Full Description
This volume explores how key aspects of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) have transformed the landscape of educational evaluation, and ultimately how this process is redefining what evaluation is within the educational evaluation community. In their chapters, the authors examine case studies, critical commentaries, and technical information related to the nexus between evaluation and NCLB. The volume is intended to stimulate conversation around fundamental issues in the discipline of evaluation, including blurring the lines among research, evaluation, and assessment; prioritizing summative evaluations over formative; using questions to drive research design rather than the reverse; balancing accountability requirements with other stakeholder needs; exploring the role of evaluation capacity building in an institutional setting; understanding the availability and appropriate use of assessment data; and defining learning outcomes that are based on standardized test scores alone. Evaluative activities have become integrated into the fabric of NCLB primarily through two core aspects of the legislation: responding to accountability systems and implementing scientifically based research.One plausible consequence of this close integration is that the purpose, design, and practice of evaluation may actually be transformed by this legislation. This volume describes these transformative influences and then explores the potential consequences. This is the 117th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation , an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.
Contents
Editors' Notes, Tiffany Berry, Rebecca M. Eddy 1A Legislative Overview of No Child Left Behind, Jack I. Mills 9Consequences of No Child Left Behind on Evaluation Purpose, Design, and Impact, Linda Mabry 21Evaluative Thinking and Action in the Classroom, Meta Nelson, Rebecca M. Eddy 37Using Evaluation Data to Strike a Balance Between Stakeholders and Accountability Systems, Lisa N. T. Schmitt, Maria Defino Whitsett 47Responding to Accountability Requirements While Promoting Program Improvement, Blanca Flor Guillen-Woods, Monica A. Kaiser, Maura J. Harrington 59Measuring Student Progress: Changes and Challenges Under No Child Left Behind, Mariam Azin, Miriam G. Resendez 71The Influence of Scientific Research and Evaluation on Publishing Educational Curriculum, Marcy Baughman 85Challenges and Opportunities Revealed by the Impact of No Child Left Behind on Evaluation as a Discipline, Rebecca M. Eddy, Tiffany Berry 95Index 105
