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Assessing Preschool Children's Competitive Behaviour: An Observational System
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Tsiakara, Angeliki; Digelidis, Nikolaos M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The aim of this study was to develop a direct observational system in order to assess competitive behaviours in preschool children. Participants were 176 children (90 boys, 86 girls; M[subscript age]?=?5.2 years) from 10 kindergarten classes of one town of Central Greece. A new observational system (Observational System Assessing Competition in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Behavior, Competition, Kindergarten
Assessing the Growth of Gifted Students
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McCoach, D. Betsy; Rambo, Karen E.; Welsh, Megan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2013
This Methodological Brief gives an overview of statistical methods used to gauge academic growth and discusses issues surrounding the measurement of growth in gifted populations. To illustrate some of these issues, we describe a growth model that examines differences in summer lag between gifted and nongifted students. We also provide…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques, Achievement Gains
Challenges on the Path to Implementation
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Martineau, Joseph A.; Wyse, Adam E. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
This article is a commentary of a paper by Derek C. Briggs and Frederick A. Peck, "Using Learning Progressions to Design Vertical Scales That Support Coherent Inferences about Student Growth," which describes an elegant potential framework for at least beginning to address three priorities in large-scale assessment that have not been…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Barriers, Program Implementation, Group Testing
The Use of Performance Control Charts in Business Schools: A Tool for Assessing Learning Outcomes
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Cervetti, Michael J.; Royne, Marla B.; Shaffer, J. Michael – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
The authors propose the use of performance control charts as a useful tool for tracking student assessments that rely upon faculty administered exams and projects as well as assessing teacher performance. This quantitative, formative evaluation process can be integrated into the classroom during an actual semester and utilized as a means to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charts, Formative Evaluation, Outcomes of Education
First- through Eighth-Grade Retention Rates for All 50 States: A New Method and Initial Results
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Warren, John Robert; Saliba, Jim – Educational Researcher, 2012
How many students repeat a grade each year? How do retention rates vary across states and over time? Despite extensive research on the predictors and consequences of grade retention, there is no systematic way to quantify state-level retention rates; even national estimates rely on imperfect proxy measures. We present a conceptually simple…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, School Holding Power, Public Education, National Surveys
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education State Performance Plan. SPP Template-Part B. Revised May 17, 2013
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Bureau of Indian Education, 2013
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) funds schools located on 63 reservations in 23 states across the nation. Of the 183 schools, 59 are Bureau operated and 124 are tribally controlled. One-hundred and sixteen schools provide instructional programs, 55 provide instructional as well as boarding services and 12 peripheral dormitories provide only…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Tribally Controlled Education