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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"evaluation policy"”.
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National Evaluation Policy Narratives: The Happening of Kenya's National Evaluation Policy
Despite the significance of National Evaluation Policies (NEPs) for good governance, there is limited understanding of how these policies are shaped or formed. Additionally, existing literature lacks a nuanced exploration of how NEP subgroups influence evaluation policy processes in sub-Saharan …
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Differentiating the Principal Evaluation: Policy Advocacy Document
… student achievement (Mitgang, 2013). This policy advocates for Chicago Public School (CPS) District 299 to implement a policy that differentiates Principal Evaluation. Implementing this policy could create a more equitable evaluation system to support, hire, and retain effective leadership …
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Teacher evaluation policy reforms involving student data: Teachers’ perceptions
… (c) How does the principal’s approach to teacher evaluation during the student growth component of the evaluation influence teachers’ professional development? In order to answer these questions, a qualitative interview study was conducted. Two principals and nine teachers were interviewed using …
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The Role of Evaluation Policy in Organizational Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation
Despite the recent calls made by scholars in the evaluation field regarding the importance of evaluation policy and its influence on evaluation practice, there remains a lack of empirical evidence pertaining to the relationship between evaluation policy and evaluation capacity building (ECB). This …
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A study of principals’ perceptions as implementers of Michigan’s mandated teacher evaluation policy
… regarding the Michigan mandatory annual teacher evaluation policy and job satisfaction, self-efficacy, and stress as principals navigated the roles of building manager, instructional leader and policy implementer. This quantitative study asked 3,009 Michigan public school principals to share …
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A study of principal evaluation policy and procedure in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1987-88
… purpose of this study was to examine principal evaluation as conducted in the public school divisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Specifically, the study (1) described principal evaluation policies and procedures currently in place in the school divisions, (2) compared those policies and …
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How is teacher evaluation policy enacted?-The workings of performativity and micro-politics in Japanese schools
… concerned with the extent to which new teacher evaluation policies and practices in Japan are about controlling teachers or represent opportunities for authentic professional development. It seeks to examine how the new teacher evaluation policies are embedded within the wider policy formation, …
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The Use of Computer-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Teaching: An Ethnographically - Oriented Study (Naturalistic, Evaluation, Policy, Comparative, Ethnology)
Using ethnographic methods, this study examines the relationship between state, district, and school policies on computer-based instruction and the actual teaching practices of foreign language instructors. Four language teachers from two large high schools in the suburbs of Chicago agreed to …
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An exploration of how middle school principals make sense of current teacher evaluation policy and how their understanding impacts their work to help teachers develop instructional practice
… the responsibility of implementing educational policy. The primary purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how middle school principals interpret what they must do to comply with Michigan's current teacher-evaluation policy and how that understanding affects their work to help …
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Reforming Curriculum in A Centralized System: An Examination of the Relationships between Teacher Implementation of Student-Centered Pedagogy and High Stakes Teacher Evaluation Policies in China
… variables, and a high stakes teacher evaluation policy variable, on SCP implementation levels reported by high school teachers in a selected school district in China. The overall aim of the research was to study relationships among a number of factors hypothesized to affect teachers' …
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Teaching for the test: Social studies student teacher perceptions and enactment of high stakes performance assessments
… their Danielson Framework-based observations and evaluations and edTPA portfolio assessments. I first tell their stories of evaluation in the context of student teaching, detailing their unique attitudes, experiences, and settings. Following these case descriptions, I discuss the results of a …
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Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention in California: Focus on Research, Policy, and Coalition Building
… prevention in California: the BEST (Berkeley Evaluation of the Soda Tax) Study, the California Wellness Fund, and the Local School Wellness Collaborative Survey. These projects, which utilize strategies for effecting public health change such as research and evaluation, policy and policy …
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An Historical Perspective to Examine How Federal Policy Influenced the Definition and Evaluation of Teacher Effectiveness Since 1950
… of education officials to develop teacher evaluation systems that include student assessment data. Many educational researchers theorize teacher effectiveness is the variable under the control of the school with the most influence on student success.</p> <p>This study examines the influence …
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Post Hoc Analysis on the Effect of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention Provided to Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum
… behavior improvement as part of the agency’s evaluation policy results indicated that EIBI contributed to increasing the child’s socially appropriate behavior, language development, and peer interaction. Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) …
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Contradictions and control: Michigan elementary teachers' lived experiences of legislated teacher evaluation
… specific requirements for annual performance evaluation of all teachers and prohibited teacher evaluation as a subject of collective bargaining. The purpose of this phenomenological, collective case study was to describe the lived experiences of Michigan elementary teachers in traditional …
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The evaluation on the trend of existence of unauthorized expenditures in central government of Namibia
… each 0 /M/ A to develop a monitoring and evaluation policy framework and regularly carry out monitoring and evaluation on financial systems and books
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Teacher evaluation policies and processes in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986-87
Evaluation of employees in any organization is an important task that must be carried out. The public school setting is no exception. The purpose of this study was to describe the teacher evaluation processes carried out by the public school divisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia during the …
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Three essays in applied economics: an evaluation of Brazilian public policies
… is composed by three essays with ex-post evaluations of public policies adopted in a major country of the developing world: Brazil. In each essay, I have tried to identify the main outcomes of the evaluated policies using quantitative econometric methods. Ultimately, the objective of these …
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