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Download full textSan Diego City Schools, CA. – 1993
The Student Achievement Accountability Committee (SAAC) of the San Diego (California) City Schools was formed to make recommendations concerning accountability in relation to the district's objective of closing the student achievement gap. The SAAC was formed in 1990 with representation from school administrators, parents, and teachers. The SAAC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
Despot, Paula C. – 1993
This practicum was designed to provide elementary students from low-socioeconomic school communities equitable opportunities to use notebook computer technology in the communication process. A multi-dimensional staff development program was designed and conducted to integrate computer technology in the classroom. Students and their families were…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperation
Herman, Joan L. – 1990
This study analyzes the ways in which school boards assess and utilize evaluation data and their attitudes toward testing. Interviews with 27 school board members from 10 districts indicate that board members tend to rely on informal working knowledge over formal information, and on district administrators' judgments. Findings suggest that simple…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Boards of Education, Data Interpretation
Burgess, J. Orrison, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This manual was developed in response to issues and concerns raised in "Directions and Program Policy Proposals" (1984), and in accordance with the Saskatchewan (Canada) School Improvement Program to help meet the need for more and improved monitoring and evaluation at the local school level. It is designed to provide school…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Decision Making
Guthrie, Larry F.; And Others – 1989
Results of a survey to collect information on the numbers of state partnerships, types of services they provide, and characteristics of exemplary programs are presented in this report. A survey of 1,150 California Educational Partnership Consortium (CEPC) members elicited 132 responses. Findings identified a wide range of linkages between schools…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Valentine, Jerry W. – 1987
Performance/Outcome Based Principal Evaluation (P/OBPE) attempts to enhance the instructional and managerial leadership of the principal and assistant principal by providing a basis for effective data collection, communication, personal and organizational development, and employment decision making. Professional criteria--job related expectations…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Behavioral Objectives
McBeath, Clare – 1986
A study examined the decision-making stage in the curriculum development process in vocational programs throughout Australia. Data were collected from interviews from a network of persons currently involved in curriculum development and case studies of the curriculum development process in action at 16 vocational schools throughout Australia.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Stolzenberg, Ross M., Ed. – 1988
The design of the Graduate Management Admission Council's (GMAC) New Matriculants Survey, which gathered data on 2,053 first-year students at 91 U.S. graduate schools of business and management in 1985, is described. The basic purposes and parameters of the GMAC Survey (requests for proposals) are explained, and the GMAC survey design is detailed.…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Business Administration Education, Decision Making, Educational Background
Farrell, Gail E. – 1989
Curriculum processes in representative areas of four large Western countries are investigated. Countries involved in the study include Australia, Canada, England, and the United States, which is represented by Georgia. Core curricula in these countries are markedly similar. Data on curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1980
The increasing use of educational tests to establish the accountability, credibility, and viability of educational programs is paralleled with increasing criticism of the "accountability through testing" philosophy. To analyze the relevancy and appropriateness of tests for educational decision making at the school district level, three…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Testing
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Occupational Education Research. – 1982
A study was conducted to determine which aspects of guidance programs in New York State's secondary institutions are most effective in helping individual students make appropriate vocational program choices. Data, collected through a series of site visits, included results of administrator and counselor interviews, student surveys, and reviews of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Guidance
Strub, Dick – 1981
This document describes a project to develop an instrument for the assessment of the guidance and affective needs of special education students. The needs assessment instruments, contained in the appendices, are presented: the primary grade level "What Do You Think" inventory to assess school, family, self, and peer concerns; and the "Concerns I…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life
Jones, Susan Holtzer – 1979
Survey results pertaining to the development of a campus plan for student participation for the University of California at Davis campus are presented. The data were derived from a two-part questionnaire, which is appended. Part one contains five questions designed to measure levels of student participation, and part two contains six open-ended…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Students, Decision Making
Manning, Brad A. – 1973
The Trouble Shooting Checklist-B (TSC-B) is a predictive instrument to aid the educational change agent in defining variables within institutions or organizations which are concerned with adopting a psychological assessment battery with some form of personal counseling orientation in deciding whether or not an institution is suited for a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies
Neill, Monty – 1997
In this study, FairTest evaluated how well state assessment practices live up to the promise of high standards without standardization. The practices of states were measured against standards derived from the "Principles and Indicators for Student Assessment Systems," a 1995 publication of education and civil rights groups working…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
