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Khalanyane, Tankie; Hala-hala, Mokhoele – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
The concept of assessment is one of the most important practices in any education system across the globe. Tracing the concept probably to the time immemorial through the Chinese Imperial Examination System in the fifteenth century, the notion of assessment seems to have proved to be one of the indispensable markers of selection, placement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Alternative Assessment, Performance Based Assessment
Rogers, W. Todd – Canadian Journal of Education, 2014
Principals and teachers do not use large-scale assessment results because the lack of distinct and reliable subtests prevents identifying strengths and weaknesses of students and instruction, the results arrive too late to be used, and principals and teachers need assistance to use the results to improve instruction so as to improve student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Testing, Multidimensional Scaling, Evaluation Utilization
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Nah, Kwi-Ok – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
Child assessment practices in English and Korean preschools were compared by analysing data from interviews with educators, examples of child assessment, and official documents from each country. Child assessment in England was systematically implemented and characterised by several methodological and procedural strengths, whereas assessment in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Interviews
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Grob, George F. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
The author enjoyed reading Katharine Hay's ambitious and humbling visions for evaluation field building in South Asia. She has successfully positioned herself on a high mountain with a wonderful set of binoculars that enable her to see the entire evaluation landscape of South Asia. She magically sees and describes significant historical forces and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Accountability
Rymer, Les – Group of Eight (NJ1), 2011
Current economic conditions and the increasing competition for government funding are leading to an increased focus on the impact of research. Measuring the impact of research is difficult because not all impacts are direct and some can be negative or result from the identification of problems that require a non-research response. The time between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Research Utilization, Measurement
Faubert, Violaine – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
This paper examines the current academic and policy literatures concerning school evaluation in primary and secondary education within the OECD countries. First, it provides a typology of the existing systems of school evaluation across the OECD. It encompasses the diverse criteria and instruments commonly used to carry out schools evaluation, as…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Hendricks, Bruce – 1996
This paper outlines purposes of program evaluation and provides practical information to help individuals from a wide spectrum of backgrounds use evaluation to move their program ahead in a purposeful manner. Wisely moving ahead requires an assessment of an organization's past and present as well as an examination of its assumptions about the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
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Rutman, Leonard – Evaluation Practice, 1990
Based on experiences in conducting program evaluations for the Canadian Federal Government, an evaluator addresses reconciliation of the information needs of managers and accountability. External and internal accountability are covered. Using the perspectives of both line managers and senior managers, means of resolving pertinent issues are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Conflict of Interest, Evaluation Problems
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Van Sant, Jerry – Evaluation Review, 1989
The use of qualitative evaluation methods is explored as a means of overcoming constraints and complexities of evaluation of development programs. A case study demonstrating the application of qualitative analysis to monitoring and evaluation of the Basic Minimum Needs program in Thailand is presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Evaluation Methods
Wickstrom, Rod A. – Education Canada, 1987
Outlines influences on evaluation: demand for more highly skilled graduates, reduced availability of public funds, mixed educational concerns, gap between evaluation knowledge and practice, simplicity/complexity dilemma. Proposes categorization of types/levels of evaluation: basic research, program evaluation, student learning assessments, process…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
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O'Neill, Tom – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
The evaluation of a science education project for teachers in Durban (South Africa) illustrates some problems inherent in the application of the fourth-generation evaluation approach of Guba and Lincoln. One of the strongest concerns is that full participation by stakeholders may be an unrealistic assumption. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries
Edmond, Douglas R. – Education Canada, 1992
Describes how Winnipeg public schools use an educational indicator system, including computer mapping graphics, to present indicator data to educational policymakers. Discusses issues and problems in the development and use of educational indicator systems, focusing on the relative importance of educational inputs, processes, and outcomes. (SV)
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
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Binnendijk, Annette L. – Evaluation Review, 1989
The experience of development assistance (donor) agencies with the monitoring and evaluation of their projects in the developing countries is reviewed. The concepts and definitions of monitoring and evaluation are traced and problems and issues that emerged in the 1970's are reviewed. Future directions are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Donors, Economic Development
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Housego, Ian E. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Examines teachers' evaluations by principals over a 10-year period to compare criteria used and determine whether movement toward research-based criteria exists. Finds evaluations to be neither professional nor bureaucratic, but rather serving ritualistic purposes of little help to teachers' professional improvement or to personnel decision…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
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Newton, E. H.; Braithwaite, W. E. – Educational Studies, 1988
Examines perspectives of Barbadian teachers on existing methods for evaluating teachers and on recommendations set forth in the literature. Results revealed support for evaluation but much dissatisfaction with existing methods. Points out that primary teachers are more inclined to believe that evaluation is a basis for promotion. (KO)
Descriptors: Competence, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems
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