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The Internationalization of Test Reviewing: Trends, Differences, and Results
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Evers, Arne – International Journal of Testing, 2012
In this article, the characteristics of five test review models are described. The five models are the US review system at the Buros Center for Testing, the German Test Review System of the Committee on Tests, the Brazilian System for the Evaluation of Psychological Tests, the European EFPA Review Model, and the Dutch COTAN Evaluation System for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Test Reviews, Trend Analysis, International Education
The EPIC Professional Learning Model: A Review of EPIC's Alignment with Leadership Development Research and Professional Learning National Standards. The Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC). Research Brief
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Sloan, Kay; Perreira-Leon, Maura – New Leaders for New Schools (NJ1), 2010
With the creation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC), New Leaders for New Schools hoped to accomplish two broad and ambitious goals. The first was to identify and reward leadership practices driving significant achievement gains in high-poverty, urban schools. The second was to learn from those practices and make them more widely…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Poverty, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Proposing a 6+3 Model for Developing Information Literacy Standards for Schools: A Case for Singapore
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Mokhtar, Intan Azura; Foo, Schubert; Majid, Shaheen; Theng, Yin Leng; Luyt, Brendan; Chang, Yun-Ke – Education for Information, 2009
Several comprehensive information literacy (IL) standards have been developed worldwide for use in the education sector, specifically for students and teachers. Apart from the more generic International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) IL standards, such standards are more appropriate for their countries of origins. If these standards are…
Descriptors: Library Associations, Information Seeking, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
The Pursuit of "Excellence": Mentoring in Further Education Initial Teacher Training in England
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Tedder, Michael; Lawy, Robert – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
Mentoring has become established as a central feature of initial teacher training programmes in English further education (FE) yet there remains a lack of clarity within the sector about what mentoring should mean. The direction of government reforms has been to make mentoring part of the formal assessment of trainee teachers against national…
Descriptors: Mentors, National Standards, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
The In-Service Training of Adult Literacy, Numeracy and English for Speakers of Other Languages Teachers in England; the Challenges of a "Standards-Led Model"
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Lucas, Norman – Journal of In-service Education, 2007
Drawing upon two research projects, this paper analyses changes affecting the in-service training of adult literacy, numeracy and teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages in England. There are many issues raised in this paper, particularly how in-service teacher education programmes in England can meet the diversity of learner need, how…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Characteristics, National Standards
Standards-Referenced Assessment for Vocational Education and Training in Schools
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Griffin, Patrick; Gillis, Shelley; Calvitto, Leanne – Australian Journal of Education, 2007
This study examined a model of assessment that could be applied nationally for Year Twelve Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects and which could yield both a differentiating score and recognition of competence. More than fifty colleges across all states and territories of Australia field-tested the approach over one school year. Results…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries