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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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Milanowski, Anthony T.; Heneman, Herbert G., III; Kimball, Steven M. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2011
This paper reports on a study of the current state of the art in teaching assessment. The major goal of the study was to examine a sample of assessment systems and then develop a specification for a state-of the art performance assessment system to be used for human capital management functions. The authors hope was that this specification would…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Management Systems, Formative Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment
Kimball, Steven M.; Lander, Rachel; Thorn, Christopher A. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2010
Beginning in 2002, The Chicago Community Trust embarked on an ambitious grant- making strategy to improve education outcomes primarily in the city of Chicago and Cook County, Illinois. Known as The Education Initiative, this effort focused on three priority grant areas: literacy, professional development, and alternative models of schools. In…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, Philanthropic Foundations, Grants