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Peer reviewedChapin, A. Bailey – Reading Improvement, 1970
Provides study skills, reading efficiency, and reading effectiveness tests designed to show the student that his reading is actually improving. (RW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests, Reading Improvement
Download full textRogers, J. Mark; And Others – 1982
The Program Standards Evaluation System was developed in response to evaluation requirements in the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The system includes procedures for using standards data to monitor and evaluate vocational rehabilitation (VR) service outcomes and outputs as well as standards on key procedural issues. The system includes procedures for…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Models, Pretesting
Novack, Stanley R. – Training, 1976
A statistical method, Fishers Table of t (or t ratio), is used to determine the statistical significance of a comparison of results from pretests and post-tests of knowledge and skill taken by training program participants. A statistically significant improvement can demonstrate training effectiveness. (MS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Pretesting
Hunter, William J. – CEDR Quarterly, 1979
Separate selection and pretesting of students eliminate regression effects in the pre-post achievement gain measured in the RMC Model--A method of program evaluation. (CP)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Data Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1988
Describes how Pre-Planning Evaluation (PPE) aids initial curriculum planning. Presents a case study of how PPE influenced the development of the electricity curriculum in Israeli technical high schools. Concludes that PPE is an essential component of the curriculum development process. (GEA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedHartley, James – Instructional Science, 1973
There is evidence that pre-tests can have orienting and motivational and teaching functions - in addition to the sought-for testing function. There is also evidence that these additional functions can be either general or specific. The present paper contributes to the ongoing debate by discussing the issues involved in the context of a series of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedCrozier, Barbara – Education in Science, 1999
Presents a variety of strategies for determining students' ideas about scientific concepts. Explains how the strategies may be used with special-needs students. (WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Middle Schools, Misconceptions
Peer reviewedHick, Thomas L.; Irvine, David J. – Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, 1978
Historical regression uses the assumption that without intervention, growth at post-test will proceed at the same rate as at pre-test. Several methods of historical regression are compared with an illustrative example. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Coney, Freeman, III – 1991
The development of a project to assess the effectiveness of schools in a large urban school district is described in this paper, with a focus on improving the validity of school effectiveness instruments. Purposes of the project were to develop a methodology for reporting effective school strategies and to generate a broader profile of schools'…
Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Bunker, Kerry A.; Cohen, Stephen L. – Training and Development Journal, 1978
After offering some possible explanations for the existing inadequacies in evaluating organizational training programs, the authors discuss several evaluation issues, particularly internal validity. Methods for overcoming evaluation inadequacies and the implications for better controlled evaluation designs are also covered. (EM)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, On the Job Training
Carter, Virginia L., Comp. – 1981
Information on why readership surveys are valuable and on how to conduct them is presented, along with sample surveys used at a number of different institutions, and a questionnaire used by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education to measure the opinion of "CASE CURRENTS," readers. Guidelines for doing a mail survey outline…
Descriptors: Alumni, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Graduate Surveys
Fuller, Edward; And Others – 1973
This manual contains the criteria against which the Manpower and Community College Counselor Training Program pre-assessments are evaluated. These pre-assessments are conducted using materials that have been designed to assess the entry level knowledge and skills of program counselor trainees. The criteria are viewed as the best collective…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Education, Counselor Selection, Counselor Training
Peer reviewedHoogstraten, Joh. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
The biasing effects of a pretest on subsequent post-test results were investigated in two experimental studies. In general, the results argue for using designs without pretests. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Pitrolo, Betty – 1979
The Adult Education Outreach Program in Monangalia County was designed to meet an apparent need and assess the feasibility of developing similar programs in other areas of West Virginia. Goals and assessment of success were based on these four research questions: (1) Will adults who need skills in solving consumer problems avail themselves of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Rosentswieg, Joel – 1976
When attempts are made to utilize the procedures generally accepted in evaluation to look at something as vague as the term "exercise", confusion becomes compounded exponentially. It is important that the fundamental elements of movement, the laws of motion, and the basic movement of skills be taught to everyone. If there is a need to know what…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Exercise
