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| Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Name | Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation |
| Formation | 1975 |
| Type | Standards body |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Fields | Program evaluation, Assessment standards |
Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation was established to develop standards for assessment and program evaluation practice influencing organizations such as the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Council on Measurement in Education, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the U.S. Department of Education. Its work links to professional practice in contexts like the No Child Left Behind Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Institute of Education Sciences, and institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. The Committee’s standards interact with measurement approaches from figures like Lee Cronbach, Elliot Eisner, Michael Scriven, Daniel Stufflebeam, and Robert Stake.
The Joint Committee was created in the mid-1970s following dialogues among the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education about the need for common evaluation criteria, echoing debates at venues such as the Carnegie Foundation and conferences hosted by Columbia University Teachers College and the University of California, Berkeley. Early members included evaluation scholars connected to programs at Yale University, Stanford University, Michigan State University, and University of Minnesota. Subsequent iterations of standards were influenced by policy developments like the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorizations and methodological advances from researchers associated with RAND Corporation, Brookings Institution, National Academy of Education, and the American Institutes for Research.
The Committee’s mission emphasizes credible, useful, and feasible standards for evaluation, aligning with priorities of agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded initiatives. Scope covers program evaluation, personnel evaluation, and assessment design used by school systems like New York City Department of Education, state departments such as the California Department of Education, districts like Chicago Public Schools, and international bodies including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Major publications include the Program Evaluation Standards, the Personnel Evaluation Standards, and the Student Evaluation Standards, produced alongside guidance documents and technical reports cited by scholars at Vanderbilt University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Pennsylvania. These texts interact with methodological literature from authors like Donald Campbell, Julian Stanley, Lee Cronbach, Donald T. Campbell, and Thomas D. Cook. The standards are referenced in manuals used by organizations such as the Council for Exceptional Children, the National Association of School Psychologists, the American Evaluation Association, and evaluation units within the World Bank and UNICEF.
Development proceeds through task forces, public comment, peer review, and consensus methods involving stakeholders from the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, National Council on Measurement in Education, U.S. Department of Education, and state education agencies like the Texas Education Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Revision cycles have incorporated input from research centers at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, SRI International, and practitioners from districts such as Los Angeles Unified School District and Houston Independent School District, as well as international evaluation professionals affiliated with the International Development Evaluation Association and the OECD.
Membership has historically drawn from professional societies including the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, with governance structures paralleling committees at the National Academy of Sciences and boards at the American Evaluation Association. Leadership roles have been held by scholars and practitioners associated with University of Michigan, Boston University, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and University of Minnesota, and liaison relationships have been maintained with funders such as the Spencer Foundation and policy entities like the Council of Chief State School Officers.
The standards have influenced federal policy implementation in No Child Left Behind Act reporting, Every Student Succeeds Act accountability frameworks, and evaluation practices at the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, and philanthropic programs by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. School districts, state education agencies, universities, and international development agencies such as the World Bank and UNICEF use the standards to shape evaluation design, instrumentation, and reporting, with uptake documented in research from RAND Corporation, Brookings Institution, Abt Associates, and American Institutes for Research.
Critiques note tensions between standardization and contextual adaptation raised by scholars linked to Michael Scriven, Elliot Eisner, Robert Stake, and critics from the American Evaluation Association membership. Debates have focused on issues paralleling controversies in No Child Left Behind Act implementation, concerns raised by civil rights advocates such as NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and methodological debates reflected in publications from Educational Researcher, American Psychologist, and journals associated with SAGE Publications and Taylor & Francis.
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