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American Institutes for Research, 2015
Assessing individuals' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills is a complex task. It requires careful consideration of the assessment purpose, rigor, practicality, burden, and ethics. Once you have considered these factors and have determined that you are, in fact, "Ready to Assess," you are ready to act and choose an…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
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Rasmussen, Annette; Friche, Nanna – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2011
Performance pressure at both the institutional and individual level of secondary education has been identified as a pressure that is acknowledged all over Europe and raises questions about the extent to which agents in lower and upper secondary education interpret assessment in terms of either control or learning, or perhaps both. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Social Structure
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Millsap, Mary Ann – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
The Experience Based Career Education (EDCE) program serves as a focal point of a cast study documenting how the National Institute of Education secured Office of Education funds to demonstrate an R&D innovation. Serious questions are raised about the regulations-writing process and the use of evaluation information. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Case Studies, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Programs
Elson, Donald E.; And Others – 1991
The purpose of a research project was to identify approaches for improving the use of evaluation data through better linking of state-level evaluation and planning. The first phase included a review of literature in education and related disciplines and a national survey to elicit information from 55 states and territories concerning evaluation…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Evaluation Utilization
Halasz, Ida M. – 1989
Much of the evaluation of vocational education at the state and local levels has been conducted in response to federal legislation. Although some of the evaluative information has been useful for program improvement, much has been collected only for compliance with federal and state mandates. The educational reform movement has prompted school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Wendel, Frederick C.; Baack, L. Thomas – 1992
Findings of a study that determined the extent to which participants in the Nebraska NASSP Assessment Center Project followed up on the recommendations of assessor teams are presented in this paper. The study compared the developmental pursuits of volunteers with nonvolunteers (program participation was done at request of a school district…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Educational Administration, Evaluation Utilization
Asche, Marion; And Others – 1992
The linkage of planning and evaluation in vocational education is a conceptual as well as an operational phenomenon. In an ideal situation, planning and evaluation are not two distinct sets of activities but rather interrelated aspects of a dynamic and inquiring system with the overall mission of reconciling policy design and policy action.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
McCormick, Fred C.; McCormick, Eileen R. – 1984
This document provides a detailed overview of all data collection, analysis, and reporting aspects of a third-party, independent evaluation conducted in Illinois to determine the impact of the 214 vocational education Quality Assistance Plans funded in fiscal year 1983. The effectiveness of the Impact Assessment Design as a resource in Quality…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Axelrod, Valija M.; And Others – 1987
This publication offers 10 major policy recommendations for improving the evaluation of secondary vocational education programs for special populations and ultimately the programs themselves. In the 10 sections following an introduction, each of the policy areas is introduced by a brief overview. A policy recommendation is then made along with a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Utilization
Griffiths, C. – 1994
The Annual Performance Report submitted by each state to the Office of Vocational and Adult Education was used to monitor what states have developed and how and to what extent states have implemented their accountability system. The following findings of this analysis are synthesized in this report: (1) 32 states require evaluation of all programs…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Asche, F. Marion; And Others – 1992
Legislation has largely treated planning and evaluation in vocational education separately. There has been a history of increasing requirements in planning and evaluation and of diffusing responsibility. In addition, existing policy regarding vocational education's dominant mission shows a general lack of clarity. Such factors inhibit the linking…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1990
Schools that are concerned with evaluating their programs need more than just the average scaled assessment scores from standardized tests. To help schools, the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program produces school and district reports that contain the stories behind the averages. These reports describe the kind of students who took the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Utilization, Intermediate Grades
Ruhland, Sheila K. – 1994
The evaluation process provides valuable information so that practitioners may share and benchmark their efforts to improve and enhance the quality of the educational reform initiative called tech prep. Evaluation should be part of every phase of a tech prep initiative, from needs assessment to completion. A tech prep program is typically at one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Change
Schmidt, Kathy J. – 1994
The American Institute for Learning (AIL) has developed two interactive multimedia drug-awareness programs for secondary students who have used substances experimentally or are being challenged by others to experiment with drugs. The first, "Addiction and Its Processes," is an awareness program with video and computer capabilities and an…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Drug Addiction
McDonald, Rod – 1999
This discussion paper is intended to inform the further development of the National Research and Evaluation Strategy (NRES) by strengthening its focus on evaluation in Australian vocational education and training (VET). Chapter 1 discusses the implications for the role of evaluation that changes in VET have caused in the past decade. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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