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Rudman, Herbert C. – ASAP Notes, 1985
This paper considers three areas related to the testing of minimum knowledge and skills: public policy, the nature of higher-order thinking and selected aspects of educational measurement. The discussion of public policy issues centers around an apparent dichotomy of egalitarianism and elitism in public education, schooling and the public economy,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment
Download full textHechinger, Fred M. – Carnegie Quarterly, 1994
A 3-day conference brought together health and education experts to explore responses to adolescent health problems and to suggest ways to implement the recommendations put forward in "Fateful Choices: Healthy Youth for the 21st Century," by Fred M. Hechinger. Conference participants identified a number of adolescent health problems and the areas…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Moore, Bill; And Others – Teaching Research, 1981
The Oregon Parent Training Network involves a care training clinic and 21 replication sites serving 510 parents of handicapped and behavior problem children through behaviorally based individualized intervention programs. Parent trainers receive inservice training and followup consultation. Program evaluation results (type of programing, ages…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, LeoNora M.; And Others – OSSC Bulletin, 1990
The state of Oregon has mandated special educational programming or services for K-12 gifted and talented children to begin by the 1991-92 school year. Because financial support is lacking, most instruction of gifted and talented students will occur within regular classrooms. This monograph addresses the problem of providing appropriate…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Gifted, Kindergarten, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedBickman, Leonard, Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
This special issue focuses on several methodological issues in the evaluation of the largest mental health and substance abuse project for children and adolescents conducted at a single site, the U.S. Army's Fort Bragg Child and Adolescent Mental Health Demonstration program. The introduction and seven articles describe this program and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Evaluation Methods, Medical Care Evaluation
Peer reviewedChen, Huey-tsyh, Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Twelve articles discuss the advantages of theory-driven evaluation for: (1) identifying crucial issues; (2) integrating program implementation into evaluation; (3) diagnosing problems in program studies; (4) diagnosing problems in program structures; and (5) enhancing evaluation utilization. Topics include optimizing validity in program and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research
Peer reviewedPicciotto, Robert, Ed.; Rist, Ray C., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1995
This issue and its introductions, postscript, and 11 chapters deal with the special evaluation problems of programs in the developing world. Views of policymakers, practitioners, and evaluators on ways to evaluate development are presented. The collection offers a framework for debate and proposes new emphases for development evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Evaluation Methods
Pheasant, Marilyn – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
A bargaining process, begun over 10 years ago, is based on problem-solving rather than on adversarial confrontation and uses elements of participative management. It has resulted in outstanding benefits for two school districts. Called "Theory Z bargaining," the process follows a procedure based on each side treating the other with…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – Insights on Educational Policy and Practice, 1988
Numerous dysfunctions result from bureaucratic school organization, including an overemphasis on specialized tasks, routine operating rules, and formal procedures for managing teaching and learning. Such schools are characterized by numerous regulations; formal communications; centralized decision making; and sharp distinctions among…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Bureaucracy, Centralization, Creativity
Hone, Lisa Richards, Ed. – GED Items, 1997
This document consists of the six issues of the newsletter of the General Educational Development Testing (GED) Service published during 1997. The lead articles of the six issues are, respectively: (1) "Task Force Considers Improvements to Test Center Security Rules," by Cathy Allin discusses the implementation of a monitoring team and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adults, Equivalency Tests
Peer reviewedBarkdoll, Gerald L., Ed.; Bell, James B., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
This sourcebook presents information about three types of federal decision makers who are frequent clients of evaluation: career government executives; political appointees; and congressional staff members. Differences among these decision makers are highlighted in seven articles, with emphasis on meeting client needs and process dimensions of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Stotsky, Sandra – Fordham Report, 1997
A study developed criteria for judging state standards for the English language arts and reading and analyzed the 28 current standards documents. The criteria used for judging the standards relate to the purpose, audience, expectations, and assumptions of the standards documents; the organization of the standards; disciplinary coverage of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Goldsmith, Oliver Scott – ISER Fiscal Policy Papers, 1989
Alaska faces a problem that is easy to explain but hard to solve: state government is spending more than it collects. The budget crisis looms because oil production, which supplies 85% of the state's general fund revenues, will soon begin to fall as the Prudhoe Bay oil field is depleted. This paper examines the potential deficit and the effect it…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Financial Needs
Miller, Norman N. – American Universities Field Staff Reports, 1979
Described is the history of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since its formation in 1972. Also included is an examination of UNEP's major programs and projects, and an assessment of the organization's problems and future prospects. The function of UNEP is to coordinate the management and assessment of the world's environment by…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Environmental Research, Global Approach
Peer reviewedScriven, Michael – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1993
Seven chapters present 31 propositions challenging traditional ideas about the nature and practice of program evaluation. Methods to improve evaluation models and approaches and ways to address intermediate and advanced evaluation issues are explored. The discussion also serves as an introduction to the most analytical and comprehensive of the…
Descriptors: Bias, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
