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Download full textPuncochar, Judith; Klett, Mitchell – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2013
The goals of a Liberal Studies education are designed to prepare citizens to live responsible, productive, and creative lives in a changing world. Ideally, a liberal education fosters well-grounded intellectuals with dispositions toward learning and an acceptance of responsibility regarding their ideas and actions. To measure the efficacy of a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Models, Science Achievement, Inquiry
Hopstock, Paul J.; Pelczar, Marisa P. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
This technical report and user's guide is designed to provide researchers with an overview of the design and implementation of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), as well as with information on how to access the PISA 2009 data. This information is meant to supplement that presented in Organization for Economic Cooperation…
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Gorman, William J. – Education Canada, 1989
Compares the responses of administrators, teachers, parents, and students to a questionnaire about purposes, communication qualities, effects, and philosophy of student evaluations. Suggests evaluations can serve as positive educational motivators that reward student efforts and enhance student learning, while avoiding critical, negative,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research
Forsyth, G. Alfred; And Others – 1995
A recent conference on statistics education recommended that more emphasis be placed on the interpretation of research (IOR). Ways for developing and assessing IOR and providing a systematic framework for creating and selecting instructional materials for the independent assessment of specific IOR concepts are the focus of this paper. The…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Evaluative Thinking
Peer reviewedMarso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1997
In 97 Ohio school districts, 484 teachers and administrators rated their school's standardized testing practices as average or above, compared to school performance in other areas. Highest rated testing practices were related to test quality, pupil records, and understandable scores and reports; lowest rated practice was use of test results to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Practices, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Weasenforth, Donald L. – 1993
This study examined 412 college students' essay performance on two prompt types, a traditional prose essay and a type incorporating graphics, modeled on those from English Language Challenge Examination (ELCE) developed for the University of Southern California (USC). The majority of the participants were international students at USC. Each…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Essays, Evaluation Methods
