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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Challenges of Small-Scale Evaluation in a Foreign Country: Reflections on Practice
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Saunders, Lesley – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2010
This paper is a reflection on practice. It begins by briefly describing an evaluation of an externally-funded education programme in Kosovo (a new country in south-east Europe). The programme was managed by Save the Children in Kosovo and aimed to develop and promote models of inclusive education through three strands of activity. The first of…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Educational Needs, Evaluators, Inclusive Schools
Good Education in an Age of Measurement: On the Need to Reconnect with the Question of Purpose in Education
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Biesta, Gert – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2009
In this paper I argue that there is a need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education, particularly in the light of a recent tendency to focus discussions about education almost exclusively on the measurement and comparison of educational outcomes. I first discuss why the question of purpose should always have a place in our…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Learning Processes, Role of Education