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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Monitoring is an ongoing and systematic activity which provides school districts, private schools, private Early Childhood Services operators, and Alberta Education with information needed to determine whether policies and programs are being implemented as planned, are meeting basic Provincial requirements, and what improvements are needed.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
National Academy of Education, Stanford, CA. – 1992
This report presents findings of the National Academy of Education Panel on the Evaluation of the Trial State Assessment (TSA) concerning the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics TSA program. The Panel's recommendations regarding the continuation of TSAs for review by the Congress, states, and Executive Branch of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Comings, John P.; Beder, Hal; Bingman, Beth; Reder, Stephen; Smith, Cristine – 2003
To benefit from the support of public and private sector leaders and to ensure that all students receive effective services, the adult education system must identify program models that have empirical evidence to support claims of effectiveness. The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences defines evidence-based education as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students