The study investigated the relationships between assessment for learning (AfL) and attributes of two school-related contexts--the classroom assessment culture (CAC) in which AfL is embedded, and the larger context in which CAC is nested, namely the school-based professional learning community (SBPLC). The research design comprised two…

Used multiple sources of data, including archival material, focus groups and questionnaires, to evaluate a renewal effort that involved a university school of education and human services and three diverse school systems: urban, suburban, and rural. Findings indicate the consistency of efforts to bring about positive change. Makes seven…

Questionnaires used to measure subject-matter-directed motivation have tended to use information-seeking behavior as the prime indicator. A new measuring instrument, consisting of a list of 15 sets of three adjectives, asks subjects to select one from each set which best applies to the subject matter in question. (BW)

The introduction of school-based evaluation as part of a national educational evaluation scheme in Norway was studied through observation, field notes, interviews, and questionnaires in a lower secondary school with a staff of around 50. Findings suggest that school-based evaluation is being implemented with positive teacher attitudes. (SLD)

Studied the student evaluation practices of 132 Belgian teachers in 18 general secondary schools. Interview and questionnaire results suggest that 25% of the teachers were judgment-oriented in their evaluation practices, while 37% were solution-oriented, and 38% were process-oriented. Results also suggest that teachers make students responsible…

This article presents selected results gained by studies which deal directly or indirectly with evaluation of physics instruction at the secondary education level in the Federal Republic of Germany. (PN)

An alcohol education program for youth, developed as a district project by the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, was evaluated using a responsive approach derived from Stake (1975). Rather than focusing on goals and objectives, the overall evaluation design responded to needs for descriptions of the program and participants' activities.…

The extent to which student questionnaire responses reflect students' active behavior was studied through course attendance patterns of Israeli undergraduates, student completion of a questionnaire rating college lecturers, and interviews with 36 students. In this instance, the questionnaire did not reflect actual behavior. Explanations are…