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McClellan, Catherine; Snyder, Rebecca; Woods-Murphy, Maryann; Basset, Katherine – National Network of State Teachers of the Year, 2018
Great teachers recognize great assessments. As policy and education leaders work to make sure state tests are measuring the problem-solving, writing, and critical-thinking skills students need for success, they should convene and rely on teachers to review test quality and help answer the question: Do the questions on our state test reflect…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Educational Quality, Standardized Tests, Test Items
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Murphy, Margueritte S.; Flowers, Kathleen S. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
This article describes the development of the Community-Based Learning (CBL) Scorecard by a grant-funded consortium of liberal arts institutions. The aim of the scorecard was to promote assessment that improves student learning with an instrument that employs a quantitative scale, allowing for benchmarking across institutions. Extensive interviews…
Descriptors: Consortia, Community Education, Statistical Analysis, Benchmarking
Herman, Joan; Linn, Robert – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2013
Two consortia, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), are currently developing comprehensive, technology-based assessment systems to measure students' attainment of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The consequences of the consortia…
Descriptors: Consortia, Student Evaluation, Educational Testing, Academic Standards
Child Development Associate Consortium, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1974
This paper, presented by the Black Advisory Task Force to the Child Development Associate (CDA) Consortium, reports on the development of the "collaborative process" approach to the examination and credentialing of CDA candidates. The collaborative approach was designed to be free from racial bias, to be predictive of job performance,…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Community Involvement, Competency Based Education
McMartin, Flora – 1999
This paper recounts the process of integrating industry into the assessment process in engineering education developed by the Synthesis Coalition, a group of colleges and schools working together to improve engineering education through development and implementation of curriculum reforms. Originating in the Coalition's efforts to introduce…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
Educational Improvement Center-South, Sewell, NJ. – 1981
Designed to help South Jersey school districts address the vocational developmental needs of their secondary gifted students, the Vocational Guidance/Instructional Program for Gifted/Talented Vocational Students (Project VGIP) involved a flexible consortium and development of a handbook of vocational counseling and teaching strategies for gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Career Counseling, Career Development
Misko, Josie – 2001
Linkages between Australia's vocational education and training (VET) and technical and further education (TAFE) sectors and industry were examined through 13 case studies involving a variety of industrial sectors in South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. Special attention was paid to the processes established by school clusters to develop…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Competence