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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783168403321

Autore

Wilcox B (Brian)

Titolo

Time-constrained evaluation : a practical approach for LEAs and schools / / Brian Wilcox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-91388-5

1-134-91389-3

1-280-40812-X

9786610408122

0-203-13509-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Educational management series

Disciplina

379.1/54 20

379.154

Soggetti

Education

Educational accountability--Great Britain

Education--Great Britain--Evaluation

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; EVALUATION: AN OVERVIEW; INSPECTION; ALTERNATIVES TO INSPECTION; TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS; SYSTEM-WIDE EVALUATION; TIME-CONSTRAINED EVALUATION; DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: 1; DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: 2; DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY CONCLUSIONS; CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 both problems. It offers evaluation processes which accept time limitations and work within them an it strips away the mystique of evaluation to describe



methods and procedures which will enable edu