1st Edition
Time-Constrained Evaluation A Practical Approach for LEAs and Schools
By Brian Wilcox
Copyright 1992
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Evaluation, whether in schools and colleges, LEAs or TECs is now universally recognised as an essential part of any effective educational and training system. There are, however, two major problems in its implementation: lack of time and a perceived lack among middle and senior managers of the special skills necessary for an evaluation to have external validity. This book provides a solution to... Read more
1 EVALUATION: AN OVERVIEW 2 INSPECTION 3 ALTERNATIVES TO INSPECTION 4 TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS 5 SYSTEM-WIDE EVALUATION 6 TIME-CONSTRAINED EVALUATION 7 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: 1 8 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: 2 9 DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY CONCLUSIONS 10 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
Biography
Brian Wilcox
`...will indeed help governors and practitioners to make unified sense of a daunting set of apparently disparate concepts..' - Education
`...timely and helpful...its central arguments hold good and its practical value is undiminished.'Frank Molyneux - Education Aug 1992
`Brian Wilcox has produced a timely book which will surely find a ready market and meet the perceived needs of many aspiring inspectors... The text is easy to read, with unifying sections at the end of each chapter, and the book will be of interest to anyone who feels unsure about some of the terminology of the educational world generally or qualitative evaluation particularly: each new term is italicized, explained and referenced.' - Educational Research
