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Anderson, Kate; Muskin, Joshua – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
Between 2012 and 2016, the Learning Metrics Task Force (LMTF) laid out an ambitious agenda for nations and the international community on how to define and measure learning in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report describes the process undertaken by a group of 15 "Learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Learning Experience, Measurement Techniques
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Taut, Sandy; Santelices, Veronica; Araya, Carolina; Manzi, Jorge – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
The paper describes a study conducted to explicate the multiple theories underlying Chile's national teacher evaluation program. These theories will serve as the basis for evaluating the intended consequences of this evaluation system, while not losing sight of emerging unintended consequences. We first analyzed legal and policy documents and then…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, National Programs
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Coates, Hamish – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
Vocational education and training plays a major and increasing role in developing the knowledge and skills that underpin Australia's economy and society. It is vital, accordingly, that training outcomes are of high quality. This paper reports work undertaken to develop a new evidence-based and outcomes-focused national approach to monitoring and…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
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Hernandez-Walls, R.; Rojas-Mayoral, E.; Baez-Castillo, L.; Rojas-Mayoral, B. – Physics Education, 2008
An inexpensive and easily implemented device to measure wind velocity is proposed. This prototype has the advantage of being able to measure both the speed and the direction of the wind in two dimensions. The device utilizes a computational interface commonly referred to as a "mouse." The mouse proposed for this prototype contains an…
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Motion, Kinetics, Weather
Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2008
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and institutional descriptions suggest that there might be an…
Descriptors: Evidence, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning
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Rogers, W. Todd – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
The British Columbia Learning Assessment Program is a province-wide program designed to aid in decision-making processes about curriculum revisions; preservice teacher education and in-service programs; resource allocations; and future research needs; and to inform various publics of educational attainment. The article provides an overview of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education