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Sleeter, Christine – Educational Researcher, 2014
This article investigates the extent to which researchers are currently engaged in a shared research program that offers systematic evidence of the classroom impact of organized venues (preservice as well as inservice) for teacher professional learning. The article stems from concern about policies rooted in suspicion that teacher education is…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Research, Mixed Methods Research, Program Evaluation
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Baird, Matthew D.; Pane, John F. – Educational Researcher, 2019
Evaluators report effects of education initiatives as standardized effect sizes, a scale that has merits but obscures interpretation of the effects' practical importance. Consequently, educators and policymakers seek more readily interpretable translations of evaluation results. One popular metric is the number of years of learning necessary to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Policy, Evaluators
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Gutiérrez, Kris D.; Penuel, William R. – Educational Researcher, 2014
The authors argue for a reconceptualization of rigor that requires sustained, direct, and systematic documentation of what takes place inside programs to document how students and teachers change and adapt interventions in interactions with each other in relation to their dynamic local contexts. Building on promising new programs at the Institute…
Descriptors: Intervention, Context Effect, Interpersonal Relationship, Research Utilization
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Boruch, Robert F.; Cordray, David S. – Educational Researcher, 1981
Answers criticisms by Mary Anne Bunda, Ernest House, and Mary Kennedy. Discusses, among other issues, legal authorization for the use of higher quality evaluation designs and the use of evaluation research results. (GC)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
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Stuart, Elizabeth A. – Educational Researcher, 2007
Education researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike are committed to identifying interventions that teach students more effectively. Increased emphasis on evaluation and accountability has increased desire for sound evaluations of these interventions; and at the same time, school-level data have become increasingly available. This article…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Computation, Causal Models, Intervention
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Joyce, Bruce; Clift, Renee – Educational Researcher, 1984
Reviews some current criticisms of teacher education and the nature of recent reform proposals. Presents a series of propositions dealing with (1) potential reform of teacher education's substance and process and (2) governance of certification, accreditation, and the link between research community and teacher education process. (CMG)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Cooley, William W. – Educational Researcher, 1983
Describes evaluation experiences in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, School District. Suggests that use of evaluation results can be maximized through a systems approach that involves developing and monitoring different performance indicators, and tailoring educational practice by focusing corrective action on areas where performance is found to be…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education