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Hardré, Patricia L.; Hackett, Shannon – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2015
This manuscript chronicles the process and products of a redesign for evaluation of the graduate college experience (GCE) which was initiated by a university graduate college, based on its observed need to reconsider and update its measures and methods for assessing graduate students' experiences. We examined the existing instrumentation and…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Graduate Students, Student Experience, Evaluation Methods
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Ferns, Sonia; Zegwaard, Karsten E. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
Assessment has long been a contentious issue in work-integrated learning (WIL) and cooperative education. Despite assessment being central to the integrity and accountability of a university and long-standing theories around best practice in assessment, enacting quality assessment practices has proven to be more difficult. Authors in this special…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning, Educational Quality, Student Evaluation
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Wald, Michael S.; Woolverton, Maria – Child Welfare, 1990
Reviews risk assessment procedures and instruments used by child protection agencies. Discusses methodological deficiencies that limit the utility of instruments in predicting abusive behavior. Offers suggestions regarding the use of risk assessment in various decisions made during the course of child protection investigations. (BG)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Nadler, Lawrence B. – 1983
Noting that instructor and course evaluations represent important, ongoing concerns to students, faculty, and administrators in speech communication, this paper uses the experimental approach to consider the purposes of evaluations, explores major evaluation issues, reviews the literature concerning specific variables possibly related to these…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Hayhoe, Mike – Highway One, 1985
Stresses the importance of devising accurate methods of evaluation rather than teaching material only because it can be easily evaluated. (DF)
Descriptors: Accountability, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Winters, Lynn; And Others – 1980
This text is designed to accompany workshop instruction in student assessment technique for the purpose of evaluating bilingual programs. It is addressed to those involved with bilingual programs generally, educators directly involved in planning and implementation, and research and evaluation specialists. The contextual variables that affect the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lehr, Camilla A.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Examined assessment practices in 54 model programs for early education of handicapped children (ages prenatal through six years). Results showed only 19 tests were used by at least five programs; only one device was used by over one-half. Although technical adequacy was reportedly an important factor in selection, analysis revealed only three…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 1985
School psychologists have experienced difficulties in assessing students' behavior disorders, because of lack of training and problems associated with the traditional medical model of abnormal behavior. An alternative assessment model is described in terms of its five principles: problem solving; functional analysis; multiple operationalism;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, Eli – 1983
This paper discusses issues which make it difficult to measure the teaching performance of college faculty. The issues discussed are those which could lead to ethical and legal problems should they be ignored--those issues which are sensitive because personnel decisions are made on the basis of evaluations. Simplistic methods, such as student…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Pottinger, Paul S.; Klemp, George O. – 1976
This report reflects experiences in the development of new conceptual frameworks for defining learning outcomes that are most desirable for effective life preparation and that emphasize the way people process and integrate information rather than how well people merely store and retrieve information. These new measures, for use in institutions of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Pottinger, Paul S.; Klemp, George O. – 1975
This document reports efforts to address some of the problems of competency-based assessment by developing and utilizing unique measures of competence. Seven conceptual guidelines are identified for test development and utilization: (1) new competencies must be identified and operationally defined; (2) new competencies should have general…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Reid, J. C. – 1974
An analysis of the evaluation instruments of clinical clerkships from 54 medical schools was made. Instruments were classified as to purpose, format, and skills measured. Thirty-nine schools used a modified Likert format; a few schools also had a check list of adjectives or short answer questions. Nearly all instruments had some space for general…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Feedback
Thomson, P.; Saunders, J.; Foyster, J. – 2001
A study was conducted to review the concept of validity in the context of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. The study included a review of literature, case studies, presentation of key findings, and recommendation of a tool to guide assessors. An eight-faceted approach to validity, based on Nitko, was developed, with each…
Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Definitions, Developed Nations
Burgess, Thomas C.; Greis, Naguib A. F. – 1970
The study reported here deals with the problem of determining what testing device can best indicate a foreign student's readiness for satisfactory performance at the college level, especially in courses requiring a good command of reading and writing skills in English. The study considers several standard proficiency tests and devises a formula…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experiments
Rusch, Reuben R.; Dinkmeyer, Don – 1973
The effectiveness of the elementary level guidance program, Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO), is assessed. Intended for use by counselors of children ages 5-8, the DUSO program is designed to help children understand social-emotional behavior through listening, inquiry, discussion, and role play. The DUSO Affectivity Device,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Sciences, Child Psychology, Data Analysis
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