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Gibbons, Andrew S.; Hymes, Jonah P. – 1978
This project was one of four aircrew training development projects in a continuing study of the methodology, effectiveness, and resource requirements of the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) process. This report covers the Phase II activities of a two-phase project for the development of aircrew training for SH-2F anti-submarine warfare…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Data Collection, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. Education Policy Research Inst. – 1977
In February, 1976, the Education Policy Research Institute sponsored this conference on the use of tests in educational policy formation; these six papers were presented at that conference. In the first paper, Jenne K. Britell discusses four points that have historically characterized debates about testing; psychometric and technical issues;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Testing
Nutter, Barbara P. – 1977
This program combines five distinct parts of the teacher training program into a unified experience for undergraduate social studies students. It offers some unique opportunities for ongoing involvement of university students in the improvement of their own instruction. Three academic courses in conjunction with an optional reading methods course…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development
Baker, Eva L. – 1979
In the early 1970s educational evaluation's fusion of respect for rationality, power to implement rational procedure, and an altruistic objective (improved instruction) appealed to educational researchers. Dealing essentially with closed systems, it measured program success by student performance on measurement instruments. Critics exclaimed that…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Evaluation Methods
Dennis, J. Richard – 1979
The details and process of evaluating computerized instructional materials are presented for the major classes of such materials, i.e., courseware--the set of computer programs with which the student interacts directly to learn--and instructional software--the instructional facilities, services, or general operations which include management and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Evaluation Methods
HARRIS, THEODORE L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
METHODS OF TESTING, EVALUATING, AND TEACHING READING IN THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES ARE DESCRIBED. CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF VARIABILITY IN READING SPEED ARE DISCUSSED. DESIGN WAS BASED ON THE RATIONALE THAT A MEANINGFUL READING-TIME SCORE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SUBJECT'S PURPOSE FOR READING. WHILE READING SPEED MAY…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Psychometrics, Psychomotor Skills
Wisconsin Univ., Green Bay. – 1980
The ways that Wisconsin colleges, technical institutes and high schools award credit for learning acquired through work experience are described. This guide was written after a statewide study of the policies and procedures of both postsecondary and secondary schools. Data were gathered in interviews with nearly every postsecondary school in…
Descriptors: Colleges, Credits, Equivalency Tests, Evaluation Methods
Mead, Nancy A. – 1980
Focusing on the problems of assessing the speaking skills of secondary school students, this paper provides one example of how those problems were addressed in the Massachusetts speaking assessment. The paper identifies four requirements for measures of speaking skills: (1) feasibility, (2) reliability, (3) validity, and (4) freedom from bias. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Gourley, Robert N. – 1979
The purpose of this competency-based education program is to help interested school districts implement, manage, and evaluate a comprehensive program at the high school level. The final report discusses the definition and collection of selective practices that have potential for further use; targeted development activities, including planning and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Doran, Rodney L. – 1980
Designed to be used by preservice and in-service science teachers interested in assessing the outcomes of school science programs, this publication is aimed at helping teachers do a better job of developing tests and inventories specifically for their instructional programs and students. Material is presented in six chapters entitled: (1) Trends…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Sparta, Steven – 1976
Counselors and psychotherapists have a moral obligation and some practical reasons to make demonstrable the effects of their treatments. The followup study is a commonly used method whose use is nevertheless unsystematized. This paper describes a followup study in which the author contacted by telephone and interviewed 11 former clients. He…
Descriptors: Accountability, Counseling, Evaluation Methods, Followup Studies
National Science Teachers Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
This is part of a series of modules intended to present guidelines to teachers for evaluation of secondary science programs. It contains the directions for use and the report form. (SA)
Descriptors: Achievement, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Instruments
Milley, Jane E. – 1979
The problems, procedures, and benefits of case-study program evaluation are investigated. An evaluation plan that included several data collection methods (document review, interview, content analysis, attitude questionnaire survey, sociogram analysis) and emphasized the role of the evaluator as participant-observer, collector and synthesizer of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Conference Reports, Data Collection
Miles, Gail; Legg, Sue M. – 1979
A model of an evaluation process for a college level mathematics course using management procedures is described. It is suggested that by designing the evaluation process as part of a management procedure, data useful for making policy decisions will be generated and the success of the instructional process will be insured. The foundation of the…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
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Thomas, M. Donald – 1979
This pamphlet makes a case for performance evaluation of educational personnel as the primary method for improving schools. The case is developed through commentary, examples, and statements of educators familiar with performance evaluation. The paper examines current issues related to the evaluation of educational personnel such as the purpose of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education
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