With the growing emphasis on accountability and evidence-based practice, evaluation has become increasingly important in the contexts in which educational psychologists (EPs) practice. This paper describes a Target Monitoring and Evaluation (TME) system, derived from Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) which was developed to evaluate outcomes of a wide…

Background: An increasing number of youth are being diagnosed with, and treated for, bipolar disorder (BD). Controversy exists about whether youth with non-episodic irritability and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be considered to have a developmental presentation of mania. Method: A selective review of the…

When attempting to identify educational settings that are most effective in improving student achievement, classroom process (that is, the way in which a teacher interacts with his or her students) is a key feature of interest. Unfortunately, high-quality assessment of the student-teacher interaction occurs all too infrequently, despite the…

Background/Context: Peer Assistance and Review (PAR), or peer review as it has historically been called, has existed in a handful of school districts since the early 1980s. In 1999, California became the first state to pass PAR legislation; at that time, a major district had not implemented the policy in over a decade. Setting: This is an in-depth…

The professional accreditation agencies are making demands for assessment of student learning. These demands are not expected to lessen in the near future. The accreditation agencies are suggesting that educators should shift their focus from what faculty teach to what students learn. The authors show the development and implementation of an…

Gist identification or coherent situation model construction performance is an important criterion not only in L1 and L2 reading comprehension assessment but also in every aspect of discourse processing. Whereas most previous L2 research has investigated schematic knowledge of readers about relations within a text, more recent studies have used…

This paper defines four types of classroom evaluation by comparing the evaluation types across nine dimensions: 1) function, 2) time, 3) characteristics of evidence, 4) evidence gathering techniques, 5) sampling, 6) scoring and reporting, 7) standards, 8) reliability, 9) validity. The four types of evaluation, described by the purpose a teacher…

It was hypothesized that a middle school organization embracing grades 5-8 would overcome certain inadequacies of a typical elementary and junior high school organization and would better cope with the social and educational needs of older children, preadolescents, and early adolescents aged 10-14. Regarding data collection, measurement…

Photographs can be effective as evaluation report illustrations and data sources. Methods for using photography as an evaluation strategy are explained. Suggestions include incorporating photography into the research design, sampling over time, and documentation and verification of photographs. (BS)

Activity analysis is an approach to the development of an improved evaluation design through the systematic delineation and analysis of the activities inherent in each of the global objectives of an ongoing program. (Author)

The necessity for having grades as a source of motivation is stressed. (CK)

A case is made for educational evaluation on a nation-wide basis. (CK)

In the course of reviewing a package of instructional materials entitled "The Changing Face of the Soviet Union," the author gives thought to the form an evaluative critique of new materials should take in order to be of optimal value to the person considering ordering those materials. (LS)

Discusses three traditions--democratic, scientific and professional--involved in educational evaluation. Suggests that conflicts among them are inevitable and must be recognized in order to seek intelligent solutions. (JOW)