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Smith, Terry R. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the on-site evaluation phase of the three-phase system for statewide evaluation of occupational education programs in Illinois. The specific problem was to explore the nature of selected changes in the occupational education programs of comprehensive secondary schools over five years and the extent to…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Community Resources, Evaluation Methods, High Schools
Taylor, Lorne J. – 1976
This paper presents a discussion of evaluation methods which can be used in preschool programs and emphasizes the importance of considering both outcome and process variables. Emphasizing the limitations of research which utilizes only outcome measures, the paper focuses on the benefits of an analysis of ongoing processes and interactions within…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1975
This report describes and evaluates The World Is Your Museum Program -- its objectives and information from an Interim Evaluation Report -- and provides other evaluative information from teachers, students, and the project director. The program involved 300 students from eight public and two non-public elementary (K-5) art classes in Washington,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Expression, Community Resources
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
IBEX, Inc., Durham, NC. – 1975
Covered in the assessment are 128 school systems having contracts for Consumer and Homemaking Education with the Division of Vocational and Technical Education (Illinois) and meeting at least one of four criteria for qualifying as disadvantaged. The evaluation followed the guidelines of the Information Based Evaluation Model (IBE) which addresses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Consumer Education, Data Collection
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.
Materials and methods of instruction, adequacy of facilities, teacher quality, and motivation are influential factors in the quality of learning. Language and verbal ability are functions determining achievement in all subject areas. A reading and social science curriculum was designed from this perspective, using a previously-developed listening…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
Wright, Calvin E. – 1970
An adequate evaluation of the Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs (PLAN) necessitates consideration of all the PLAN goals and the extent to which they have been attained. Two sets of goals are identified. Eleven specific goals for each student, which involve the acquisition of a wide range of information, skills, and abilities in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Educational Objectives
Campbell, Paul B.; Beers, Joan S. – 1970
The Pennsylvania Plan, a statewide educational quality assessment program, first formulated ten educational goals to serve as bases of evaluation and program development. Two of the plan's three phases have been completed. Phase I involved organizing a Bureau of Quality Assessment to establish a working evaluation plan, including the development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Wargo, Michael J.; And Others – 1972
The major objective of this study was to evaluate the operation and impact of the national educational program for disadvantaged children authorized by ESEA Title I in terms of criteria set down by the original enacting legislation and elucidated in associated regulations. The program's administrative structure and authorizing legislation were…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Soobitsky, Joel R. – 1971
The objectives, strategy, and methods recommended for future urban 4-H programs are discussed. Specifically explored are the major factors in society that influence the establishment of objectives for these programs, namely: the American democracy, the nature of man, and the external and internal social forces within our environment. Extension…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Democracy, Evaluation Methods, Extension Agents
Woodbury, Roger; And Others – 1976
This study used the Bayesian Theorem and cost/effectiveness analysis to measure the short and long range effectiveness and minimum costs of individualized instructional units constructed by educational development officers for use with low-income students at four North Carolina technical institutes designated as developing institutions. Students…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Behavioral Objectives, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation
Gill, Patricia Louise – 1975
1973 Florida legislation requires each community college to evaluate the performance of former students in the activities for which they were prepared by the college. This project developed and implemented a follow-up system for community college graduates in Associate in Arts programs. The system assessed former students' achievement of the goals…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Data Collection
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1976
A description of the 1974-75 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study and its findings is provided in this study. The present study is restricted to compensatory education reading programs. Its purpose is the development of the analytical techniques reflected in the cost-effectiveness model. A purpose of the study is the investigation of the direction of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1975
Based on the working papers and the results of seminar discussions on the evaluation of vocational education in various European countries, this volume summarizes current European thinking on the evaluation of training programs. Chapter 1 describes and defines the different levels of analysis which can be used in evaluation: analysis in the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Dohner, Charles W.; And Others – Distance Education, 1985
Describes an evaluation plan and preliminary results for the ATS-6 satellite interactive telecommunication program for teaching basic science and clinical diagnosis at sites remote from an established medical school (University of Washington). This study assesses the technical feasibility, interaction characteristics of the education programs, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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