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Shrock, Sharon A. – Performance Improvement, 1997
Outlines the benefits of human performance assessment and examines the reasons why testing hasn't become a general practice in organizations. Describes five steps in creating a test/assessment instrument: analysis; construction; reliability; validity; and setting standards. (AEF)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance, Organizational Objectives
Brown, Jerry W.; Service, Allan L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
The nature and form of useful management information in a variety of situations is discussed. It is suggested that questions posed by managers may determine the effectiveness of the management information system. Questions concerning demographic trends and enrollment declines are used to illustrate this point. (SF)
Descriptors: College Planning, Computers, Declining Enrollment, Higher Education
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The way that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) should conduct its quality assurance function of monitoring a processing contractor is described. For the following quality assurance procedures, information is provided on the goal of the procedure, activities to be measured, measures, and the role of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Software, Contracts, Data Processing
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
A framework for monitoring quality control (QC) of processor contracts administered by the Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) is presented and applied to the Pell Grant program. Guidelines for establishing QC measures and standards are included, and the uses of a sampling procedure in the QC system are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Software, Contracts, Data Processing
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning