Framed with concepts from the literature on educational innovations, the present study explored postsecondary students' and instructors' evaluative comments about ACTFL's Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA). In the research on the IPA to date, few scholars have explored these key stakeholders' perceptions of the framework, and a robust…

Research exploring learning outcomes in instrumental music has tended to focus on attainment ignoring other outcomes including long-term commitment to engage with music. This research addresses this issue. One hundred and sixty-three instrumental music students completed a questionnaire which sought information about their practising strategies,…

Educational expectations and demands on the principal have changed markedly over the past few decades, so an updated set of standards or competencies is needed to effectively evaluate school principals today. Increasingly, many states require that administrators qualify for the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) certification.…

This article examines teacher educators' attitudes to standardised student feedback on the quality of their teaching in a teacher education college in Israel. It is part of a comprehensive study initiated by the management of the institution, and the focus in this writing is on teacher educators' attitudes to student feedback: the way they…

The implementation of the ISO 9000 international quality management system in education has become a debated trend. Building on the literature, this study did not attempt to end the debate over ISO 9000 in education but looked at the problem with a new perspective. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that relate to the time required…

The objective of the project was to develop methods for establishing output and input performance standards for the placement and placement-support functions of the U.S. Employment Service (ES). Volume 4, a preliminary or working handbook, contains all forms, guidelines, procedures, and training materials for primary data collection and analysis…

Purpose: The paper describes the purpose of and strategies for conducting post-occupancy evaluations (POEs) as a method for assessing school building performance. Set within the larger context of global efforts to develop and apply common indicators of school building quality, the authors describe research conducted within the newest generation of…

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created the merit pay system and cash award program for federal supervisors and management officials in General Schedule grades 13 through 15. This report assesses the implementation and operation of merit pay for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 at three departments--Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and…

The percentage of universities using student ratings to evaluate teacher performance is steadily increasing, but this method can be abused if it is the sole criterion of evaluation. Recent surveys of faculty attitudes towards teaching evaluation indicate that most faculty members are in favor of systematic evaluation, prefer student ratings to…

This appendix accompanies a report on state vocational rehabilitation agency practices to control for quality and timelines in case management systems. The materials, related to quality assurance and case flagging, are representative of the variety of methods used by 42 states and Puerto Rico. (The states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,…

A recent study asked nationally representative samples of public school principals and teachers about their use of content and performance standards and other reform strategies, ties between the home and school, Title I's role in supporting reform, and the information they needed to proceed with reforms. This report presents findings of the…

A project was conducted to validate program standards and performance standards for four postsecondary occupational areas--fashion merchandising, fashion design, apparel, and window treatment services. Returns from 117 questionnaires from postsecondary institutions in fifty states were used to develop program standards statements and to provide…

Discusses ways to reward and promote excellent teachers based on a survey of higher education promotion practices in the United Kingdom. Highlights include the need for promotion criteria; the need for standards; balancing different areas of achievement, including teaching, research, and administration; student feedback questionnaires;…

Drafted by representatives of the teaching profession along with personnel from 17 state education agencies, the performance-based standards in this document represent a common core of teaching knowledge and skills. The standards were developed to be compatible with the advanced certification standards of the National Board for Professional…

This report is a description of the instrumentation, methodology, and sample obtained for the final phase of the study concerned with the Occupational Inventory Management Specialist. Inventory managers were asked to keep a Daily Activity Log for five days and to record the range of activities and interaction with others in the process of…