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Peer reviewedThomas, R. Murray – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
A discrepancy score evaluation technique was successfully implemented in California, thereby allowing parents, teachers, and students to provide information regarding the students' needs. However, the same method failed in American Samoa due to the parents' perceptions of teachers as experts and the amount of teacher time necessary for…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Direct linkSlosson, James – Principal Leadership, 2004
Most states have high stakes tests in place and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), with adequate yearly progress requirements, is tightening the screws on the whole system. No part of public education, however, is going to feel the stress more than the high schools and high school principals. When students who have passing grades…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, High Stakes Tests, Sanctions, High Schools
Goldberg, Melvin – 1978
Program administrators for 64 Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs in New York City were asked to respond to a questionnaire rating scale concerning the helpfulness and quantity of information that had been provided to them by the program evaluators. The rating scale categorized areas of administrative decision making in five…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Decision Making
