Evaluation category: 669 books
Effective Teaching
Educators Perspective of Meaning Making in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
What is effective teaching and what pedagogical models are being used in teacher education and evaluation? The purpose of this book is for current educators to share their effective practices in higher education—the program demographics, the vision, the preparation, the process, and the outcome....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
While Research on the effectiveness of electronic portfolios for assessment and accreditation is emerging, many who are now using, or who are beginning to use, electronic portfolios are looking to justify the cost and effort involved. The purposes of this volume are to create an indepth portrait of ways...
Arts Evaluation and Assessment
Measuring Impact in Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This book addresses the challenges faced by arts organizations, schools, and community-based settings when designing program evaluations and measuring artistic engagement and experience. With contributions from leaders in the field, this volume is an exemplary collection of complete program evaluations...
Gifted Program Evaluation
A Handbook for Administrators and Coordinators
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
by Philip J. Piety
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
For better or worse, many educational decisions that were once handled on a personal level by teachers or administrators now increasingly rely upon data and information. To be successful in this era, educators need to understand this broad sociotechnical revolution and how it is realigning traditional...
Rubric Assessment Goes to College
Objective, Comprehensive Evaluation of Student Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
On campuses across the United States and beyond, schools of business, education, law, liberal arts, management, medical professions, pharmacy, and physical or social sciences are beginning to use assessment rubrics for purposes of formative and summative evaluation. A concise yet comprehensive guide...
School-Based Evaluation
A Guide for Board Members, Superintendents, Principals, Department Heads, and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Assessing Teacher Effectiveness
Different models
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
How can we really evaluate teacher effectiveness?
Systems of teacher appraisal and evaluation are being created across the world in order to monitor and assess teacher performance. But do the models used really give a fair evaluation?
Based on international research, the authors argue...
by Marvin A. Henry, Ann Weber
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Little time? Big responsibility! If you are a cooperating teacher hosting a student teacher, this book is the quick reference tool that you need. We like to say, “It’s the little instruction book that should come with your student teacher!” It answers many questions about the evaluation process,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
This book presents a collection of statistical methods and procedures to assess data coming from educational systems. The topics examined include: statistical methods for constructing composite indicators, applied measurements, assessment of educational systems, measurement of the performance of the...
Student Growth Measures in Policy and Practice
Intended and Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This book examines the intersection of policy and practice in the use of student growth measures (SGMs) for high-stakes purposes as per such educator evaluation systems. The book also focuses on examinations of educators’ perceptions of and reactions to the use of SGMs; ethical implications pertaining...
by Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
This report assesses the effectiveness of correctional education programs for both incarcerated adults and juveniles and the cost-effectiveness of adult correctional education. It also provides results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors that give an up-to-date picture of what...
Assessment and Intervention for English Language Learners
Translating Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
This book presents evidence-based practices for appropriate assessment of and school-based services for young English language learners. It identifies and addresses the challenges of assessing and intervening with these students at the curricular, instructional, environmental, and individual levels,...
Pathways to Proficiency
Implementing Evidence-Based Grading
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Challenge traditional grading practices and adopt a new, more effective grading model for students that will close the gaps in student achievement and content mastery. This book provides the pathway for implementing evidence-based grading practices in schools through a straightforward, five-phase...