The methods of using results obtained from one person or a group working their way through instructional materials are compared.

This issues paper, one of a series of eight, is intended to distill formative evaluation questions on topics that are central to the development of the higher and further education information environment in the United Kingdom. The topic of this first issues paper is a conceptual framework that can help members of a project (information resource)…

This Digest addresses the benefits of formative assessment and provides examples and resources to support its implementation. Formative assessment is the diagnostic use of assessment to provide feedback to teachers and students over the course of instruction. Since the goal of formative assessment is to gain an understanding of what students know…

This paper provides information on an exploratory study about informal formative assessment practices in three science classrooms implementing a physical science curriculum focusing in buoyancy. We provide a framework for examining these practices based on three components of formative assessment (eliciting, recognizing and using information) and…

This study describes a process for establishing teacher criteria which includes articulating individual subjective goal orientations, interacting with others similarily involved, locating priorities among the goals, collating agreements on general goal statements, and operationalizing these through numerous specific, descriptive characteristics.…

A presentation of a conceptual strategy for ascertaining data as to the sources of information utilized concerning the product and categories of formative evaluation activities. (Author)

Describes and criticizes traditional approaches to performance evaluation, presents and argues for the adoption of the Redfern Approach,'' suggests job target selection and description, presents 21 categories of effective teaching against which to measure job targets, and argues for dynamic rather than static performance evaluation plans.…

Teachers who believe that the school's evaluation program respects due process rights are better able to provide the diversity of educational thought and opportunity so necessary to effective school programs. (Author/MF)

The development and field test of a model prescribing specific operations for tryout and revision of self-instructional multi-media learning systems. (Author)

A generic product evaluation system was developed and validated when 13 qualified regular and special educators were trained to estimate the developmental appropriateness of 239 instructional materials. The teams provided feedback for product revision and supplementary use. The data had implications for long term planning, marketing techniques,…

Describes the process by which Learner Verification and Revision (LVR) transforms information gathered during learner verification into revision prescriptions for the development of instructional materials. Robinson's and Gropper's procedural models for formative evaluation are also discussed and a study comparing the effectiveness of materials…