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Boruch, Robert F. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1983
The Holtzman Project at Northwestern University reviewed educational program evaluations at the federal, state, and local levels of government. This paper focuses on the administration of the project, including constraints on its operations, the strategic decisions that seemed correct at the time, and some decisions that now seem wrong. (BW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Nebraska Legislative Council, Lincoln. Legislative Research Div. – 1988
During the spring of 1987, the National Conference of State Legislatures awarded the Nebraska Legislature a cost-sharing award to study local school evaluation processes. Embodied in Legislative Resolution 181, which has the purpose of studying school evaluation procedures, the study attempts to provide legislators, educators, local school…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
This article concerns recommendations made in a report to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about why and how well evaluations are done, and about how results are used. The recommendations are directed toward…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
Recommendations are made to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about evaluation procedures and practices, and the use of evaluation results. The recommendations are directed toward improving the quality and…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hansen, Joe B. – 1991
The current accountability movement in education is examined in terms of its historical antecedents and federal versus state initiatives and requirements. The assumptions underlying the educational accountability movement are then considered, and refinements and extensions to these assumptions are proposed. The accountability movement in American…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational History
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1988
This manual, which is provided as a resource for Illinois School Districts and which incorporates some of the materials in the Alaska Department of Education's Assessment Handbook, is designed to meet the requirements of Public Act 84-126 and to help practitioners develop student assessment plans of local usefulness. Areas covered in the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1995
The New Jersey Grade 11 High School Proficiency Test (HSPT11) consists of sections for reading, mathematics, and writing that must be passed as requirements for a high school diploma. Students who do not pass all three sections receive additional instruction and retake sections they have not passed. This booklet helps educators review, interpret,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Exit Examinations, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements
Archbald, Douglas A.; Porter, Andrew C. – 1990
The role and influence of mandated testing in educational reform are reviewed. Mandated testing refers to large-scale (districtwide or statewide) multiple-choice testing programs used for policy purposes of evaluation and accountability, which includes nationally normed standardized achievement tests and tests custom-developed to reflect state and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
Koretz, Daniel; And Others – 1993
The 1992-93 school year was the second year of the implementation of the Vermont assessment program. Evaluation of the 1991-92 year yielded mixed results, with some evidence that the assessment program was having a strong impact on instruction, but other indications that the reliability of the portfolio scoring in both writing and mathematics was…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Bobbett, Gordon C.; And Others – 1995
This paper presents the latest in a series of studies examining school district report cards. The purpose was to study the relationships among factors reported on school district report cards from Nevada high schools. The 44 categories reported on Nevada's 1993-94 report card represent the study's independent variables, grouped into the areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Demography, Educational Assessment
Bobbett, Gordon C.; And Others – 1995
This paper extends a series of studies examining school district report cards, which began with investigations of Tennessee's report card data. Since 1988, the Texas State Board of Education has produced a report card on each school district to report district-level data. Texas district report card items were organized into student outcome…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, College Entrance Examinations, Demography
Hume, Jerry – 1992
This memorandum presents the report and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Ad Hoc Committee was created by the National Assessment Governing Board in 1992 to prepare recommendations on non-mandated subjects to be assessed by the NAEP and to prepare a discussion paper…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Bobbett, Gordon C.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents the latest in a series of studies examining school district report cards for their usefulness planning and implementing school improvement. The 1992-93 Arkansas report cards were studied. These were similar to the report cards from Tennessee that were the subject of the initial study in that they used and reported a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations