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Margolin, Jonathan; Feygin, Amy R.; Sejdijaj, Agnesa – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
This report presents an approach to evaluating networked improvement communities (NICs) and describes the tools used to apply the approach to a formative evaluation of the Minnesota Alternative Learning Center Networked Improvement Community (Minnesota ALC NIC). In fall 2019 leaders at the Minnesota Department of Education requested support from…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Communities of Practice, Formative Evaluation, Nontraditional Education
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Reagan, Emilie Mitescu; Schram, Thomas; McCurdy, Kathryn; Chang, Te-Hsin; Evans, Carla M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
Summative performance assessments in teacher education, such as the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) and the edTPA, have been heralded through polices intended to enhance the quality of the teaching profession and raise its stature among other professions. However, the development and implementation of the PACT, and…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
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Hughes, Catherine; Cosbey, Allison – Journal of Museum Education, 2016
How can history museums incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) activities while preserving their missions and identities? How do interdisciplinary experiences lead to learning? A cross-institutional exhibit development and evaluation team wrestled with these ideas as they developed "Create.Connect," an National…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Historic Sites, STEM Education
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Mattessich, Paul W.; Mueller, Daniel P.; Holm-Hansen, Cheryl A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2009
The authors tell about their heterogeneous 91 person research and evaluation unit at an operating foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota. They focus on evaluation for program improvement, one of several purposes of studies they work on. The three authors write from their different manager positions within the unit. Included are the context of the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Research Administration
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement. – 1992
Findings of a study that evaluated the effectiveness of the Minnesota Education Effectiveness Program (MEEP) are presented in this report. MEEP is a school-based program designed to improve the Minnesota educational system and is facilitated through ongoing staff development processes. The participating schools are supported by a statewide network…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation
Smith, Brandon B. – 1974
An evaluation was conducted on seven career education projects in seven Minnesota school districts. Formative and summative evaluation methods were used to assess teachers' and directors' project implementation and the impact on students' (grades 1 to 9) cognitive achievement. Self evaluation forms were used to obtain information from and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Career Education, Cognitive Tests
Benson, Arland; Henriksen, Dorothy, Ed. – 1977
Materials contained in this career education implementation guide (one in a series of seven) provide concrete examples of how to evaluate a comprehensive career education program using the approach of applying logic and objectivity to the process of judging the merits of career education activities. Major topics discussed include the following:…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences