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Escandon-Barbosa, Diana; Salas-Paramo, Jairo; Moreno-Gómez, Jorge – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
The purpose of the research is to theorise about the determinants of academic reputation and the moderating effects of aspiration performance in Latin-American universities present in three of the most important rankings in the world: The Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). To…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Reputation, Achievement Rating
Mary K. Killeen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The accountability era has produced school grading systems that purport to evaluate school effectiveness yet utilize hegemonic formulas that label low-scoring schools and neighborhoods, depriving them of incentive monies tied to their school grades. This quantitative study analyzed the publicly available data of 106 elementary schools in one large…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Use, Elementary Schools, Urban Schools
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Nina Seidenberg; Ioana Jivet; Maren Scheffel; Vitomir Kovanovic; Grace Lynch; Hendrik Drachsler – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2024
A relevant learning space for academics, especially junior researchers, is the academic conference. While conference participation has long been associated with personal attendance at the conference venue, virtual participation is becoming increasingly important. This study investigates the perceived value of a purely virtual academic conference…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), College Faculty, College Students, Researchers
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Thomas V. Pollet; Merim Bilalic; Lee Shepherd – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Arbitrary placing cut-offs in data, i.e. binning, is recognised as poor statistical practice. We explore the consequences of using arbitrary cut-offs in two large datasets, the National Student Survey (2019 and 2022). These are nationwide surveys aimed at capturing student satisfaction amongst UK undergraduates. For these survey data, it is common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Student Satisfaction
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Sam Thomas – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Prospective students and other stakeholders in the education system use global and national rankings as a measure of the quality of education offered by different higher educational institutions. The ranking of an Institution is seen as a measure of reputation and has a significant role in attracting students. But are students happy in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Satisfaction, Colleges
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O'Donnell, Francis; Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational Assessment, 2022
Since the standards-based assessment practices required by the No Child Left Behind legislation, almost all students in the United States are "labeled" according to their performance on educational achievement tests. In spite of their widespread use in reporting test results, research on how achievement level labels are perceived by…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
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Ali, Mohammad Ghulam – Online Submission, 2022
Ranking scales is an important tool which serves learning outcomes. Accuracy of Ranking depends upon how accurately & honestly the data is submitted according to the ranking methodology, how accurately Peers are giving their responses and how efficiently the ranking agencies are validating and evaluating the submitted data. However, giving…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Achievement Rating, Reputation, Universities
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Cohen, Jefna M. – Learning Professional, 2023
When Noline Martin became assistant principal at Thurgood Marshall Elementary, a pre-K-6 school in Richardson, Texas, in 2017, the school was working its way up from being declared a failing campus two years earlier. It had recently improved to a "met standard" rating, but Martin knew the school could do more to help its students. Her…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Literacy Education
Katelyn Koch – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perspectives on the intent and purpose of grading, the effectiveness of grading systems, and how large, complex systems can implement effective change. The design of the study was qualitative, based on an anonymous survey mixed with open-ended and Likert Scale questions. The participants in this…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Grading, Student Evaluation, Achievement Rating
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Ahirwal, Mitul Kumar; Kumar, Prabhat – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2023
Nowadays, with increasing competitiveness in every field, securing a good job may be difficult. In this connection, students aiming to get into the best educational institution (EI) would give them their best chance of quality education and good job opportunities. Institutional evaluation and selection are complex tasks that must simultaneously…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Choice, Selection Criteria, Decision Making
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Pope, David A.; Mick, James P. – String Research Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the assigned ratings, interrater reliability, and possible influences of school level and instrumentation on adjudicators' evaluations of orchestra performances at a national-level adjudicated music festival. Data consisted of the overall ratings assigned to orchestra performances (N = 55) at the 2017,…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Music Activities
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Yovav Eshet – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions worldwide to shift from face-to-face (F2F) to emergency remote teaching (ERT), which has led to an increased concern about academic integrity. This study examines the relationship between learning environment and academic integrity via plagiarism detection software in different…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Integrity, Ethics, Student Behavior
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Andrade-Molina, Melissa; Montecino, Alex; Aguilar, Mario Sánchez – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2020
In recent years, the field of mathematics education has witnessed the emergence of several journal rankings. Within these rankings, Ibero-American journals have had little--to almost no--presence. This raises awareness on the current state of journal indexes and on what these indexes do and how they have been used in constituting sites of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Periodicals, Achievement Rating
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Jon Valant; Brigham Walker – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2023
Many U.S. cities with school choice programs have adopted unified enrollment systems to manage their application and placement processes centrally. Typically, these systems use placement algorithms to assign students to schools. These algorithms make placements based on families' rank-ordered requests, seat availability in schools, and various…
Descriptors: School Choice, Enrollment, Student Placement, Algorithms
Eric C. Clinkscales – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Online technology in academia offers an opportunity to improve high school students' academic achievement and graduation status. The purpose of this quantitative comparative study was to determine if or to what extent a statistically significant difference exists in the graduation status of full-time online versus traditional high school students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Conventional Instruction, High Schools, Technology Uses in Education
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