a beauty pageant because the process lacks transparent input data. In this study, ten deans and ten associate…

Several years ago, the state of South Carolina turned to experts in early childhood education to address the school readiness issue for its K-2 schools. Rather than asking, "Is this child ready for school?," the state created a program assessment system that reframed the question of school readiness by asking, "Is this school ready…

Summary of address to 1971 AFT-QuEST Truth-&-Soul-in-Teaching" conference. (RT)

This is the second volume of a two-volume report describing the results of a three-year evaluation study of the Right to Read Special Emphasis Project, which was undertaken to determine if intensive programs of reading instruction introduced at an early age could change patterns of reading achievement in schools where large numbers of students…

Educational evaluation and design are discussed. Five essential steps in evaluation are: (1) define educational objectives in behavioral terms, (2) translate the objective into descriptions of behavior, (3) identify situations in which the designated behavior can be observed, (4) establish an interpretative device which can measure the desired…

LDA (Learning Disabilities Association) of Minnesota receives many calls and emails regarding testing accommodations for large-scale testing programs. Callers include the test-takers themselves, parents, teachers, counselors, advocates, and an occasional attorney. The standardized tests they ask about include the GED, SAT and ACT (for college…

This report focuses on the extent to which conclusions about the effectiveness of compensatory education programs are affected by (1) the period of time on which the evaluation is based, and (2) the standard against which the program is judged. Previously collected evaluation data from four compensatory education programs (grades 1-8) are…

It is axiomatic that an evaluation demands a statement of goal, for without a goal there can be no judgment of progress or success. Goal statements spring from two major sources: experience or theory. One source has its foundation in the present. The other has its genesis in the envisioned future. The former is generally a comparison with the…

Initial results of the national Evaluation of Experiential Learning Project are extremely positive, showing high correlation among teachers' and students' positive perceptions of 20 outcome items. The overall research design will include project designed instruments, systematic observations, self reports, unobtrusive measures, theory, other…

This report contains a summary and analysis of the evaluation component of Project Follow Through Programs by the 1970-71 Follow Through sponsors. Part 1 (the major part of the document) is a sponsor-by-sponsor summary analysis of the 19 Follow Through Model Programs. Each summary analysis is divided into five parts: nature of the program, process…

This booklet comprises excerpts from the proceedings of a conference held in Maryland to explore the related themes of accountability and the evaluation of compensatory education. Participants at the conference were administrators, teachers, aides, and parents who met in small-group work sessions. The conference is judged to have succeeded in…

School profile data for the Tulsa Public Schools as a whole, as well as for each of the 105 schools individually, are provided for the 1971-1972 school year. The data provided relate to the background of the pupils served, the educational resources available to each school, and a measure of "output," i.e., the level of accomplishment in…

Criteria are presented for determining whether licensure and/or achievement test results should be used for making various types of comparisons and judgments about medical education programs. The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and National Board of Medical Examiners tests (NBME) are then considered as data sources. (Author/MSE)

This 46-item teacher rating form assesses the respondent's knowledge of basic concepts and teaching techniques related to the education of learning disabled children. The respondents are asked to rate their personal understanding of these terms along a five-point scale, ranging from excellent understanding (complete familiarity) to poor…