Designing and Organizing Assessment in the National Science Foundation. An Approach to Assessing Initiatives in Science Education: Volume 1.

Autor/inn/en	Knapp, Michael S.; und weitere
Institution	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.
Titel	Designing and Organizing Assessment in the National Science Foundation. An Approach to Assessing Initiatives in Science Education: Volume 1.
Quelle	(1988), (111 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Cost Effectiveness; Decision Making; Educational Assessment; Educational Finance; Elementary School Science; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Needs; Evaluation Utilization; Financial Policy; Financial Support; Foundation Programs; Grants; Needs Assessment; School Support; Science Education; Secondary School Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Bildungsfonds; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Finanzielle Förderung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Bedarfsermittlung; Schulförderverein; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung
Abstract	This report presents recommendations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to guide it in assessing its initiatives in science education. The report outlines appropriate goals, procedures, arrangements, and resources necessary to establish an effective set of assessment practices that build on existing assessment activities in the Foundation, fit with agency culture and constraints, and are both comprehensive and practical. Part 1 of this report presents arguments for improving the Foundation's approach to the assessment of science education initiatives. All of the recommendations to the Foundation appear in this section. Part 2 details two sets of design considerations. The first discusses the framing of assessment questions from different perspectives and the second describes design options and elaborates the strengths and weaknesses of different procedures and mechanisms for carrying out assessments. Part 3 reviews the results of SRI's pilot test of short-term, focused assessment procedures in informal science education. Described are the procedures used, the findings, and methodological lessons for further application of these procedures. (CW)
Anmerkungen	SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Room B-S142, Menlo Park, CA 94025 ($10.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC