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Evaluation in Education

• Accelerated Reader Software Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  Easy to use computer based tool that inspires kids to read more by combining the best of children's and young adult literature with intuitive software that tests comprehension. The software also manages all students records, reliably tracks reading performance,...
• Adventist Education in North America - How Do We Measure Up Academically? Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  How do Adventist elementary and secondary schools measure up academically to their private and public school counterparts? CognitiveGenesis seeks to answer the question, 'What impact does Adventist education have on the academic performance of students?'...
• Assessing the Validity of Graduate Record Examinations Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  Most graduate schools in the United States require applicants to submit writing samples, letters of recommendation, honors, grades in major, undergraduate GPA, and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Of these requirements, GRE scores are the most heavily...
• BETSY Essay Scoring Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  Bayesian Essay Test Scoring sYstem (BETSY) is a windows-based program that classifies text based on trained material. It was designed for automated essay scoring and can be applied to any text classification task.
• Competency Testing: Will It Solve the Problems of Higher Education? Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  How do you measure competency? Dale Johnson addresses the challenges of an increasingly competitive educational environment. Johnson defines competency, discusses the challenges of ascertaining test validity, identifies legal challenges, emphasizes the need...
• eCove Software Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  Electronic observation tools for the classroom. The twenty-three eCOVE tools provide data to support evaluation and decisions based on district and national standards. Both the collected data and observer comments are included in the generated reports, and...
• Educational Testing Services (ETS) Grade 11-Lifelong
  
  ETS provides fair and valid assessments, research, and related services. This test collection includes an extensive library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices.
• Finding Information about Psychological Tests Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  The APA Science Directorate answers hundreds of calls and emails each year from persons trying to locate the right test or find more information about psychological tests. APA neither sells nor endorses testing instruments, but it does provide guidance in...
• Great Expectations Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  As teachers prepare students for graduation the question is often asked, 'Are they ready?' Are they ready for the world? Are they ready for grade seven math? Are they ready for university? Are they ready for Jesus to come? David Jeffrey challenges administrators,...
• JAE Editorial: Another Word on Assessment Kindergarten-Lifelong
  
  Garland Dulan explores the extent to which Adventist elementary, secondary, and tertiary institutions periodically assess their mission statements, and the role of mission in shaping the attitudes, competencies, and values desired of students. Also in this...
• Needs Assessment: A Valuable Tool for Educators Kindergarten-Lifelong
  
  Conducting a needs assessment is crucial to evaluating whether lesson/unit goals and objectives have been met, and this article offers guidelines for doing so, along with ways to tailor lesson plans to the needs and abilities of a given classroom using a required...
• Once Upon a Time Kindergarten-Lifelong
  
  What Valuegenesis says about the quality of Adventist schools. The research survey provided interesting insights of students into the positive attributes of Adventist schools. These center on the themes of quality teaching, Adventist values, and school climate...
• Southern Union Secondary School Annual Report Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  The Annual Report on the implementation of the Stadards of Accreditation and FACT21 is assists academies in the Southern Union in monitoring compliance with the Standards of Accreditation as required by the North American Division Commission on Accreditation.
• SSD Student's Rating Scales for Course and Instructor Evaluation Grade 9-Tertiary
  
  An evaluation instrument developed by the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD). It consists of two sections: an evaluation of the course and a teacher evaluation form.
• Technology and the Teacher/Parent Relationship Grade 1-Grade 12
  
  This CATnet article reviews web-based software called Ren-Web. This tool allows parents to view students' grades and assignments on-line using a unique user ID an password. Other features include online surveys for parents, academic records, accounting information,...
• Textbook Evaluation Form Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  Article from The Language Teacher Online tells step by step how to evaluate a textbook. This particular article focuses on an ESL book, but the questions and way of evaluating can be used for any kind of textbook.
• The Educator's Reference Desk Kindergarten-Lifelong
  
  2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses. All can be browsed by subjects: Arts, Computer Science, Foreign Language, Health, Information Literacy, Interdisciplinary, Language Arts, Mathematics, Philosophy,...