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- Title
- A Comparison of Developmental Mathematics Sequences at a North Carolina Community College Using a Markov Chain Model
- Author
- Peeler, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation
- Description
- This study compares students at a North Carolina community college taking a course-based developmental mathematics sequence to students taking a new, module-based emporium method developmental mathematics sequence using a Markov chain model to com...
- Title
- A Systematic Approach To Interrater Reliability In Early Childhood Teacher Performance Evaluations
- Author
- Bottoms, Bryndle
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation
- Description
- Teacher evaluations are routinely conducted across the United States for licensure and professional development supports. However, there is limited research on the interrater reliability of these evaluation assessment systems, despite federal reco...
- Title
- An Evaluation of Best Practices in Online Continuing Theological Education
- Author
- Raybon, Stephen
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Continuing education, Religious education
- Description
- ABSTRACTSTEPHEN PAUL RAYBON An evaluation of best practices in online continuing theological education (Under the direction of JOHN A. GRETES) The principle purpose of this mixed methods case study was to evaluate the extent to which a wholly onli...
- Title
- An Exploration of Comparability Issues in Educational Research: Scale Linking, Equating, and Propensity Score Weighting
- Author
- Wu, Tong
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
- Description
- This three-article dissertation aims to address three methodological challenges to ensure comparability in educational research, including scale linking, test equating, and propensity score (PS) weighting. The first study intends to improve test s...
- Title
- Educational Leadership Coaches' Development of Domain Specific Expertise: A Phenomenological Study
- Author
- Lewis, Janice
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Educational evaluation, School management and organization
- Description
- Districts and schools having high poverty and low achievement experience the highest rates of administrator turnover. A recent paradigm shift promotes "coaching" as a supportive and focused intervention that might move the district and/or school f...
- Title
- Establishing time-continuous normative scores for Teaching Strategies GOLD® using a multilevel growth curve modeling approach
- Author
- Luce, Hannah
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
- Description
- Young children are assessed to meet federal mandates and inform policy decisions, provide teachers with useful information to make instructional decisions and set reasonable learning goals, and facilitate communication with families. While young c...
- Title
- High School Success: An Effective Intervention for Achievement and Dropout Prevention
- Author
- Lowder, Christopher
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Educational evaluation, School management and organization
- Description
- The purpose of this mixed-design study was to use quantitative and qualitative research to explore the effects of High School Success (a course for at-risk ninth graders) and its effectiveness on student achievement, attendance, and dropout preven...
- Title
- Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement: Evaluation of an Alternative Chance-Corrected Agreement Coefficient
- Author
- Holcomb, Timothy
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
- Description
- In this study, the performance of the Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement was evaluated with other chance-corrected agreement coefficients. Lambda is grounded in rater-mediated assessment theory and was developed as an alternative to Ka...
- Title
- Students' Perceptions of Early Childhood Program Quality According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children Standards
- Author
- Javidi, Farhad
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
- Description
- The purpose of the study was to evaluate the extent to which one community college was preparing its early childhood education students for employment in the field according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) p...
- Title
- What are the differences between effective and ineffective charter schools?
- Author
- Stone, Cedric
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation
- Description
- ABSTRACTThis purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the North Carolina charter schools. The variables were chosen based on the researcher's inference from literature reviews discussing common factors from qualitative charter...