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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, Washington, DC. – 1995
"The Program Evaluation Standards," established by 16 professional associations, identify evaluation principles that should result in improved program evaluations that address utility, propriety, feasibility, and accuracy. This digest summarizes these standards. Guidelines and illustrative cases to assist in meeting these standards are…
Descriptors: Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Professional Associations
Simms, Brian E.; And Others – 1987
This handbook is intended to assist correctional educators in improving postsecondary vocational programs for incarcerated persons. The guide is based on a study of exemplary characteristics and practices of postsecondary vocational programs in minimum-, medium-, and maximum-security correctional institutions. The introductory section includes…
Descriptors: College Programs, Correctional Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
Oregon Commission on Child Care, Portland. – 1989
The last in a three-part series, this report highlights Oregon's most pressing child care needs and suggests actions to be taken to realize Oregon's commitment to children's futures, a commitment evident in the fact that 30 of the state's 36 counties have designated high quality child care as a top priority. In this report, recommendations are…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Futures (of Society), Program Administration
Packard, Richard D. – 1990
To assure accountability to educational policy developed by elected and appointed leaders, agencies and organizations must adopt high quality evaluation designs tailored to meet three basic tenets: (1) different processes for policy formation and demonstration of accountability; (2) clear accountability expectations built into policies; (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Organizational Development
Johnston, John M.; James, Terry L. – 1986
It is pointed out in this discussion that mentoring, as a delivery tool in a beginning teacher induction program, has great potential, and the use of experienced educators in guiding relatively inexperienced teachers is of value not only to the first-year teacher but also to the mentor. In examining the goals of mentoring-induction programs, the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Mentors
Moore, Jerry R.; And Others – 1986
The Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia has developed a 5-year teacher education program to improve and strengthen preservice preparation. Changes in the program are based on beliefs regarding characteristics of effective teacher education programs and the requirements necessary to implement those characteristics. The program…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Development
Brandt, David A.; And Others – 1982
This report discusses five issue areas in which it is believed substantial improvements in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) might be achieved. The unifying themes among these issues are to increase the visibility of NAEP, its relevance to policymakers, and its utility to state and local agencies. The first of five substantive…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Doty, Charles R. – 1985
Major resources exist that can be used to develop or upgrade programs in community colleges and technical institutes that educate robotics/automated systems technicians. The first category of resources is Economic, Social, and Education Issues. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report, "Automation and the Workplace," presents analyses of…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Resources, Information Sources, Paraprofessional Personnel
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc., Boston, MA. – 1981
Study goals were to identify and evaluate the impact of fellowships awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts to visual artists and to provide information to help the Endowment in planning, policy development, and resource allocation for the fellowship category. Information was collected in three ways. Questionnaires were sent to 50% of all…
Descriptors: Artists, Fellowships, Policy Formation, Program Attitudes
Gentry, Cass – 1981
The general inability of instructional developers to demonstrate the effects of instructional development services toward improving college programs is discussed, and a process for program evaluation and revision is proposed. A flow chart of the general process for continuous program evaluation and revision provides examples of operational…
Descriptors: College Programs, Flow Charts, Higher Education, Instructional Development
GROSS, F.P.; MACLEARIE, ELIZABETH C. – 1966
SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE INDICATED THAT INTENSIVE CYCLE SCHEDULING FOR SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPY MIGHT YIELD BETTER RESULTS THAN MORE TRADITIONAL METHODS. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS USING THIS NEW METHOD WERE ESTABLISHED IN FIVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS A FIELD TEST OF EFFICIENCY. THE 4 YEARS OF RESEARCH IN INTENSIVE CYCLE SCHEDULING IN THESE FIVE…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Burry, James – 1978
Descriptive characteristics of participants in the 1978 Teacher Corps Conference are first presented in this report. This data includes information on role in the teacher corps project, age, race, and geographic location. The report discusses participants' overall assessments of the sessions they attended daily. The major events of the conference…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Government Role
GASKELL, WILLIAM G. – 1967
THIS COMMENTARY ON AN EARLIER ARTICLE ABOUT THE DISCONTINUATION OF A 6-YEAR FLES PILOT PROGRAM (SEE "MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL," VOLUME 50, MARCH 1966) CRITICIZES THE LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS OR EXPECTATION OF SUCCESS WHICH CHARACTERIZED THE PROJECT. THE PLANNERS MADE NO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROGRAM AND FAILED…
Descriptors: FLES, Modern Languages, Program Administration, Program Development
Rodgers, John H. – 1968
A national seminar on young farmer education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, August 7-11, 1967, was attended by 95 teacher educators, state supervisors, vocational agriculture teachers, and invited guests from 38 states and the District of Columbia. Some major seminar conclusions were: (1) There is an increasing need for education of young…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Cook, Joyce; Williams, Jeanne – 1975
The objectives of the conference, determined by a Conference Steering Committee together with staff of the U.S. Office of Education, were: (1) to identify and promote effective methods and techniques for moving career education from a project status into an ongoing educational program status; (2) to determine and discuss major issues in the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conference Reports, Educational Administration, Educational Legislation
