This project was directed to the development of a self-evaluation model which would enable community colleges to evaluate their effectiveness in providing occupational education programs for the disadvantaged and handicapped that are funded under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. To accomplish their goal, the evaluation team made a…

The National Center for Educational Communication (NCEC) contracted with Rand to develop a range of potential objectives and structures for the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system that could render it more effective in the future. The Rand study team surveyed the scope and sources of education literature and studied the…

Career education is a developmental process through which students discover their interests and talents, explore career opportunities, establish realistic and defensible career objectives, and develop a degree of employability. This publication reports the efforts utilized by the Beaverton School District, Oregon, in developing a master plan for…

The paper describes the methodology used in an ongoing, independent evaluation of the teaching family model, also known as "Achievement Place," a community-based group home treatment program for predelinquent and delinquent adolescents aged 12-16. Youths referred by courts and other agencies live with surrogate parents, in groups of eight, for…

The ecosystem model for assessing student perceptions of their environment was developed by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The purpose of this report is to discuss the application of the ecosystem model at Arizona State University and to make recommendations concerning how to expedite the model's application. (Author)

The traditional evaluation model used in accrediting professional-education programs is discussed. The evaluation model makes some significant departures from the traditional model. Possible implications of the evaluation model are discussed in relation to currently evolving accreditation procedure for counselor-education programs and…

Background information is provided to clarify some of the issues surrounding teacher and student evaluation in pharmacy education. Major questions explored dealt with what should be evaluated, how the data should be collected and used, and the adaptability of the experiential domain for students. (Author/LBH)

Abt Associates, the firm responsible for the primary analysis of the Follow Through experiment, summarize the findings. Their clearest finding indicates that local circumstances, attitudes, and activities unmeasured by evaluation have much more to do with the effectiveness of Follow Through models, without exception, than do their theoretical…

Interpretations point up the fact that research-oriented evaluation, aiming at estimation of program effects on specific test outcome measures, is capable of illuminating only part of the value of a complex social program like Follow Through. (Author/MLF)

Six deficits of this model are discussed: disparity in proponent prowess, fallible arbiters, excessive confidence in the model's potency, difficulties in framing the proposition in a manner amenable to adversary resolution, "a cat's-paw for biased decision makers," and, excessive costs. (Author/JM)

Describes the vocational education program evaluation model used in the Dallas County Community College District. Examines each phase (i.e., data collection, program analysis, and cross-comparisons of programs) of a process which concludes with a districtwide summative evaluation. Explains how the model can be used in single-campus colleges. (DMM)

Describes how two methodologies for analyzing and improving performance--performance engineering and organization mapping--were used in a case study involving the purchasing department of an electric utility. Highlights include the establishment of a model of the desired results, measuring existing performance, and the designing of an improvement…

An evaluation paradigm which describes interagency coordination as a multidimensional (climate, resources, policies, people, and process), interactional, and developmental effort is presented for use in special education as a: training tool for those involved in coordination efforts; guide for developing and evaluating interagency coordination…

The article presents a cooperative interagency approach for assessing effectiveness of programs and services to facilitate the transition of handicapped students from school to adult community living. Features of the model include cooperative planning at the policy level, implementation level, and direct service level; and collaboration by state…

Program theory can be used to improve programs and policies. This article describes a set of techniques for complicating and simplifying program theory, referred to as conceptual and action heuristics. Methods such as analyzing metaphors, clarifying concepts, mapping, component assessment, causal modeling, and decision analysis are discussed. (JAZ)