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Peer reviewedRenger, Ralph; Gotkin, Vicki; Crago, Marjorie; Shisslak, Catherine – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
Reviews the Family Privacy Protection Act of 1995 and its potential impact on research and evaluation involving minors. Although this legislation was not passed, the issues related to both active and passive parental consent for the participation of minors in research are very much alive. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1986
The need for an increased use of statistical data and quantitative analysis in many areas of science policy is emphasized in this report of the hearing on science evaluation methods used in Great Britain. The testimony given by Professor Benjamin Martin of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex in England explains how…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Hearings, International Cooperation
Peer reviewedWhitlatch, Jo Bell; Walsh, Anthony – Reference Librarian, 1992
Includes three articles: the first presents rules and regulations from the "Federal Register" that focus on educational effectiveness in postsecondary institutions; the second discusses the appropriateness of various research methodologies for assessment and accountability of reference services; and the third examines data collection…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Federal Regulation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
At one of a series of hearings on H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1993, several experts discussed issues related to national assessment, assessment in Chapter 1, and state efforts to develop new forms of assessment. Eleanor Chelimsky, Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluation and Methodology of the General…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 2001
The National Reporting System (NRS) is a project to develop an accountability system for the federally funded adult education program. The system includes a set of student measures to allow assessment of the impact of adult education instruction, methodologies for collecting the measures, reporting forms and procedures, and training and technical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Washington, DC. – 2001
The National Reporting System (NRS) established reporting requirements for the adult education program required by Title II of the Workforce Investment Act. The NRS defines the measures local programs must collect, the methodologies for collecting them, and state reporting requirements. This document presents the guidelines for conducting the NRS…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
