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The evaluation and steering of English academy schools through inspection and examinations: national visions and local practices

“…We are interested in the possible effects of evaluation on these academies. Evaluation in education covers a wide array of activities on multiple levels ranging from student assessments and school inspections to national‐curriculum evaluation and international comparisons (Kellaghan et al ., ). It could be argued that the overarching feature of evaluation is the soft power, steering with the help of comparing and collating data (Grek et al ., ).…”

An Active Learning Approach to Teach Advanced Multi-predictor Modeling Concepts to Clinicians

“…And, we had the bounty of having an experienced educator and master teacher (EN) who served as a consultant during the process of course redesign. Thus, we had access to current thinking about educational pedagogy; for example, to such concepts as "backward design (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005)," "active-learning," "evaluation and assessment (Kellaghan & Stufflebeam, 2003;Rossi, Lipsey, & Freeman, 2004)," "learning outcomes (Harden, Davis, & Friedman, 1999)," and "constructivism (Phillips, 1995;Fosnot, 1996)". The instructors' operational interpretation of some of the key educational principles relevant to the course redesign was as follows:…”

Sur les évaluations et les savoirs des élèves au Portugal

“…Beaucoupi gnorent des aspects importants de l'analysee t de l'interprétation des données.Malgrél 'évolution quel 'on apu constater au cours des dernières décennies quant àlaqualitéd es ces études,des problèmes persistent concernant lac omparabilitéd es épreuves et des résultats,l'échantillonnage,les procédures d'admission des tests ou encorel 'interprétation des résultats (Goldstein,1996(Goldstein, , 2004Kellaghan, 2003 ;Riley &T orrance, 2003).…”