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Direct linkZuzovsky, Ruth; Steinberg, David M.; Libman, Zipi – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
This paper is meant to highlight the occurrence of Simpson's Paradox when using aggregated data obtained from two IEA studies in Israel, while ignoring the effect of a powerful intervening variable in the local context--the ethnicity factor. It will demonstrate faulty conclusions regarding either the absence of relationships between a contextual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inferences, Databases, Misconceptions
Download full textLehmann, Rainer H. – 1987
A total of 1,487 eleventh grade students from the Hamburg (West Germany) school system were asked to complete four writing assignments used in an International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) study of writing assessment. In analyzing the writing samples, the study focused on: (1) between-rater effects; (2)…
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, High Schools, International Programs
Cahan, Sorel – 1987
Since the measurement of school achievement involves the administration of achievement tests to various grades on various subjects, both grade level and subject matter contribute to within-school achievement variations. To determine whether achievement test scores vary most among different fields within a grade level, or within fields among…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
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
Rowley, Glenn – 1986
A year-long case study of the effects of an educational and vocational rehabilitation program in a youth training center was discussed in terms of fourteen issues which might threaten the validity of an evaluation or research project. This correctional institution housed women aged 14 to 21 who were long-term wards of the state, held on remand, or…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Evaluation Methods
Stephens, Max, Ed.; Izard, John, Ed. – 1992
The purpose of the Australian conference on mathematical assessment was to address the challenges to traditional methods of assessment that have resulted as part of the call for reform in the mathematics curriculum. The 28 papers presented were: "Who Assesses Whom and To What Purpose?" (Leone Burton; "Assessment of the Learned…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Peer reviewedMcGee, A. M.; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on the assessment of 636 children who were identified in a 1984 Scottish low birth weight study. Discusses adaptations of standardized tests that made it possible to test 27 children who had been judged as impossible to test because of developmental disabilities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Boughton, Doug, Ed.; And Others – 1996
This anthology presents ideas expressed at the International Society for Education Through Art (INSEA), 1990 Conference. The Conference brought together educators from United States, Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia to examine the current state of assessment and evaluation in the visual arts, and to identify desirable…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
van den Berg, Gerald; And Others – 1986
This paper examines possible explanations for the fact that evaluation results are rarely used. Most explanatory factors for use of results in decision making mentioned in the literature have been clustered in three categories of variables. They concern: (1) the making of decisions about the practical problem; (2) the way in which evaluation is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
Peer reviewedSchagen, I. P. – Educational Studies, 1993
Reviews the Standard Assessment Tasks used to evaluate pupil performance relative to the National Curriculum in England and Wales. Asserts that the system of assigning students to one of 10 levels of attainment is criterion-referenced, whereas the test is norm-referenced. (CFR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Hein, George, Ed. – 1990
This document contains 15 chapters on various topics related to elementary science assessment. A comprehensive description of efforts to introduce alternatives to multiple-choice, paper and pencil tests to assess science learning is provided. The monograph includes an analysis of assessment issues, descriptions of current practice, and suggestions…
Descriptors: Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Lawton, S. B.; And Others – 1986
This study addresses four questions: (1) What types of performance appraisal policy for educational staff have been adopted by Ontario school boards? (2) To what extent have these policies been implemented in practice? (3) What types of appraisal policies are most effective? and (4) What processes have school boards used to develop and implement…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lawton, S. B.; And Others – 1986
This report, the fourth and final volume of a series, examines in a summary fashion the results from a massive study of performance appraisal policies and procedures currently used in Ontario school boards. The study, a two-year undertaking, focused on appraisal practices for certified educational personnel in Ontario: teachers, principals,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
