Instructional strategies aimed at improving achievement of low performing student subgroups in need of support were selected by the District Improvement Advisory Committee, so that WCPSS could exit District Improvement status. Impact of each initiative, which often included teacher training and coaching is examined in this implementation report.…

In today's Web 2.0 world, teachers are perpetually struggling with how to incorporate technology into the classroom effectively in order to meet the diverse literacy needs of 21st-century learners. Utilizing the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE, 2008) Position Statement addressing these needs, the theoretical framework of Lankshear…

The process of developing innovative mobile approaches to informal and formal learning is challenging, not least in needing to satisfy stakeholders with diverse interests in the technology, the pedagogy and the overall system. Some approaches to evaluation may focus on examining the nature and quality of learning that occurs, while other methods…

Article explores both organizational commitment to evaluation and operational realities of that commitment, as applied to an emerging nontraditional post-secondary education program, the University of Mid-America (UMA). (Author)

This article sets forth the usual purposes and methods for different types of evaluation activities and discusses each type of evaluation in relation to a sequential evaluation outline. (Author)

The use of a legal model of a trial as a method of evaluation is discussed. The paper describes procedures of a seminar convened to plan a trial of the preliminary examination procedure used in a doctoral program in clinical and community psychology. (Author/RW)

An evaluation of the 4 x 4 block schedule in effect at Cleveland High School and East Side High School, both in the Cleveland, Mississippi School District was conducted during the 2001 spring semester at the request of the associate superintendent of the school district. Multiple sources of data were identified, and data were collected during the…

This proposal describes a framework and strategy for evaluating the impact of World Bank Institute (WBI) programs. Each section details a relevant aspect of the evaluation strategy and framework, their goals and strategies, and how they relate to the broader goals and mission of the WBI and the World Bank. The evaluation proposal focuses on WBI…

The principles of method development and assessment that have resulted from a long-range project at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory to create new methods for program evaluation are summarized. (Author/AL)

Discusses nonpartisan evaluation, evaluation that is regarded by partisans of all persuasions as balanced, fair, and faithful so that debate can center on the evaluation findings and not on the methodology. Examines strategies that have been used to achieve nonpartisan evaluation. (SLD)

Discusses lessons to be learned from evaluation and best practices in evaluation and some ways to bring increased rigor to evaluators' use of those terms. Suggests that "best" practices is a term to avoid, with "better" or "effective" being more realistic, and calls for more specificity when discussing lessons to be…

Uses bibliometric analysis to examine the role of mediators and moderators in the evaluation of programs for children. Suggests that the use of mediators and moderators is sporadic and vague at best, and outlines an agenda for improved program evaluation. (SLD)

Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…