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Download full textAlberta Education, 2009
The Setting the Direction Minister's Forum was held June 8 and 9, 2009 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. It was attended by 820 Albertans and another 288 people participated through interactive webcasts at 78 sites across the province. The purpose of the forum was to present the Framework and engage a broad range of stakeholders in…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Special Education
Cross, K. Patricia; Wiggins, Grant; Hutchings, Pat – 1990
Three papers from the American Association for Higher Education conference in 1990 are presented. The first, "Streams of Thought about Assessment" by K. Patricia Cross, discusses three strands of interest in assessment aimed at educational improvement. These three movements are: (1) state-level accountability; (2) institutional assessment; and (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Higher Education
Suh, Jenny; Pechman, Ellen – 2001
The Program for Student Achievement (PSA) focused on improving urban middle-grades student achievement in participating districts in Texas and California. Districts were asked to establish performance targets for eighth graders in core academic areas. The PSA conducted a quantitative evaluation of districts' progress and produced an annual report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Grade 8
Lewis, Anne – 1999
Fifty sessions with nearly 70 presenters or discussion leaders examined all aspects of comprehensive systems for accountability and educational improvement at the 1998 national conference of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). Topics ranged from national assessment to innovative uses of technology, from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conferences, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Educational Policy Reform Research Institute, 2004
The Educational Policy Reform Research Institute (EPRRI) and the US Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) held a policy symposium entitled "Ensuring Accountability for All Children in an Era of Standards-Based Reform: Alternate Achievement Standards" February 4-6, 2004 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Standards, Disabilities, Accountability
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, Washington, DC. – 2000
A series of four policy seminars was held in 1999 to discuss suggestions to ensure that Latino children reap the benefits of standards-based accountability and to illuminate related issues for the educational system. This report summarizes those seminars. The first was "Educational Standards, Assessment and Accountability: A New Civil Rights…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
North East Association for Institutional Research. – 1987
Assessment in higher education is addressed in these proceedings of the 1987 conference of the North East Association for Institutional Research. Papers and authors include: "Assessing the Status of Assessment" (Peter T. Ewell); "Has the Middle Class Been Pressured the Most? Multivariate Analysis of Parental Contributions to Higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Curriculum, College Planning, College Programs
Van Kollenburg, Susan E., Ed. – 2000
This collection presents 92 papers or summaries of papers presented at a 2000 conference on self-study and institutional improvement for institutions of higher education. Papers are grouped into these chapters, with some sample topics in parentheses: (1) "Regional and National Initiatives" (associate degrees; adult learning); (2) "Quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
Van Kollenburg, Susan E., Ed. – 2001
This collection presents 90 papers or summaries of papers presented at a 2000 conference on self-study and institutional improvement for institutions of higher education. Papers are grouped into these chapters, with some sample topics in parentheses: (1) "New Designs in Higher Education, Improving Student Learning: Selected PEW Projects"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
Van Kollenburg, Susan E., Ed. – 2002
This collection presents 90 papers or summaries of papers presented at a 2000 conference on self-study and institutional improvement for institutions of higher education. Papers are grouped into these chapters, with some sample topics in parentheses: (1) "State, Regional, and National Initiatives" (program descriptions); (2) "Validating Quality in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
US Department of Education, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education 2004 National High School Summit took place December 2-3, 2004, in Washington, D.C. Nearly 1000 individuals participated-educators, policymakers, business leaders, and government officials. The event built on the work the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) had done with states over the prior year and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Expectation
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, Aurora, CO. – 2000
This publication presents proceedings from the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) fall 2000 conference. The first general session presentation was "Through the Eyes of Children... Creating a Shared Vision of Education" (Don Suskind), and the second session was "Teachers and Administrators: Responsible for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Change
Wilcox, Barbara, Ed.; And Others – 1977
The text includes 27 papers presented at the Illinois Statewide Institute for Educators of the Severely and Profoundly Handicapped. Papers address the following six topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): student and systems assessment (student evaluation and instruction, and an accountability system in behavioral programs); services to severely…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Curriculum, Delivery Systems
Chaffee, Ellen Earle; Ewell, Peter T.; Gelman, Sherril B.; Kuh, George; Marchese, Theodore J.; Miller, Margaret A.; Wiggins, Grant – 1997
This collection of seven major presentations at a 1997 conference on assessment and quality in higher education includes three plenary presentations and four introductions to program strands. In "Accountability and Assessment in a Second Decade: New Looks or Same Old Story?" Peter T. Ewell stresses the importance of defining the academic integrity…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Degrees (Academic), Educational Assessment
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
Strategies regarding retrenchment in higher education are examined in three papers and commentaries. In "Basing Public Policy on Student Achievement: A New Agenda Item," Francis Keppel recommends that the federal government undertake a program of acquiring data on student achievement in certain areas of the college curriculum to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions)
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