The terms "measurement" and "evaluation" have been frequently defined and confused. Three of the most common definitions of evaluation are that it is identical to measurement, that it is "determining the congruence between performance and objectives," and that it is a matter of professional judgment. The goal of evaluation is to provide…

To assist local administrators and teachers in determining educational objectives and priorities, this project tested a previously developed program evaluation model. The test site chosen for data collection was the agriculture department at James Wood High School. Conclusions of this test effort included: (1) The model for evaluation of secondary…

The jackknife is a general inferential technique intended to ameliorate the problems associated with inadequate sampling theory. The research reported herein is directed at investigating the utility of the jackknife for establishing confidence intervals on and testing hypotheses about the disattenuated correlation coefficient for small samples. A…

An overview of educational evaluation theory in general, and its formative phase in specific, is presented. Educational evaluation is defined as are its formative and summative phases and its classifications of external and internal evaluation. Each phase and classification are discussed largely in the context of formative evaluation. In addition,…

The authors' experiences in using three different approaches to the study and documentation of processes used in the Experience-Based Career Education model are reported. The approaches used were: ethnography, systematic observation of student behavior in natural settings, and in-depth student interviews. (Author/BP)

Three strategies for evaluating training programs for paraprofessional human service workers are offered. The first concerns the assessment of the differential usefulness of selection versus training of helpers. The second focuses on factors producing effective training. The final strategy entails an evaluation of the impact of systematically…

The model utilized in this study was designed to meet the need for analysis of policy as one step in the process of describing the general status of school health service programs in a state. The findings of this study indicated that most schools in Virginia are characterized by inadequate health programs when compared to recommended policies. (DS)

The University of Toledo has applied a systems approach to the design of an academic program evaluation model. The systems approach seems to be the most appropriate because it emphasizes the whole system instead of component systems. Selected evaluation models are reviewed, Toledo's research paradigm is described, and the function of a university…

A model for the evaluation of patient education programs is proposed. (MM)

Described and advocated is the discrepancy approach to needs assessment as an important step in making residential schools accountable for handicapped students. (Author/CL)

Dynamic analysis offers a comprehensive view of the cost benefit and cost effective dimensions of policy problems. It also provides the computational power to investigate the long term effects of policy decisions on the flow of resources in organizations and government agencies. (Author/MV)

The story of the national evaluation of the Follow Through program mirrors the difficulties in trying to evaluate a complex social program that changed its community service orientation to a strategy of planned variation of early childhood programs. (Author/MLF)

Families (N = 86) of delinquents were randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions. Results indicated that only 20 percent of families in the treatment condition had subsequent court contacts for siblings, compared to a 40 percent rate for no-treatment controls and 59 percent and 63 percent rates for the alternative treatment conditions.…

Describes a successfully pilot-tested planning model that focuses on the decisions that need to be made at the school level. (IRT)

The Training Effectiveness Evaluation system provides three categories of tools for planning evaluation of industrial training programs, gathering the needed information, and reporting it. These categories are (1) satisfaction, (2) learning, and (3) performance. (CH)