The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings of the Program Evaluation Project. This chapter deals with the first year development of an integrated program evaluation system for the Adult Outpatient Program, Hennepin County Mental Health Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This evaluation system is an extension of and expansion of the…

Choicepoint is the name of a peer-led decision making facilitation group for college age students. Decisions appear to be a major factor in maladaptive behavior, and prevention of problems may occur through responsible decisions and behavior. Choicepoint focuses on decision making in the areas of sex, alcohol, and drugs. A structured program to…

Presented is a description of the operational procedures of a model resource center for educationally handicapped elementary school children in Colorado and the replication strategy to be used. Emphasized are the differentiated staffing patterns. Appended are tables of statistical data and evaluation forms. (IM)

This publication consists of a number of papers that discuss the development, implementation, and evaluation of efforts to integrate general and special education administration. The publication deals primarily with the work of the General-Special Education Administration Consortium (GSEAC), a long-term cooperative effort involving 25 higher…

Teaching practices in a total of 273 first and third grade Follow Through classrooms were examined in relation to (1) their consistency with the goals of seven sponsors' educational models, and (2) their effects on children's performance in areas ranging from reading and arithmetic achievement to nonverbal reasoning, independence and school…

Based on a 2-year-old faculty development program at an urban university, a model is derived that describes faculty development as an evolving process, beginning with low mutual knowledge and trust and an "expert" consulting role, developing into greater mutual knowledge and trust and a more "collaborative" consulting role. (Editor/JT)

Using funding from Project SPEED, this program was able to substantiate both a significant change in the cognitive levels of knowledge about drugs and its effect in society, as well as significant changes in attitudes of students to that of a more accepting attitude toward drug users. (Author)

Assesses the academic merit of an innovative undergraduate program designed to teach students the importance of critical thinking skills and social science concepts. As a result of these tests, students did improve their knowledge of some critical thinking skills relative to control. (Author)

The purpose and potential of inservice teacher education programs in economics are discussed. Specifically examined are (1) the outcomes expected from economic inservice, (2) whether economic inservice pays off, and (3) the various ways economic workshops are organized and for what type of teacher each is intended. (RM)

An evaluation of empirical evidence from three studies published in journal articles and a book chapter indicated insufficient cause to view the Adaptive Learning Environments Model as a successful, large-scale, full-time mainstreaming program for integrating handicapped pupils and remedial/compensatory education students into general education.…

Describes the spiral interactive program evaluation model, which is designed to evaluate vocational-technical education programs in secondary schools in Nigeria. Program evaluation is defined; utility oriented and process oriented models for evaluation are described; and internal and external evaluative factors and variables that define each…

The methodology used in a computerized student evaluation model that has been used for four years is explained. The steps involved in designing a questionnaire and in implementing a student evaluation are identified. The improvement of advising services and advisor performance based on student feedback are described. (Author/MLW)

This article examines the use of a modified judiciary model, called the Advocacy-Judiciary model, by the Mesa Public School System in Arizona. The method was used to investigate programs specifically directed toward the academic needs of the gifted and talented student population. (Author/JAZ)

The first of five lessons in a tutorial on library evaluation from "American Libraries" and the University of Wisconsin/Madison School of Library and Information Studies includes instructions on how to earn a Certificate of Completion. A generalized evaluation model is presented and related to the planning process in libraries. (EJS)