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McCall, Michael B. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
When colleges turned to online learning, they opened the door for a number of students who might have only dreamed of pursuing a degree or credential. In 2006, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) surveyed prospective adult students without a college degree and discovered that they were three times more likely to enroll in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Electronic Learning, Barriers, Family Needs
Brickman, Michael – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
After twenty years of expanding school-choice options, state leaders, educators, and families have a new tool: course choice, a strategy for students to learn from unconventional providers that might range from top-tier universities or innovative community colleges to local employers, labs, or hospitals. In "Expanding the Education Universe:…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Educational Policy, Eligibility, Financial Support
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Zakrzewski, Stan; Steven, Christine; Ricketts, Chris – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
There are three purposes for evaluation: evaluation for action to aid the decision making process, evaluation for understanding to further enhance enlightenment and evaluation for control to ensure compliance to standards. This article argues that the primary function of evaluation in the "Catherine Wheel" computer-based assessment (CBA)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Stakeholders, Risk, Quality Control
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Van Petegem, Peter; Vanhoof, Jan – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
Current educational policies show a growing tendency towards giving schools more autonomy and internal quality control. Accurate and comparable data on school performances are thus needed. In Flanders, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) and TIMSS-R (Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat) have provided…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Feedback (Response), Educational Change, Administrator Attitudes
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Bender, Kim K.; Siller, T. J. – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
Colleges and universities interact with multiple constituents or quality monitoring groups that require programme-level assessment of student learning. These required assessments might be used to demonstrate accountability, programme improvement or a combination of both. These demands often challenge instructional faculty to choose between the…
Descriptors: Integrity, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Educational Quality
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Balla, John; Boyle, Patrick – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1994
A framework for improving student and course evaluation in higher education is presented. The framework is based on a simple quality control model. Suggestions for support mechanisms and resources for improving practice are also offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Course Evaluation, Educational Improvement
Luft, Max; And Others – 1972
The Quality Assurance Model for Process Evaluation has been developed by the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory. It provides educational administrators several alternative techniques for maximizing desired terminal behaviors. By working with project directors, the evaluator helps to assist the program's implementation, providing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Objectives
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Zahn, Susan Brown; Rajkumar, T. M.; Zahn, Christopher J. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1996
Use of the student portfolio as an assessment instrument in an interdisciplinary multimedia-development course is described. Guided by the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM), the portfolio is used both for continuous course improvement and for student self-assessment. The assessment portfolio is built on the Bloom taxonomy. A…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Radnor, Hilary – 1993
The Moderation and Assessment Project, South West, was an outgrowth of the Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative of the government of the United Kingdom that attempted to develop more courses with vocational relevance for adolescents. Growing from research projects under the Moderation and Assessment project, a new model of moderation is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Bateman, Andrea; Clayton, Berwyn – 2002
Auspicing in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector involves organizations entering into partnerships with registered training organizations (RTOs) to have the training and assessment they undertake recognized under the National Training Framework. RTOs bear responsibility for assuring the quality of the assessments conducted…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Advisory Committees, Case Studies
Alto, Romulita; Isaacs, Irene; Knight, Brian; Polestico, Rebecca – 2000
This book provides an overview of vocational-technical education and training (VTET) in the 10 member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SAMEO). The book begins with an introduction explaining the objectives and methodology of the cooperative research project on which the study was based. Each of the 10…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies