Evaluating Education In America

Author : Behzad Yousefzadeh,Leah M. Hughes
Publisher : Hillside Pub
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993-12-01
Category : Teacher effectiveness
ISBN : 096409701X

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Evaluating Education in America by Behzad Yousefzadeh,Leah M. Hughes Pdf

EVALUATING EDUCATION IN AMERICA - MASTERING THE SYSTEM: A good solid system comes from teachers, students, parents & administrators. Each one has a position & a duty that helps to teach efficiently. If one is missed or misplaced then there is a real problem. The relationship between these is what level they are standing. Education is an art. Education is a quality, not a quantity. It works like a brain. How effective it is, not how much harder it is. This is sound advice to follow. A set of solid rules that most everyone will follow. Learning takes place because of a need or interest, but can one be substituted for the other? A solid structure which is what this book is all about. A new idea & a solution from teacher to student forever. In the end, a good intention to a profitable economy, & a better life with harmony. One may ask, did I learn this skill in my school? First he has to ask, did my teacher know it? To order contact Hillside Publishing. Send your order, Fax your order: $9.95 ISBN 0-9640970-1-X, Copyright-1993. Hillside Publishing, 6041 New Peachtree Rd., Doraville, GA 30340. Phone 404-457-6164, FAX 404-457-9040. Baker & Taylor, 652 East Main Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0920. Phone 908-218-0403, FAX 908-218-3508.

Author : Ruth Mitchell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780029214657

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Testing for Learning by Ruth Mitchell Pdf

Evaluation sends a message. It points to what is valued and ignores what is not perceived to be important. Educational evaluation--testing and assessment--has been telling students, teachers, administrators, and legislators that the system values rote memorization and passive recognition of single correct answers.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Independent Evaluation of DC Public Schools
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309209366

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A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Independent Evaluation of DC Public Schools Pdf

The District of Columbia (DC) has struggled for decades to improve its public education system. In 2007 the DC government made a bold change in the way it governs public education with the goal of shaking up the system and bringing new energy to efforts to improve outcomes for students. The Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERAA) shifted control of the city's public schools from an elected school board to the mayor, developed a new state department of education, created the position of chancellor, and made other significant management changes. A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools offers a framework for evaluating the effects of PERAA on DC's public schools. The book recommends an evaluation program that includes a systematic yearly public reporting of key data as well as in-depth studies of high-priority issues including: quality of teachers, principals, and other personnel; quality of classroom teaching and learning; capacity to serve vulnerable children and youth; promotion of family and community engagement; and quality and equity of operations, management, and facilities. As part of the evaluation program, the Mayor's Office should produce an annual report to the city on the status of the public schools, including an analysis of trends and all the underlying data. A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools suggests that D.C. engage local universities, philanthropic organizations, and other institutions to develop and sustain an infrastructure for ongoing research and evaluation of its public schools. Any effective evaluation program must be independent of school and city leaders and responsive to the needs of all stakeholders. Additionally, its research should meet the highest standards for technical quality.

Author : National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment (U.S.)
Publisher : Department of Education
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:31951D01702171X

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The Educational System in the United States by National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment (U.S.) Pdf

This volume reports on the Case Study Project, an initiative that evaluates the experiences of math and science teachers across the United States and includes levels of schooling and achievement levels. The report focuses on typical public schools in the United States at three levels: elementary, junior high, and senior high with the intent of creating a composite profile of typical schools. The volume is divided into five chapters: "Rationale for the Study,""The Development and Implementation of Education Standards in the United States,""Individual Differences and the United States Education System,""The Role of School in United States Adolescents' Lives," and "Teachers and the Teaching Profession in the United States." Results show that the typical school had adopted curriculum standards or guidelines proposed by state departments of education, rather than by a national body. One exception to this was the influential set of national guidelines developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Despite the general interest in standards, the choices made by parents, teachers, and students reflected many values, of which the desire for independence was one of the strongest. Students who were surveyed exhibited high optimism, especially those students from middle- class families. (RJM)

Author : National Council on Education Standards and Testing (U.S.)
Publisher : Department of Education
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112006911975

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Raising Standards for American Education by National Council on Education Standards and Testing (U.S.) Pdf

Recommendations by the National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST) are provided concerning whether national standards and a system of assessments are desirable and feasible and how national standards and a system of assessments are to be developed and implemented. The NCEST found that the absence of explicit national standards keyed to world-class levels of performance severely hampers the ability to monitor the nation's progress toward the six national education goals. Without well-defined and demanding standards, American education has gravitated toward "de facto" national minimum expectations, with curricula focusing on low-level reading and arithmetic skills and on small amounts of factual material in other content areas. Most current assessment methods cannot determine if students are acquiring the skills/knowledge they need to prosper in the future. These assessments reinforce the emphasis on low-level skills and processing bits of data rather than on problem solving and critical thinking. It is concluded that high national education standards and a voluntary linked system of assessments are desirable and feasible mechanisms for raising expectations, revitalizing instruction, and rejuvenating education reform efforts for all American schools and students. The NCEST will work toward local commitment to high national expectation for achievement for all students, and toward developing Federal, state, and local policies that ensure high quality resources (instructional materials and well-prepared teachers). Acknowledgments; authorization for the NCEST; public comments; the six national education goals; and reports of the standards, assessment, implementation, English, mathematics, science, history, and geography task forces of the NCEST are appended. (RLC)

Author : Henry M. Levin,Patrick J. McEwan,Clive Belfield,A. Brooks Bowden,Robert Shand
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483381824

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Economic Evaluation in Education by Henry M. Levin,Patrick J. McEwan,Clive Belfield,A. Brooks Bowden,Robert Shand Pdf

The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same or even fewer resources, philanthropists are keen to calculate their "return on investment" in social programs, and the general public is increasingly scrutinizing how resources are allocated to schools and colleges. This text (titled Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in its previous editions) is the only full-length book to provide readers with the step-by-step methods they need to plan and implement a benefit-cost analysis in education. The authors examine a range of issues, including how to identify, measure, and distribute costs; how to measure effectiveness, utility, and benefits; and how to incorporate cost evaluations into the decision-making process. The updates to the Third Edition reflect the considerable methodological development in the evaluation literature, and the greater empiricism practiced by education researchers, to help readers learn to apply more advanced methods to their own analyses. SAGE congratulates author Henry M. Levin, winner of the 2017 AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award.

Author : James R. Sanders,Carolyn D. Sullins
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452261089

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Evaluating School Programs by James R. Sanders,Carolyn D. Sullins Pdf

This updated edition of the bestseller features a five-step NCLB-based process that demonstrates how skillfully administered annual program evaluations result in lasting educational benefits.

Author : George F. Madaus,D.L. Stufflebeam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400926790

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Educational Evaluation: Classic Works of Ralph W. Tyler by George F. Madaus,D.L. Stufflebeam Pdf

I personally learned to know Ralph Tyler rather late in his career when, in the 1960s, I spent a year as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. His term of office as Director of the Center was then approaching its end. This would seem to disqualify me thoroughly from preparing a Foreword to this "Classic Works. " Many of his colleagues and, not least, of his students at his dear Alma Mater, the University of Chicago, are certainly better prepared than I to put his role in American education in proper perspective. The reason for inviting me is, I assume, to bring out the influence that Tyler has had on the international educational scene. I am writing this Foreword on a personal note. Ralph Tyler's accomplishments in his roles as a scholar, policy maker, educational leader, and statesman have been amply put on record in this book, not least in the editors' Preface. My reflections are those of an observer from abroad but who, over the last 25 years, has been close enough to overcome the aloofness of the foreigner. Tyler has over many years been criss-crossing the North American con tinent generously giving advice to agencies at the federal, state, and local levels, lecturing, and serving on many committees and task forces that have been instrumental in shaping American education.

Author : A. Lin Goodwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136047107

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Assessment for Equity and Inclusion by A. Lin Goodwin Pdf

How students are assessed can determine not only the quality, type, and degree of education they receive, but has long-term consequences for their future. Assessment by standardized testing often labels poor and minority children in ways that exclude them from opportunities, while failing to measure their true potential. Assessment for Equity and Inclusion confronts the debate between standardized testing and alternative assessment methods, locating strategies of assessment by which students are included rather than excluded.

Author : Hyunjoon Park
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134072873

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Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea by Hyunjoon Park Pdf

International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but it has also attracted strong criticism and a range of misconceptions of the Japanese and Korean education system. Directly challenging these misconceptions, which are prevalent in both academic and public discourses, this book seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the Japanese and Korean education systems. This includes the idea that the highly standardized means of education makes outstanding students mediocre; that the emphasis on memorization leads to a lack of creativity and independent thinking; that students’ successes are a result of private supplementary education; and that the Japanese and Korean education systems are homogenous to the point of being one single system. Using empirical data Hyunjoon Park re-evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing education systems in Japan and Korea and reveals whether the issues detailed above are real or unfounded and misinformed. Offering a balanced view of the evolving and complex nature of academic achievement among Japanese and Korean students, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian, international and comparative education, as well as those interested in Asian society more broadly.

Author : Jerry B. Ayers,Mary F. Berney
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400925120

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A Practical Guide to Teacher Education Evaluation by Jerry B. Ayers,Mary F. Berney Pdf

J. T. Sandefur Western Kentucky University American's ability to compete in world markets is eroding. The productivity growth of our competitors outdistances our own. The capacity of our economy to provide a high standard of living for all our people is increasingly in doubt. As jobs requiring little skill are automated or go offshore and demand increases for the highly skilled, the pool of educated and skilled people grows smaller and the backwater of the unemployable rises. Large numbers of American children are in limbo--ignorant of the past and unprepared for the future. Many are dropping out--notjust out of school--but out of productive society. These are not my words. They are a direct quote from the Executive Summary of the Carnegie Forum Report on Education and the Economy entitled A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (p. 2, 1986). This report was motivated by four purposes: 1. To remind Americans, yet again, of the economic challenges pressing us on all sides; 2. To assert the primacy of education as the foundation of economic growth, equal opportunity and a shared national vision; 3. To reaffirm that the teaching profession is the best hope for establishing new standards of excellence as the hallmark of American education; and 4. To point out that a remarkable window of opportunity lies before us in the next decade to reform education, an opportunity that may not present itself again until well into the next century.

Author : W. James Popham
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483307558

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Evaluating America’s Teachers by W. James Popham Pdf

When teacher evaluations are fair, everyone wins. Poor evaluation systems don’t just hurt teachers—they hurt students, too. That’s why America can’t afford to wait for the teacher-evaluation problem to be solved. To provide balanced, accurate, and rigorous evaluations that take into account each teacher’s particular circumstances, only one system can work: evidence-governed collegial judgment. This book includes: A discussion of common evaluation systems, including testing, value-added models, and observations Analysis of federal guidelines and state responses Action steps teachers and school leaders can take to influence policy A clear rationale and strategies for implementing a teacher evaluation model based on human judgment

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Educational tests and measurements
ISBN : MINN:31951D003573376

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Testing in American Schools by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alyson Leah Lavigne,Thomas L. Good
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135093259

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Teacher and Student Evaluation by Alyson Leah Lavigne,Thomas L. Good Pdf

Following the recent major school reform of Race to the Top, schools, teachers, and students are increasingly evaluated through high-stakes achievement test scores. In six concise chapters, Teacher and Student Evaluation explores the historical rise and modern landscape of accountability in American education, and the current models of teacher evaluation. The authors provide realistic and useful suggestions for responding to current accountability demands. The authors explore the methodological concerns and policy implications of using value-added and observational measures to make high-stakes decisions. After reaching the conclusion that these contemporary evaluation practices are flawed, Alyson Lavigne and Thomas Good offer possible solutions that inform current and future teacher evaluation. This book is a valuable resource for students of educational assessment as well as policy makers, administrators, and teachers who are currently building accountability plans. The book is written in an accessible but authoritative fashion that practitioners, policymakers, and scholars will find useful.

Author : Scott M. Gelber
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421438177

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Grading the College by Scott M. Gelber Pdf

A comprehensive history of evaluation in American higher education. In Grading the College, Scott M. Gelber offers a comprehensive history of evaluating teaching and learning in higher education. He complicates the conventional narrative that portrays evaluation as a newfangled assault on the integrity of higher education while acknowledging that there are many compelling reasons to oppose those practices. The evaluation of teaching and learning, Gelber argues, presented genuine dilemmas that have attracted the attention of faculty members and academic leaders since the 1920s. Especially during the peak era of faculty authority that followed the end of the Second World War, significant numbers of professors and administrators believed that evaluation might improve institutional performance, reduce the bias inherent in traditional methods of supervision, strengthen communication with laypersons, and encourage a more deliberate focus on the distinctive goals of college. Gelber reveals the extent to which professors and academic interest groups participated in the development of our most common evaluation instruments, including student course questionnaires, achievement tests, surveys, rubrics, rankings, and accreditation self-studies. Although these efforts may seem distant from the present era of shortsighted scrutiny and ill-conceived comparisons, Gelber demonstrates that the evaluation of college teaching and learning has long consisted of a set of intellectually sophisticated questions that have engaged, and could continue to engage, faculty members and their advocates. By providing a deeper understanding of how evaluation operated before the dawn of high-stakes accountability, Grading the College seeks to promote productive conversations about current attempts to define and measure the purposes of American higher education.