Last September JISC ran an evaluation workshop for all projects which provided guidance on a methodological framework for evaluation based on the bookletSix Steps to Effective Evaluation: A Handbook for Programme and Project Managers, developed for JISC
Once one sees the whole report, it turns out that theHEFCE/RAE Research Evaluation Frameworkis far better, far more flexible, and far more comprehensive than is reflected in either the press release or theExecutive Summary.
Post-publication journals
With the increase in the number of journals and articles being published every year and the possibility of having an even larger set of "gray literature" available online we face the challenge of filtering out those bits of information that are relevant for us.
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Metadata Harvesting Librarian
Digital Library Production Service, University of Michigan Libraries
Ann Arbor, MI
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Applications Programmer
Digital Library Production Service, University of Michigan Libraries
Ann Arbor, MI
The TAO framework is an open-source project which provides a very general and open architecture for computer-assisted test development and delivery. As upcoming evaluation needs will imply the collaboration among a large number of stakeholders situated at different institutional levels and with very different needs for assessment tools, the TAO framework has the ambition to provide a modular and versatile framework for collaborative distributed test development and delivery with the potential to be extended and adapted to virtually every evaluation purpose that could be handled by the means of computer-based assessment.
In their widely read article “Inside the Black Box,” Mr. Black
and Mr. Wiliam demonstrated that improving formative assessment
raises student achievement. Now they and their colleagues report on
a follow-up project that has helped teachers change their practice
and students change their behavior so that everyone shares
responsibility for the students’ learning.
This blog is the shared thoughts of school administrators that want to share best practices in education. All of the authors have different experiences in education but all have the same goal; what is best for students
Dr. Marzano, a nationally known educational researcher and developer of the Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model and the Marzano School Leadership Evaluation Model, discusses how districts may use teacher evaluation models as primarily either measurement systems –which provide a static picture of a teacher’s performance at a given point; or as growth systems—which track improvements in teacher pedagogy over time. - See more at: http://www.marzanoevaluation.com/news/teacher-evaluation-whats-fair-whats-effective/#sthash.KaHjK1uL.dpuf