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Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group), 2005
The purpose of this briefing paper is to review common approaches to performance evaluation in accountability systems, in order to recommend a workable approach for California Community colleges, as the system seeks to meet the requirements of district-level accountability required by AB 1417. The recommendations within this paper capture commonly…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Accountability, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
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Hale, James B.; Kaufman, Alan; Naglieri, Jack A.; Kavale, Kenneth A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) was reauthorized by the U.S. Congress in 2004, yet ongoing regulatory efforts are required to determine its operationalization and implementation. Of particular concern to school psychologists and others involved in the educational process are the guidelines for identification of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities
Moore, Carl M.; Coke, James G. – 1977
This paper discusses Delphi-a method of utilizing individuals' knowledge, judgment, and opinions to address complex questions and applies the method to a community planning project in Stow, Ohio. There are four phases of any Delphi: (1) exploring the subject under discussion, with each individual contributing pertinent information, (2) reaching an…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Convergent Thinking, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making Skills
Venable, B. – 1994
Whether the aim has been to understand the nature of creativity or to determine its development, researchers have formulated a number of measures of creativity. A glut of results and conclusions actually hinders an educational understanding of the term creativity. The most widely known tests of creativity incorporate divergent-thinking, as opposed…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Biggs, J. B. – 1971
In this study, the effects of motivational and behavioral dimensions of study behavior on objective and essay modes of evaluating course content were investigated. Several performance measures in two undergraduate Educational Psychology courses were factor analyzed, and three orthogonal performance factors were obtained: general achievement,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Convergent Thinking, Educational Testing
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Schutz, Aaron; Moss, Pamela A. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
A central dilemma of portfolio assessment is that as the richness of the data available to readers increases, so do the challenges involved in ensuring acceptable reliability among readers. Drawing on empirical and theoretical work in discourse analysis, ethnomethodology, and other fields, we argue that this dilemma results, in part, from the fact…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Teacher Effectiveness, Portfolio Assessment, Interrater Reliability
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