The author suggests a simple three-stage model as a guideline for systematic curriculum evaluation: evaluation of goals; collection, organization, and analysis of data; and decision making. (Author)

This resource guide, one of seven related documents, provides step-by-step guidance to help schools evaluate an adopted program. It offers an overview of the approaches most useful for evaluating a schoolwide or districtwide program adoption. It emphasizes that evaluation should be addressed from the first day of planning to provide data for…

The continuous flow monitoring system is designed to provide data on migrant education at the time it is being created to the person who most needs that information. The basic assumption underlying this system is that the operation to be monitored is continuous or cyclic with interrelated events known in advance or predictable. By identifying…

This replication handbook describes procedures and provides instruments which educators can use to assess sex equity in their own settings. It has two major parts: (1) appendixes that provide copies of data collection materials developed during the Vocational Education Equity Study (interview forms for state directors, state agency personnel,…

This guide was constructed to meet the need of superintendents for easily accessible information for more intelligent decision-making and for a process for gathering information necessitated by impending Texas Education Agency accreditation visits. It was designed to be functional, yet brief, and to be flexible so that it can be used by various…

This paper describes an approach which can be used by the agency training specialist to assess the effectiveness of many internally developed and conducted training courses. It offers a conceptual framework for evaluation, the essential steps in developing training objectives, an in-course training evaluation process, and a description of the…

Divided into five chapters, this user's manual is intended to assist local educators in the assessment of their career education programs. The first chapter discusses the purposes of evaluation. Chapter 2 provides a quick overview of the basic evaluation steps, while the remaining chapters provide the necessary details to implement these eleven…

The basic procedure in the evaluation of educational projects is described: clarification of project components and objectives; identification of information needs; assignment of priority rankings to objectives; allocation of resources, including personnel, money, and time; identification of data to be collected; construction of the evaluation…

Designed for coordinators of student volunteer programs (experiential learning through community service), this manual provides information on some of the basic research approaches and tools which can be used to analyze a program's activities and effectiveness. The major areas discussed include the following: the reasons for and resources…

Divided into six chapters, this user's manual accompanies a battery of tests developed by the Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC) project which was organized to develop and validate a system for evaluating career, economic, and community education projects in Florida schools. Chapter 1 presents an action checklist of steps to be followed by…

This evaluation handbook is the third in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. It is a user's manual with easy-to-follow directions for the implementation of specific evaluation activities. The handbook is divided into the following nine sections:…

A manual of quality control (QC) techniques is presented for financial aid and fiscal administrators. Steps for establishing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a QC program are outlined including the following: obtaining institutional commitments; developing the QC team; determining priorities for development; determining functions to be…

Because of the pragmatic need of school districts to respond to questions posed by those interested in their efforts to implement career education and the equally practical need to further its definition, there exists a demand to assess the results of efforts to implement the concept. The main body of this monograph provides an operational…

This guide is intended to assist in the evaluation of career education programs. It has been developed around the concept that the evaluation should be viewed as a management tool for the improvement of program performance. The guide recognizes the key roles of the evaluators and program managers in the evaluation process. It is addressed…

Materials contained in this career education implementation guide (one in a series of seven) provide concrete examples of how to evaluate a comprehensive career education program using the approach of applying logic and objectivity to the process of judging the merits of career education activities. Major topics discussed include the following:…