English for General Purposes (EGP) is a foundation course which should be taken by all the undergraduate students at the University of Tabriz, Iran. However, the EGP course cannot meet the students' objectives and needs. Evidently, it has some shortcoming and the results of the study indicate that it not only has lost its credibility but also has…

The Schools Attuned Program is a professional development program designed to improve educators' ability to help students with differences in learning find success in school. The specific goals of the program are to (1) support educators in developing and demonstrating expertise regarding differences in learning, (2) strengthen educators'…

In 1991, in response to a mandate from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Cameron University developed a Communication Assessment Program to measure and assess the competency level of students in writing and speaking. The communications assessment sub-committee considered several options for assessing student skills in writing,…

This document reports on an evaluation of physical education programs in grades K-12 in Des Moines (Iowa). The document is divided into seven parts. Part 1, "Introduction," reviews the mission and philosophies regarding teaching physical education. Part 2, "Context Evaluation," summarizes Iowa state policies, standards, and…

The British Columbia Social Studies Assessment program gathered information about: (1) students' knowledge, skills, and opinions of society and social studies; (2) the reaction of various publics to student performance; (3) the relationship of school and non-school factors to student performance; (4) professional and non-professional views of the…

To investigate the effectiveness of the Area Health Education Center Pharmacy Training Program at the University of Texas, a study was undertaken to determine the amount of time pharmacy externs spend in predefined work categories and to compare them to program objectives. (JMD)

This report summarizes the experience of the university library of the Technische Universitat Wien (University of Technology, Vienna, Austria) in offering one-hour orientation lectures, including guided tours of the library, to groups (up to 15) of new library users at the beginning of each winter term for the past six years. The design of the…

This paper examines the effects of a ten-day seminar in economic education for elementary and secondary teachers in Texas. The course consisted of lecture-readings and of reviews and demonstrations of teaching materials in economics. In addition to teacher preparation, specific objectives of the seminar were to increase participants' economic…

Evaluates the International Baccalaureate (IB), a preuniversity, post-16, 2-year diploma. The IB contains four language features: communication and interaction, responsibility and transparency, language skills and contents related to the aims, and integration of program and assessment. The program compares favorably at higher levels with…

The Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program is one of the Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program was established in 1977 in an amendment to the Child Nutrition Act. This report focuses on evaluation and needs assessment of the Texas state program conducted during the fiscal year…

An evaluation of the New York City high schools' program in English as a second language (ESL) for limited English-proficient students focuses on the effectiveness of the program's beginning, intermediate, advanced, and transitional classes. It evaluates one program aspect, ESL content area classes, and focuses on two principal program objectives:…

This report describes and assesses the effectiveness of activities conducted by the University of Toledo (Ohio)/Springfield Local Schools Teacher Corps Project. On-site staff development activities provided at elementary, junior, and high schools are described: (1) a credit-bearing course on multicultural literature; and (2) workshops dealing with…

The evaluation of urban foreign language programs by the teacher, supervisor, and school district, county, or other agency is discussed. Evaluation of the program by the teacher is largely a self-evaluation process to reexamine the course objectives and student achievement based on specific criteria. Criteria may include teacher-produced tests,…