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An interactive tool to support the evaluation of data from standardized tests
Martinková, Patrícia ; Potužníková, E. ; Netík, Jan
In this work, we present features of an interactive tool module for supporting analyses of data from achievement tests by presenting an example of data from the Matura (graduation) exam in mathematics. We present methods for detection of different functioning of items for different types of school, or for comparison of a selected school with other schools. We show that the tool has a potential to help with informed use of achievement test data and to support decision making on both the school and the system levels.
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Schwarzenberg Archivist František Tyl in mutual correspondence with the historian Josef Kalousek - an annotated edition of the preserved correspondence
POTUŽNÍKOVÁ, Eliška
The qualification thesis entitled Schwarzenberg Archivist František Tyl in mutual correspondence with the historian Josef Kalousek - an annotated edition of the preserved correspondence is based on the study of personal documents and aims to bring its reader a picture of the life and activities of Schwarzenberg archivist and librarian František Tyl (1830-1899) mutual interaction with the important Czech historian Josef Kalousek (1838-1915). František Josef Tyl worked for many years as an archivist at the Schwarzenberg Castle Archive in Orlík nad Vltavou, where he probably also met Josef Kalousek (during his frequent research in the South Bohemian archives) for the first time. The diploma thesis begins with a topic with a list of used archives and literature. The text itself is divided into three main parts, namely acquaintance with both actors (including information about their professional work or author's work), analysis and thematic analysis of edited documents and an annotated edition of mutual correspondence from 1885-1898. The text of the annotated edition is a necessary editorial note and contains all preserved correspondence between František Tyl and Josef Kalousek, which is in the personal collection of J. Kalousek in the National Museum Archive and in the collection of the Orlík nad Vltavou Agricultural and Forestry Archive located in the State Regional Archive in Třeboň. Ninety-one documents made available for publication are arranged chronologically. Each document has a brief abstract with the date and place of origin of the document and its short description, a natural part of the edition is also a register of names. The last part of the presented work contains an exhaustive list of sources, literature, Internet resources and, among other things, pictorial appendices.
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Measuring value-added in education
Potužníková, Eva ; Greger, David (advisor) ; Veselý, Arnošt (referee) ; Ježek, Stanislav (referee)
Value-added measurement is a general term for a variety of approaches that assess school effectiveness based on their students' learning progress. In the context of growing interest in monitoring educational achievement, value-added is gaining importance as a fairer measure of school contribution to student learning. The aim of this work is to give an overview of main approaches to value-added measurement and to prove their applicability in the Czech education system. Value-added is measured by statistical models that rely on the method of linear regression but vary in how they model the school effects and which independent variables they use. Value-added scores estimated by nine different models are compared in the empirical part of this work. The study uses data of 3016 students from 141 basic schools assessed in grades 4 and 6 in the Czech Longitudinal Study in Education (CloSE). Value-added estimates differ from average raw test scores and from effectivity estimates obtained from models that account for the students' socio-demographic characteristics but not for their prior test achievement. School effects obtained from different value-added models are highly correlated, but simple regression models classify more schools into groups with above-average or below-average value-added. Simple...
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Schwarzenberg archivist and librarian František Tyl (1830-1899)
POTUŽNÍKOVÁ, Eliška
The goal of the bachelor thesis entitled "Schwarzenberg archivist and librarian František Tyl (1830-1899)" is the elaboration of studie on his life and work. The bachelor thesis is divided into six main chapters. In the first chapters, the evolution of aristocratic archives with a focus on southern Bohemia is outlined, another chapter deals with archivists in these archives (Třeboň, Český Krumlov). The following chapters are focused on the history of the Orlicko-Zvýkovského manor, including the history of the Orlický archive, where František Tyl worked for many years. A separate chapter is dedicated to the personality of František Josef Tyl as an archivist and historian. Part of the work includes, among other things, an edition of correspondence with archivist František Tischer and historian JoseF Kalousek, which is currently in the Archive of the National Museum in Prague.
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