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Theory Underlying a National Teacher Evaluation Program
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Taut, Sandy; Santelices, Veronica; Araya, Carolina; Manzi, Jorge – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
The paper describes a study conducted to explicate the multiple theories underlying Chile's national teacher evaluation program. These theories will serve as the basis for evaluating the intended consequences of this evaluation system, while not losing sight of emerging unintended consequences. We first analyzed legal and policy documents and then…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, National Programs
Environmental Education: A Time of Change, a Time for Change
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Keene, Matt; Blumstein, Daniel T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
We join the authors in this special issue in their call to embrace a culture of evaluation. Obstacles to change are formidable. Educators debate their purpose--provide knowledge or achieve environmental goals--and we have limited evidence of the effectiveness of environmental programs and policies. Change requires collaboration across…
Descriptors: Resistance to Change, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Evidence
From Schools to Community Learning Centers: A Program Evaluation of a School Reform Process
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Magolda, Peter; Ebben, Kelsey – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007
This manuscript reports on a program evaluation of a school reform initiative conducted in an Ohio city. The paper describes, interprets, and evaluates this reform process aimed at transforming schools into community learning centers. The manuscript also describes and analyzes the initiative's program evaluation process. Elliot Eisner's [(1998).…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Program Evaluation, Community Education, Educational Practices
The Effect of Product Development on Educational Change for the Handicapped.
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Gallaher, Karen S.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
The effectiveness of product development as a component of technical assistance services offered to demonstration projects is examined. It is concluded that written documents produced by technical assistance agencies do not appear to have a direct effect on programs delivering services to the handicapped. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Enhancing the Possibility of Success by Measuring the Probability of Failure in an Educational Program.
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Brookhart, Susan M.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Process Analysis is described as a method for identifying and measuring the probability of events that could cause the failure of a program, resulting in a cause-and-effect tree structure of events. The method is illustrated through the evaluation of a pilot instructional program at an elementary school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Failure, Identification
Evaluation-Based Planning of Professional Psychology Training Program: A Model and Case Example.
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Messer, Stanley B.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Proposes a model to enable programs in applied or professional psychology to clarify and refine their missions through the curricula they generate. A case example illustrates the model's application in acceptance and implementation of recommended curriculum changes in Rutgers University's Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
An Evaluation Model for Inservice Teacher Education.
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Mathison, Sandra – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Argues that teacher in-service education programs should adopt an explicit standard for programs, value effects of in-service programs on teachers' needs for professional experiences, appreciate differences arising among schools and teachers in efforts to change educational practices, take a longitudinal perspective, and expand evaluation into the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices