Throughout its whole history, most research conducted in language assessment refers to testing. It is only since 2000 that language formative assessment started being recorded in research publications. This book tells the story of language formative assessment in two ways, the one complementing the other: in the forms of a systematic review and a…

This Solution-Finding Report provides information, requested by Kerri White, Arkansas/Louisiana Technical Assistance Coordinator for the South Central Comprehensive Center, on behalf of Kevin Beaumont, Director of Professional Learning at the Arkansas Department of Education's Division of Educator Effectiveness. Beaumont's request was seeking…

Research Connections conducted a comprehensive search of its collection for resources focused on using ongoing assessment to guide individualized supports for children's learning in early childhood education programs serving children 0 to 6 years. Since there are multiple terms used to describe this process, key words used in the search were…

Potential sources of invalidity relevant to evaluation approaches are identified, described, and categorized. The evaluation focus covered is the determination of a program's worth, not the determination of the presence of cause-and-effect relationships. Concern has been expressed by evaluators about the presence and effect of biases and their…

This annotated bibliography, one of seven related documents, contains 47 selected references for planning and implementing a comprehensive evaluation of a school program. The references are organized according to problems commonly encountered by school staffs undertaking program evaluations: evaluation of innovative practices, using checklists,…

Three introductory chapters discuss evaluation and identify relevant studies on three different perspectives: purposes for evaluation, focus of the evaluation, and methods of evaluation. Studies are divided into a number of categories under each of the broad topics, and listed alphabetically by author if one is given; if there is no personal…

Presents brief annotations of 20 books and journal articles (published between 1967 and 1997) identified by the contributors to this themed issue as useful for the work they present in this issue. (SR)

This article is an annotated bibliography of 36 formative, summative, and theoretical research studies on the 4 educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop since 1969: "Sesame Street,""The Electric Company,""3-2-1 Contact," and "Square One TV." (LRW)

Describes evolving trends in testing, including such topics as formative versus summative evaluations; the use of tests as a guide to instructional decision making; the need to focus on higher level cognitive skills; and the role of computers in testing. An annotated bibliography lists 10 relevant journal articles. (CLB)

Documents included in this bibliography contain descriptions and analyses of strategies, techniques, problems, and issues of program evaluation as well as substantive research findings or recommendations. Many of the 269 documents contain their own bibliographies. Documents are organized alphabetically by author (or by title where no author is…

A brief history of "Psychological Abstracts" describes the development of this index over its nearly 100-year history. The various concerns and problems of both the publisher and users of the psychological literature are reported, and present and future solutions are discussed. Appended is an 18-item annotated bibliography. (Author/EJS)

The role of the personnel evaluation process in improving the performance of teachers as classroom communicators is explored by contrasting the personnel evaluation system of Alaska Pacific University (APU) with that of the Anchorage School District (Alaska). While the APU system offers little specification for formative evaluation activities, the…

This selected annotated bibliography of research-related papers and reports covers major research activities in connection with the development of "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company", the two experimental educational series produced by the Children's Television Workshop. These writings date back to the origins of CTW in…

Abstracts of Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act project evaluations conducted during the 1976-77 academic year in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are compiled in this volume. Information concerning current management information, observed activities, attainment of objectives, and program impact is provided for each…