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Martínez Abad, Fernando; Chaparro Caso López, Alicia A. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
In light of the emergence of statistical analysis techniques based on data mining in education sciences, and the potential they offer to detect non-trivial information in large databases, this paper presents a procedure used to detect factors linked to academic achievement in large-scale assessments. The study is based on a non-experimental,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Methods
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Reichardt, Charles S.; Cook, Thomas D. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1980
How some of the past literature creates the impression of an inevitable method-paradigm linkage and of a forced choice between qualitative and quantitative paradigms is shown. Difficulties of making method choices are considered. It is suggested that purposefully developed strengths of different methods should not be ignored. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis, Interviews
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Glasman, Naftaly S.; Biniaminov, Israel – Review of Educational Research, 1981
Cognitive and noncognitive outputs are surveyed, as well as the effects of inputs on outputs. Groups of student inputs include background characteristics, school-related characteristics, and attitudes. School inputs include conditions and instructional personnel. The literature is surveyed by population samples, data aggregation, and statistical…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
Based on surveys of library media specialists and teachers, an evaluation was conducted of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) School Library Resources Program, as operated during the 1982-83 school year. The stated objectives of the program were to demonstrate by June 1983 updating of library media services in 80% of the (public and…
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis, Learning Resources Centers
Hanushek, Eric A. – 1972
Chapter one of this study of the education of minorities in the United States delineates the past record of the educational system in equating the educational levels of whites and minorities. It also sets the background of the educational system in terms of the dynamics of urban areas and the financial problems faced by school systems. Within…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Problems