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It is hard to find a campus today that does not collect student evaluations of teaching. Not everyone, it is true, puts full stock in the results, but it is hard to argue with the idea that students have important perspectives to contribute. The writer advocates that listening to students is a good idea that does not go far enough. Describing practices at Carleton College, where any faculty member can ask for a student observer to sit in on her or his classes, usually for the entire term, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Faculty,...
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Topics: Lecture method in teaching, Teachers, Student evaluation of teachers
In a Pacific island village, there was a grade 2 teacher teacher in a local village school. She has established a 90-minute daily literacy block in which she focuses on literacy-related activities. As she sits with her students during the literacy block, she realizes some of them are having difficulty comprehending text, and many are unable to retell the stories they have just read or listened to. Rita wants to help her students develop better retelling strategies. She knows practice will...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grade 1, Emergent Literacy, Student Evaluation
Two experiments examined the effects of evaluation expectation and the presence of others on creativity in undergraduate students. In both, some Ss expected that their work would be evaluated by experts, while others expected no evaluation. Evaluation expectation was crossed, in each experiment, with the presence of others. In the first experiment, this variable was operationalized as coaction; some subjects worked individually in small groups, while others worked alone. In the second...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Creativity, Expectation, Student Evaluation
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Topics: Teacher-student relationships, Teachers--Psychology, Student evaluation of teachers.
Two grading distributions--a liberal and a more stringent curve--were compared between two sections of an undergraduate psychology course. The two classes were team taught and treated as similarly as possible. Four unit exams and an optional final were administered, with one section consistently receiving a more lenient grade distribution. No differences in exam performance or self-reports of study behavior and attendance occurred between groups. Student evaluations of course and instructors...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Attendance, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Course...
A study was conducted at Messiah College, a religiously affiliated liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, to identify classes that had excellent evaluation procedures. Standardized student ratings of classroom testing were drawn from the Instructional Development and Effectiveness Assessment (IDEA), which includes an item on "preparing examinations" as part of the section on teaching methods. Classes that were rated above the 90th percentile on the IDEA on "preparing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Church Related Colleges, College Students, Higher Education, Student Attitudes,...
The National Association of School Psychologists' position on 3-year evaluations for handicapped students calls for a flexible, individualized approach to student evaluations, rather than a standardized testing system. Specific issues to be addressed by these evaluations are discussed, including effectiveness of the student's individual education program, appropriateness of current interventions, and current status of eligibility for special education. Factors such as age, severity of handicap,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation...
An alternative method of measuring the knowledge of students is to use mental models, and specifically concept maps. Concept maps provide a visual representation of conceptual and relationship knowledge within a particular domain. This study builds on previous studies and attempts to reduce their methodological weaknesses. Students in several undergraduate sections of an MIS Telecommunications course were asked to create concept maps of their Telecommunications knowledge at three distinct...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Concept Mapping, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education,...
The proposal in this document is based on the assumption that learning to learn is the most important outcome of professional and all formal education. It is suggested that a primary task of instruction is to assist the student to move from external motivation to internal motivation for learning and continuing to learn. It is proposed that these outcomes can best be facilitated by making two reforms in student evaluation procedures: (1) changing to a pass/no pass system of grading and (2) using...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Credit No Credit Grading, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs,...
The results of this assessment policy review indicated that only a few states have formally considered the large-scale assessment needs of English language learners with disabilities. In fact, only one state (Texas) had a separate policy that addressed the inclusion of English language learners with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs when the review was conducted. While other states referred to this unique subgroup of students in large-scale assessment policy, these references...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, English (Second Language), Student...
Value-added methods are tools that analysts have devised to help people understand the gains that students are or are not making while in school. This can be done in many ways, and different analysts and states have developed various approaches. Beginning in August 2008, Ohio's academic accountability system includes a value-added component that measures student academic progress in addition to achievement. Value-added changes how Ohio evaluates its public schools. This short primer on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Quality, Measures (Individuals),...
A national survey of 94 Directors of Special Education was conducted to ascertain: (1) the number of students referred for psychoeducational evaluation; (2) the number of referred students evaluated; and (3) the number of evaluated students placed in special education programs. For each of the school years during 1977-80, the percentage of referred students who were evaluated was reported as 92% and the percentage of evaluated students who received special education was 73%. Although the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Referral, Special Education, Student...
This document contains curriculum strands for senior mathematics which were built on five interrelated curriculum foundations: mathematical reasoning, technology, connections, communication, and mental mathematics. An introduction discusses each of these foundations in addition to the course description, mathematics strands, instructional practices, and assessment. The 12 mathematics strands are: mathematical reasoning, statistics, polynomials, spatial geometry, linear relations, similarity and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Models, Secondary School...
The way forward to better assessment begins with the conception of assessment not as a single test but as a coherent "system" of measures. Coherent systems must be composed of valid measures of learning and be horizontally, developmentally, and vertically aligned to serve classroom, school, and district improvement. Coherent assessment systems are comprised of component measures that each reflect significant learning goals and provide accurate information for intended purposes. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Educational Testing, Systems Approach,...
Teachers in the school setting need to emphasize quality handwriting across the curriculum. Quality handwriting means that the written content is easy to read in either manuscript or cursive form. Handwriting achievement can be assessed, but not compared to the precision of assessing basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Handwriting achievement can be assessed in degrees from being legible to being illegible. Thus, a rubric, carefully developed and designed, can be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Skill Development, Student Evaluation, Teacher...
Educational assessment is reasoning from observations of what students do or make in a handful of particular circumstances, to what they know or can do more broadly. Practice has changed a great deal over the past century, in response to evolving conceptions of knowledge and its acquisition, views of schooling and its purposes, and technologies for gathering and evaluating response data. Conceptions of what constitutes assessment data, how it should be interpreted, and what kind of inferences...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education,...
"Measuring Progress" is a resource for teachers to use as they plan and implement standards-based student assessment. Section 1 is an overview of how standards relate to assessing student technological literacy. Section 2 provides an approach to standards-based student assessment. Section 3 describes several assessment tools and methods. Section 4 details assessment principles that teachers should consider when designing student assessment. And Section 5 suggests some applications for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Data Analysis, Technological Literacy, Student Evaluation, Standards, Evaluation...
The paper examines use of a children's revision of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB-CR) for three aspects of neuropsychologic assessment in children: the absence or presence of learning disability (LD), patterns in dysfunction, and rehabilitation potential and strategies. A review of research covers the use of the battery in the LD population and offers conclusions, including that LD children can be identified, but that the visual scale may be a weak one in terms of making...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities,...
This document is the first of a series of working papers of a project which conducted a cooperative study of existing student study team processes in nine California special education local plan areas. The working papers augment the final report by providing detailed descriptions of methods and preliminary findings. This paper reports on a content analysis of materials relating to existing student study team practices. Results are grouped into six areas: (1) purposes of student study teams; (2)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Special...
The paper reviews problems and challenges in serving blind children in mental retardation facilities. Incidence figures for institutionalized blind multiply handicapped children are cited, and problems of assessing such residents are seen to include uneven development and lack of standardized evaluation measures. The impact of ward management and ward living is examined. Suggestions for normalizing the residential experience are made. (CL)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blindness, Incidence, Institutionalized Persons, Institutions, Multiple Disabilities,...
This paper presents findings of an analysis of kindergarten report cards from Ohio public schools and discusses implications of the findings for policy makers, program planners, and curriculum supervisors. A total of 76 school districts were selected in a random sample of 331 which was stratified to represent 6 types of school districts. Data were analyzed to determine (1) how report cards were organized; (2) how information was reported; (3) what children were expected to know and to be able...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Expectation, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Public Schools, Report Cards, State...
Student input into grading in the basic speech communication course can be accomplished through a peer evaluation system. Three student evaluators are assigned for every student speech. Speeches are given a quality score by the peer evaluators and by the instructor. Rating errors are minimized by assigning peer evaluators so that no cross-evaluation occurs among a set of peers on any particular speaking assignment. Rank scores indicating the relative effectiveness of each speaker for a given...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grading, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Public Speaking, Speech Communication,...
For years, teachers thought that if students could learn to decode words accurately, they would be successful in reading printed text. While it is true that accuracy in decoding is important for fluency, it is not the entire story. Readers not only need to decode the words accurately; they also need to decode them effortlessly or automatically. The ability to read with appropriate phrasing and expression (interpretation) is also important for fluency. In essence, reading fluency refers to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reading, Reading Fluency, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Young Children,...
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, reauthorized as Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act, requires schools to enroll homeless students immediately, even if they do not have the documents normally required for enrollment such as school records, medical records, proof of residency, or others. Unfortunately for many homeless students on the move, incomplete records often result in classroom/curriculum placements that promote frustration and result in failure. This document...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Youth, School Counselors, Homeless People, Student...
This study (1) describes student selection and retention procedures currently used by North Central Association colleges and universities which are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, and (2) determines student selection and retention procedures which administrators of teacher education programs at the same institutions suggested should be employed. A questionnaire designed to gather information concerning the criteria used for student selection and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Competency Based Teacher Education, Student...
This study assessed the effect of factors outside the instructor's control on student ratings of instruction. Seven special items along with the standard Student Ratings forms were administered to 28 classes in the Anthropology Department. Results indicated that the impact of outside factors, as perceived by students, was not correlated with global evaluative ratings. (Author/RC)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Correlation, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Predictor...
Three types of definitions of learning disabilities (LD) (ability-achievement discrepancy, low achievement, and scatter) were examined to determine the extent of common variance within 48 school-identified LD children and 96 nonLD children (all elementary students). Both samples had previously been administered a battery of psychoeducational tests. Data were used to classify each child as LD or nonLD according to each of 14 operational definitions. A factor analysis resulted in two distinct...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classification, Definitions, Elementary Education, Handicap Identification, Learning...
The Language Proficiency Assessment (LPA) Symposium was held to integrate the insights gained from findings emerging from the research component and the implementation of the teacher training programs of the Assessment of Language Proficiency of Bilingual Persons (ALPBP) project. This final report on the symposium consists of three component reports. The first, "Issues in the Assessment of Language Proficiency of Language Minority Students," by C. Rivera and C. Simich, is an analysis...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Students, Language Proficiency, Literature Reviews, Meetings, Minority...
The study investigated the use by school psychologists of procedures for nondiscriminatory assessment of handicapped students. Ss were surveyed via the School Psychologists' Use of Nondiscriminatory Assessment (SPUN). Results indicated that Ss never used most of the techniques during evaluation described in SPUN. Further, Ss indicated they they were frequently involved in educational programing for handicapped minority students, except for outlining classroom activities emphasizing cultural...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups, School Psychologists,...
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 and dont know in order to make responsive changes in teaching and learning, techniques such as teacher observation and classroom discussion have an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization,...
This document is a guide to student assessment for special education services, eligibility determination, and program planning for Alabama students. To present an accurate and fair picture of the individual assessed requires more than one test score or observation. This document, which is formatted for easy desk reference for daily use by the evaluator and others, addresses each area for each specific disability assessed. There is a brief summary of the purpose for using a particular...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Planning, Eligibility, Screening...
The Mississippi Board of Education adopted the School/Community Involvement initiative in 2003 as a part of the Mississippi School Level Accountability Model Evaluation Instruments. This guide provides the components of those standards along with ideas and suggestions to assist parents, community members and school staff with the development or enhancement of community involvement programs.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Involvement, Parent Participation, State Standards, Accountability,...
There is often little correlation between objective tests of writing or writing components and grading by teachers. The technology that can be applied to student writing evaluation lags behind a reasoned rhetorical explanation of test results. Evaluations of writing are inadequate unless they are interpreted within a rhetorical context that includes who the writer is and for whom that writer is writing. Questions of quality thereby become part of a complicated context of interaction between...
Topics: ERIC Archive, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Grading, Higher Education, Student...
Two kinds of instruments, atomistic versus holistic, offer different approaches to the grading of writing. This paper briefly discusses the pros and cons of these two philosophies of grading. In addition, the paper presents a holistic, primary-trait scoring instrument that has been used successfully to judge editorials by breaking down the analysis into three essential components: claims, data, and warrants. The paper concludes that using this primary-trait instrument aids journalism teachers...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Editorials, Grading, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation, Journalism Education,...
The Institute for the Advancement of Emerging Technologies in Education (IAETE), housed at Edvantia's Appalachia Educational Laboratory, addressed the need to assess technology literacy in an e-mail-based panel held during one week in September 2005. The conversation began with the importance of defining technology literacy, identifying a range of definitions rather than precise limits. There was, however, consensus that ICT literacy--which can be viewed as one component of technological...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Technological Literacy, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Student...
This report contains information based on 29 interviews with health educators from public schools in Vermont. In addition to the interviews with health educators, it also includes information gathered through six focus groups conducted with groups of youth in public schools in central and southern Vermont. The results of these focus groups are listed separately. Included is information from health educators and youth in public school settings. For information about interviewee and focus group...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Public Schools, Needs Assessment, Focus Groups, Student Evaluation, Health Education,...
