The challenge of developing new educational indicators.

Type of Medium:
article
Publication Date:
1995
Keywords:
Methode ; Vergleich ; Bildungssystem ; Schule ; Schüler ; Schülerleistung ; Bildungsindikator ; Effektivität ; Effizienz ; Leistung ; Leistungsmessung ; Großbritannien
In:
Educational evaluation and policy analysis, Bd. 17 (1995) H. 1, S. 113-131, 0162-3737
Language:
English
Note:
Literaturangaben 52, Tabellen 5
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Kerckhoff, Alan C. Verfasser
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schlagwort Methode
Vergleich
Bildungssystem
Schule
Schüler
Schülerleistung
Bildungsindikator
Effektivität
Effizienz
Leistung
Leistungsmessung
Großbritannien
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shingle_author_1 Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_author_2 Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_author_3 Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_author_4 Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_catch_all_1 Proposals for national assessments of educational performance provide opportunities to develop valuable social indicators, but they also pose important problems of methodology and interpretation. Researchers in the U. S. have emphasized the importance of analyzing and reporting indicator data at the school level, mainly because much of the variation in schooling outcomes is at the school level, and because findings at this level are particularly relevant to policy and practice. We do not refute this, but contend that indicator data should be analyzed and reported also at state and district levels. We present an analysis of British data that shows there is important variation at higher levels of the system, and that it is possible to examine whether this variation is related to national or district-level policies. The article discusses the issues involved in conducting analyses at higher levels. We identify three kinds of indicators: gross productivity, net productivity, and inequality. Our analysis indicates the degree of interdistrict variation in Great Britain on all of these measures and the extent to which organizational features of the districts' programs help explain that variation. Recommendations are made regarding the necessary features of any educational assessments if it is to produce useful social indicators.(DIPF/ Abstract übernommen).
Methode
Vergleich
Bildungssystem
Schule
Schüler
Schülerleistung
Bildungsindikator
Effektivität
Effizienz
Leistung
Leistungsmessung
Großbritannien
0162-3737
The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_catch_all_2 Proposals for national assessments of educational performance provide opportunities to develop valuable social indicators, but they also pose important problems of methodology and interpretation. Researchers in the U. S. have emphasized the importance of analyzing and reporting indicator data at the school level, mainly because much of the variation in schooling outcomes is at the school level, and because findings at this level are particularly relevant to policy and practice. We do not refute this, but contend that indicator data should be analyzed and reported also at state and district levels. We present an analysis of British data that shows there is important variation at higher levels of the system, and that it is possible to examine whether this variation is related to national or district-level policies. The article discusses the issues involved in conducting analyses at higher levels. We identify three kinds of indicators: gross productivity, net productivity, and inequality. Our analysis indicates the degree of interdistrict variation in Great Britain on all of these measures and the extent to which organizational features of the districts' programs help explain that variation. Recommendations are made regarding the necessary features of any educational assessments if it is to produce useful social indicators.(DIPF/ Abstract übernommen).
Methode
Vergleich
Bildungssystem
Schule
Schüler
Schülerleistung
Bildungsindikator
Effektivität
Effizienz
Leistung
Leistungsmessung
Großbritannien
0162-3737
The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_catch_all_3 Proposals for national assessments of educational performance provide opportunities to develop valuable social indicators, but they also pose important problems of methodology and interpretation. Researchers in the U. S. have emphasized the importance of analyzing and reporting indicator data at the school level, mainly because much of the variation in schooling outcomes is at the school level, and because findings at this level are particularly relevant to policy and practice. We do not refute this, but contend that indicator data should be analyzed and reported also at state and district levels. We present an analysis of British data that shows there is important variation at higher levels of the system, and that it is possible to examine whether this variation is related to national or district-level policies. The article discusses the issues involved in conducting analyses at higher levels. We identify three kinds of indicators: gross productivity, net productivity, and inequality. Our analysis indicates the degree of interdistrict variation in Great Britain on all of these measures and the extent to which organizational features of the districts' programs help explain that variation. Recommendations are made regarding the necessary features of any educational assessments if it is to produce useful social indicators.(DIPF/ Abstract übernommen).
Methode
Vergleich
Bildungssystem
Schule
Schüler
Schülerleistung
Bildungsindikator
Effektivität
Effizienz
Leistung
Leistungsmessung
Großbritannien
0162-3737
The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_catch_all_4 Proposals for national assessments of educational performance provide opportunities to develop valuable social indicators, but they also pose important problems of methodology and interpretation. Researchers in the U. S. have emphasized the importance of analyzing and reporting indicator data at the school level, mainly because much of the variation in schooling outcomes is at the school level, and because findings at this level are particularly relevant to policy and practice. We do not refute this, but contend that indicator data should be analyzed and reported also at state and district levels. We present an analysis of British data that shows there is important variation at higher levels of the system, and that it is possible to examine whether this variation is related to national or district-level policies. The article discusses the issues involved in conducting analyses at higher levels. We identify three kinds of indicators: gross productivity, net productivity, and inequality. Our analysis indicates the degree of interdistrict variation in Great Britain on all of these measures and the extent to which organizational features of the districts' programs help explain that variation. Recommendations are made regarding the necessary features of any educational assessments if it is to produce useful social indicators.(DIPF/ Abstract übernommen).
Methode
Vergleich
Bildungssystem
Schule
Schüler
Schülerleistung
Bildungsindikator
Effektivität
Effizienz
Leistung
Leistungsmessung
Großbritannien
0162-3737
The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
Willms, J. Douglas
Kerckhoff, Alan C.
shingle_title_1 The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
shingle_title_2 The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
shingle_title_3 The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
shingle_title_4 The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
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titel The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
titel_suche The challenge of developing new educational indicators.
toc Proposals for national assessments of educational performance provide opportunities to develop valuable social indicators, but they also pose important problems of methodology and interpretation. Researchers in the U. S. have emphasized the importance of analyzing and reporting indicator data at the school level, mainly because much of the variation in schooling outcomes is at the school level, and because findings at this level are particularly relevant to policy and practice. We do not refute this, but contend that indicator data should be analyzed and reported also at state and district levels. We present an analysis of British data that shows there is important variation at higher levels of the system, and that it is possible to examine whether this variation is related to national or district-level policies. The article discusses the issues involved in conducting analyses at higher levels. We identify three kinds of indicators: gross productivity, net productivity, and inequality. Our analysis indicates the degree of interdistrict variation in Great Britain on all of these measures and the extent to which organizational features of the districts' programs help explain that variation. Recommendations are made regarding the necessary features of any educational assessments if it is to produce useful social indicators.(DIPF/ Abstract übernommen).
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