Improving Educational Evaluation in a Political Setting,

Abstract

Evaluations that use imperfect information run into both analytical and political problems. The paper discusses a series of theoretical and practical problems in assessing the effects of school policies with imperfect achievement data and limited controls for nonschool factors that influence scores. Some broad recommendations are listed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA010975

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Klitgaard

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.