Papers include: (1) "Does What We Believe Make a Difference in What We Teach, in When We Teach It, and in How We Teach It?" by Vivian M. Culver, (2) "A Program Has a Destination: The Why of Objectives" by Vivian M. Culver, (3) "Organization, Administration, and Curriculum" by Pearl Zemlicka, and (4) "Evaluation of Student Clinical Performance" by Bernadette Parker. (JK)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives,...
The summary information contained in this report provides teachers, school administrators, students, and the general public with an overview of the results from the June 1998 administration of the Mathematics 30 Diploma Examination by the Alberta Department of Education in Canada. This information is most helpful when used with the detailed school and jurisdiction reports that are provided to schools and school jurisdiction offices. Findings indicate that 88.7% of the 8,432 students who took...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Student...
Describing the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) program and its mission to promote and support the continual improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast, this paper discusses ways that teachers can decipher their students' progress in reading to help further develop students' reading skills. It is based on site visits to 18 schools endorsed as having strong reading programs. After a brief overview, it summarizes 10 needs and strategies for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs,...
Each confidential statement about a student teacher by his teacher supervisors should be written with one goal in mind, that of offering a candid assessment of a teacher candidate who is being considered for employment by a hiring official. Amidst the current trend toward pass/fail courses, these statements assume an even higher importance. There are numerous criteria one can apply in such an assessment. The following are cited as illustrations: a) the situation (school setting, educational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperating Teachers, Criteria, Evaluation Criteria, Student Evaluation, Student...
Artistic endeavors can be planned for and used wisely in ongoing science lessons and units of study. Criteria in rubric form could be developed to assess student art projects and processes, and art in science might become part of a student's portfolio. Art can be a method of learning science subject matter as well as a skills objective stressing creativity on the part of the learner. Four examples show how teachers and student teachers have used art in science instruction. Some students prefer...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Curriculum,...
This brochure is intended to be a useful tool for assessing students' development along a continuum of oral language growth as well as for providing information about the competencies that students are expected to learn in second-fifth grades. On the continuum in the brochure, descriptors list specific behaviors that detail students' development at particular ages or grades; the competencies list specific behaviors that students are expected to learn in second through fifth grades according to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Language Skills, Oral Language, Student Development, Student...
This study contributes to the research on the Application of Cognitive Functions Scale (ACFS) (C. Lidz and R. Jepsen, 2001), a new dynamic assessment approach for young children. Dynamic assessment is an assessment tool that follows a test-intervention-retest model, using the teaching as part of the assessment. The ACFS assesses the child's ability to apply cognitive functions to tasks that represent the learning processes necessary for school achievement. This study investigated the effects of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Processes, Intervention, Memory, Student Evaluation, Visual Perception,...
This study investigates the effect of videotaping on the ability of student teachers to involve their pupils in lessons. Forty-nine students were randomly divided into three subgroups over a period of two quarters. The first subgroup was exposed to concentrated videotaping for two 30-minute sessions per week for 10 weeks. The second subgroup was exposed to videotaping for two 30-minute sessions per week for five weeks. The third subgroup was not exposed to videotaping. Two campus supervisors...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Evaluation, Student Participation, Student Teachers, Student Teaching,...
This booklet presents the high school assessment program for science education by listing Maryland's Core Learning Goals. The match of content indicators and the skills for successful elaborations in thinking, communication, and technology regarding science education are discussed. (ASK)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Classroom Communication, Educational Technology, High Schools,...
One constructivist approach to assessing student learning is the use of portfolios. The contents of a portfolio demonstrate what a student knows and can do. The portfolio indicates actual products and processes a student has developed, as exemplified in the description of the contents of a student portfolio in a teaching methods course. Portfolios may also be used to extend the scope of the curriculum. The portfolio may be the major data course for a grade, but pride of ownership and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Portfolio...
This brochure provides information to educators about the Alaska Kindergarten Developmental Profile, which is prepared for each child entering school. The profile includes developmental information in the areas of physical well-being and motor development, language and literacy development, personal-social development, thinking and cognitive development, and child background. It is designed as a global measure to provide summary information from each school site to the Alaska Department of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, Profiles,...
This paper discusses approaches to grading students that are being used or could be used in state universities in East Africa. Grade assignment usually means that some kind of comparison is being made, whether with other students or established standards or based on improvement and ability. For the most part, university regulations encourage and provide for a uniform grading policy across faculties and departments, although in practice grading may vary by department or discipline and over time....
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education,...
The summary information contained in this report provides teachers, school administrators, students, and the general public with an overview of the results from the June 1998 administration of the Mathematics 33 Diploma Examination by the Alberta Department of Education in Canada. This information is most helpful when used with the detailed school and jurisdiction reports that are provided to schools and school jurisdiction offices. Findings indicate that 79.7% of the 5,818 students who took...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Standards,...
In many large-scale educational assessments it is of interest to compare the distribution of latent abilities of different subpopulations, and track these distributions over time to monitor educational progress. B. Junker, together with two colleagues, has developed a simple scheme, based on the proportion correct score, for smoothly approximating the ability distribution from binary responses. The method works for essentially unidimensional models under essential independence. The smoothing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical...
To obtain from students information for formative evaluation of instruction, course-specific questionnaires were developed with individual faculty. Forms were introduced by a statement that the purpose of evaluation was to improve instruction. Although items varied with the course, all had potential action implications and all requested recommendations for change. Results supporting the effectiveness of course-specific evaluation are reported. Information derived instigated responsive faculty...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education, Measurement Instruments, Questionnaires, Self...
Detailed instructions on how to use the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) Profile Assessment System are presented in a manual intended for use by individual teachers. The system, consisting of a set of materials composed of a large Class Assessment Sheet and 30 individual-pupil records, is used for recording pupil assessments in the basic skills (oral and written; visual understanding and expression; number; physical co-ordination; and manual dexterity), specific subject area,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basic Skills, Profiles, Report Cards, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation,...
This paper focuses on the performance evaluation, a tool extensively treated in the scholarly literature that allows managers and employees to gain shared understanding about workplace behavior. The paper maintains that in the forensic community, the performance evaluation interview can also be an effective forum in which coaches can give constructive feedback to student competitors. The paper's first section focuses on the importance of performance evaluation interviews. The second section...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Debate, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Performance, Speech Communication,...
Improvement of primary school education in Indonesia has been sought since a national standardized curriculum was established in 1976. Curriculum reform centered on requirements for teaching and learning materials, libraries and library books, and other learning equipment. School management and teacher performance have also been emphasized. The need to improve the quality of primary education was reaffirmed in 1986 and is included in the Fifth Five-Year Development Plan. The aim of this study...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Elementary Education, Equal...
The document offers guidelines for an intake method used by the Kentucky Project for Early Education of Exceptional Children (PEEEC) staff in the placement of a referred child for special education services. Intake procedures are outlined for the following steps: initial referral, initial contact with parent, referral screening recommendations meeting, release information, contacts, the ineligible child, screening/diagnosis/assessments, parent interview, parent admission and release conference...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Admission Criteria, Curriculum, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Preschool...
The booklet specifies procedures used in Ohio for determining the existence of a severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement in learning disabled (LD) students. An introductory section outlines state regulations regarding eligibility criteria for determining LD. A three-step procedure is then described (and illustrated in a case example) for calculating the discrepancy score. Alternative methods of determining the discrepancy score are noted. Additional sections focus on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Eligibility, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Test...
This 163-item annotated bibliography was compiled to provide access to research and discussions of student evaluation of teacher effectiveness. It was not limited to any educational level nor confined to any specific curriculum area. Two data bases were searched by computer employing three groups of subject terms--evaluation terms, teacher and effective teaching terms, and student terms. A complete list of terms used is included in the appendix. The two data bases were ERIC, yielding documents...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Student...
The final report documents a 3 year program for preschool handicapped children. Information is presented on the following aspects of the program (subtopics in parentheses): direct and supplementary services to children (providing a home based educational program for children focusing on parent training, coordinating supplementary child services provided by outside agencies, and providing a classroom program for children as a transition between the home program and other community programs);...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Intervention, Parent Counseling, Parent Education, Preschool Education,...
This publication is a compilation of articles directed toward providing a better understanding of the various aspects of gymnastics and to promote a greater proficiency among educators, coaches, judges, leaders, and participants of sport programs for girls and women. Articles in the first section cover the technical aspects of gymnastics: (1) vaulting; (2) the turning uprise; (3) floor and beam routine; (4) dance technique; and (5) apparatus and tumbling. Subsequent articles cover the topics...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Athletic Equipment, Dance, Gymnastics, Injuries, Judges, Muscular Strength, Safety,...
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4 reports on student evaluation of teaching effectiveness that make up Orsett Technical Reports Series A. From 2002 and it includes details of the construction of Birmingham Overseas Students Teaching Evaluation Questionnaire (BOSTEQ)
Topics: education, educational psychology, teaching effectiveness, student evaluation of teaching...
Five alternatives to standardized testing of student achievement are described in this brief overview. The first, criterion-referenced tests, are designed to evaluate the accomplishment of specifically stated instructional objectives. Student performance is judged on the basis of the objectives, rather than in comparison to other students taking the test. The second approach is teacher-made tests, which are usually criterion-referenced mastery tests measuring small units of instruction. They...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods,...
The Next Generation Assessment Task Force was convened to formulate Wisconsin's path forward. Task force members listened to leaders from business and technology sectors as well as leaders from PK-12 and higher education. This summary shares the process, definitions, assumptions, and recommendations of the task force. This paper aims to use these findings as a blueprint for the next generation of assessment. [This report was supported by the Great Lakes West Comprehensive Assistance Center.]
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Evaluation, Measurement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Summative...
The report analyzes the status of handicapped children in Project Head Start from 1983-84. Following an overview of Head Start policies on services to handicapped children, the report describes questionnaire content. Detailed findings are then presented for the following topics: number of handicapped children enrolled in Head Start programs, types of handicaps, severity of handicaps, outreach and recruitment, diagnosis and assessment of handicapped children, mainstreaming and special services,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Health Services, Incidence, Outreach Programs, Preschool Education,...
This pamphlet provides current information about the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading. In addition to describing the purpose and goals of the NAEP, the pamphlet discusses the reasons for assessing reading, the 1992 NAEP in Reading (including recent changes), the guidelines used to create a framework for reading assessment, what the 1992 NAEP in Reading will examine, and how the results will be used. In addition, the pamphlet describes special studies to be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, National Programs,...
The "Super Search Reprint" contains a background paper and 152 abstracts on the topic of curriculum-based assessment and curriculum-based measurement. A paper by Mark Shinn and others, titled "Curriculum-Based Assessment: A Comparison of Models" ("School Psychology Review," 1989, volume 18, number 3), presents four commonly used curriculum-based assessment models and compares them along a set of important dimensions, including: primary decision-making purpose,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary...
This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on assessment. Assessment has been a major trend in higher education over the last 10 years, with the nature of the literature changing significantly over the years. This annotated bibliography groups assessment resources into these categories: (1) general resources; (2) institutional assessment; (3) assessment and the learning environment; (4) methods and techniques; and (5) statewide, regional, and national approaches. This bibliography...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Higher...
Described is the use of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Tests in the evaluation of children with learning disabilities. It is explained that these tests are based on a combined evaluation of four methods of inference: level of performance, ratio scores (measuring the discrepancy between overlearned and seldom practiced behavior to infer the presence of brain injury), pathognomonic signs (such as aphasia), and right versus left comparisons. Specific components considered include the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Learning...
This paper focuses on statistical thinking as the third arm of statistical development. The paper opens with a survey of recent definitions of statistical thinking and then attempts to differentiate statistical thinking from statistical literacy and statistical reasoning. Implications for instruction are traced, emphasizing beginning courses for nonstatistics majors. Several suggestions are given to develop habits of statistical thinking in students. The final section of the paper suggests...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum, Definitions, Higher Education, Instruction, Statistics, Student...
Educational policy issues must be seen as statements of intention, with the practice issues of accountability kept separate. Accountability should not be juxtaposed to school improvement. Instead, accountability should be defined broadly as doing the things that improve practice so that the intended results can be achieved. If there is no balance in the definition of accountability, then it will merely result in scorekeeping. School improvement must drive the standards and assessment process or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Practices,...
This study investigated the performance of Alabama College System (ACS) students on a Basic Skills Test (BST) and compared it with non-ACS students' scores to determine whether there were significant differences in achievement. The Alabama Basic Skills Test is required of all students seeking admission to teacher education programs at Alabama colleges or universities. This study included 1,181 ACS students and 1,518 non-ACS students. A comparison of the mean scale score for students who had...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing,...
This guide presents a general music program for elementary grades. The program divides the grades into four levels: early childhood through grade 1, grades 2-3, grades 4-5, and grade 6. At each level the program is outlined in terms of rhythm, melody, harmony, form, tempo, dynamics, and tone color. In addition, there is a section on instrumental programs which is strongly recommended as an enrichment of the general music program, a section on evaluation which explains and gives examples of both...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Equipment, Music Activities, Music Education, Program Content,...