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Steven Snead – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Data-based decision-making has been a frequently used policy and practice intervention used in schools to help inform the decision-making processes of educational practitioners, with the aim of improving student outcomes. Interim benchmark assessments are designed by commercial test developers to support educators in this framework. In fact, the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Data Analysis, Educational Practices, Decision Making
Russell, Christina A., Ed.; Newhouse, Corey, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021
"Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out-of-School Time" shares the experience and wisdom from a broad cross-section of out-of-school time professionals, ranging from internal evaluators, to funders, to researchers, to policy advocates. Key themes of the volume include building support for learning and evaluation within out-of-school time…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Capacity Building, Evaluators, Educational Quality
Griffith, David – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2022
This study builds on a 2019 Fordham Institute report that examined the relationship between charter school enrollment share--the share of students in a community who enroll in a charter school--and the average achievement of all the students in that community, including those in traditional public schools. Like its predecessor, this report seeks…
Descriptors: Correlation, Charter Schools, Enrollment Trends, Metropolitan Areas
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McVey, Michael – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2016
This descriptive study examines online assessment strategies employed by preservice teacher candidates when creating thematic learning experiences in online teaching environments. Using the learning management system Moodle as part of their innovative training, this review of a sample of 395 candidate-created instructional units across all grades…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Web Based Instruction
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Neal, Jennifer Watling; Neal, Zachary P.; VanDyke, Erika; Kornbluh, Mariah – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Qualitative data offer advantages to evaluators, including rich information about stakeholders' perspectives and experiences. However, qualitative data analysis is labor-intensive and slow, conflicting with evaluators' needs to provide punctual feedback to their clients. In this method note, we contribute to the literature on rapid evaluation and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1980
Designed for use by Michigan community colleges wishing to conduct a self-study of their occupational programs, this manual provides step-by-step instructions and instrumentation for implementing the Program Review in Occupational Education (PROE) model. PROE is a component of the Michigan Community College Occupational Education Evaluation System…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation, Testing, and Research. – 1996
This publication describes an evaluation design developed to assess school-to-work (STW) efforts throughout the Saginaw Valley STW Partnership area in Michigan. An introduction is followed by an overview of the aim of evaluation. Section 3 describes how the variables pertinent to the evaluation of the STW program initiative were identified,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Database Management Systems
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1981
The Program Review Extension Procedures (PREP) set forth in this manual are a flexible set of procedures and questionnaires designed for use by Michigan community colleges in evaluating non-occupational instructional areas. First, introductory material explains that PREP is not a component of, but rather a companion model to the Michigan Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Continuing Education, Data Analysis
Eberts, Randall W. – Employment Research, 2001
In January 1998-March 2000, a new statistical assessment and referral system to improve the job retention of welfare recipients participating in welfare-to-work programs was piloted in the welfare-to-work program serving two counties in southwestern Michigan. The assessment and referral system is based on statistical methods and uses…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Data Analysis, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs