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Direct linkBlackburn, McKinley L. – Economics of Education Review, 2004
Previous research has suggested that skills reflected in test-score performance on tests such as the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) can account for some of the racial differences in average wages. I use a more complete set of test scores available with the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort to reconsider this evidence, and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Scores
Van Den Berg, M. N.; Hofman, W. H. A. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2005
This study focuses on the factors that determine study progress and numerical success rate in higher education. Study progress is influenced at three levels, namely the student level, course/institute level and government level. It is expected that various groups of economic, social, psychological and organisational factors will together influence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Economic Factors
Brown, Roger – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2006
League tables have been defined as "weighted combinations of performance indicator scores where the total is used to rank institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals." While publishers of league tables say that their main purpose is to inform students and prospective students, particularly those abroad with limited access to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Indicators, Publications, Educational Quality
Woody, Erik Z.; Barnier, Amanda J.; McConkey, Kevin M. – Psychological Assessment, 2005
Although hypnotizability can be conceptualized as involving component subskills, standard measures do not differentiate them from a more general unitary trait, partly because the measures include limited sets of dichotomous items. To overcome this, the authors applied full-information factor analysis, a sophisticated analytic approach for…
Descriptors: Hypnosis, Factor Analysis, Item Response Theory, Psychomotor Skills
Roach, Andrew T. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2005
Alternate assessments are intended for use with students who are unable to participate in general state and district assessment systems even with accommodations, and have been described as the "ultimate accommodation" for promoting the inclusion of students with significant disabilities in accountability systems. This article examines four…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Alternative Assessment, Accountability, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Reese, Robert J.; Conoley, Collie W.; Brossart, Daniel F. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2006
Telephone counseling clients reported that convenience, accessibility, control, and inhibition were the most attractive attributes of receiving counseling (not crisis intervention) via telephone. The results mirror many opinions in the literature. Of the 186 counseling clients who responded to the survey, 96% would be willing to seek telephone…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics, Counseling Techniques, Telephone Surveys, Comparative Analysis
Proctor, Robert W.; Cho, Yang Seok – Psychological Bulletin, 2006
Differences in performance with various stimulus-response mappings are among the most prevalent findings for binary choice reaction tasks. The authors show that perceptual or conceptual similarity is not necessary to obtain mapping effects; a type of structural similarity is sufficient. Specifically, stimulus and response alternatives are coded as…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Responses, Cognitive Mapping, Classification
Sasson, Joseph R.; Alvero, Alicia M.; Austin, John – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2006
Organizational performance is a function of many variables, two of which are work process factors and human performance factors. Our study compared the effects of changing a work process versus human performance improvement techniques and the combined effects of combing both techniques. A 2 (manual vs electronic process) x 2 (with vs without…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Organizational Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Performance Technology
Download full textStedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
US Department of Education, 2010
The United States Department of Education's "Annual Performance Report" (APR) for fiscal year (FY) 2009 provides detailed information on how the outcomes of the strategic performance measures identified in its "FY 2007-2012 Strategic Plan" and updated in the "Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report"…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Finance, Activities, Compliance (Legal)
Schmoker, Oliver E., III. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research study was implemented within the subject headquarters of a regional center, an organization responsible for security cooperation in Europe and Eurasia. The focus of the study was the center's program of security education. This program was designed to support evolving security objectives of foreign countries in order to increase the…
Descriptors: National Security, Program Administration, International Relations, Measures (Individuals)
Universal Service Administrative Company, 2009
This paper presents the activities of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) for 2009. The past year was one of accomplishment for USAC. USAC implemented a host of advances in operations, infrastructure, and outreach in an effort to continue to improve collection and disbursement of the Universal Service Fund (USF) support and to…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Annual Reports, Activities, Outreach Programs
Viggiano, Anna Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This qualitative case study examined implementation of the ePortfolio, developed by the Hawai'i Department of Education as a system to store formative and summative assessment supporting standards-based education. The focus of the study examined factors increasing teacher willingness, confidence and knowledge in implementation of electronic…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations, Questionnaires
Rosenberg, Michael S.; Brownell, Mary; McCray, Erica D.; deBettencourt, Laurie U.; Leko, Melinda; Long, Suzanne – National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2009
Local school systems, Local Education Agencies [LEAs], and universities, Institutions of Higher Education [IHEs], work together in a variety of ways in the initial preparation and ongoing professional development of teachers, although it is difficult to ascertain the number of LEA/IHE partnerships. These relationships typically allow for a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Disabilities, School Districts, Educational Change
An, Heejung; Kim, Sangkyung; Kim, Bosung – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2008
This study examined the factors perceived by in-service teachers as either facilitating or impeding successful completion of online group work in a virtual graduate school of education program. Based on a quantified qualitative data analysis of open-ended questions, five facilitative factors were identified as (a) individual accountability, (b)…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Collaboration, Group Dynamics, Computer Mediated Communication
