This paper suggests that, before a new occupational program is offered in a community college, an advisory committee be formed to help set standards for equipment and the instructional program. The management device known as Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), would be useful both for the establishment of this advisory committee and…

A FOLLOWUP STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE PERT (PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE) LECTURES, CONDUCTED IN 1965 TO INFORM THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY OF PERT AND TO ENCOURAGE ITS USE. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 397 LECTURE PARTICIPANTS TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF UTILIZATION OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED AND TO SEEK INFORMATION ON THE DISSEMINATION…

Four major advantages make PERT scheduling a most valuable tool in administering the self-motivated individualized-learning-type course. (Author)

This IIEP seminar focused on administrative, management, supervisory, and decisionmaking techniques that are useful in the educational planning process. The techniques studied included: delphi, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), and program planning and budgeting systems (PPBS). Various experts presented papers on these techniques,…

Any general systems approach has five basic elements, which serve as the tasks for the researcher using systems analysis. The five are (1) the objectives, (2) the alternatives, (3) the costs, (4) the model (or models), and (5) the decision rule. With these five steps, the researcher should be able to specify the objectives, select alternatives,…

THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT) IS THE PROVISION OF A GRAPHIC MODEL OF ACTIVITIES WITH ESTIMATES OF THE TIME, RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH A SEQUENCE OF INTERDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES, AS IN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. A PERT MODEL CAN ALSO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PERSONS AND…

TO HELP ADMINISTRATORS PLAN A SPANISH PROGRAM, AN 18-MONTH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THREE DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING SPANISH TO SIXTH GRADERS. FOR THIS EVALUATION, SUCH INDEPENDENT VARIABLES AS STUDENT, TEACHER, CLASSROOM, AND DISTRICT WERE CONSIDERED, ALONG WITH DEPENDENT VARIABLES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN DIFFERENT SKILLS. PART I OF…

This publication describes the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) network for the Preparing Regular Educators for Mainstreaming (PREM) project. PREM is a competency-guided program being developed at the University of Texas at Austin to prepare educators to meet the needs of exceptional children in the regular classroom. PERT is an…

THE PURPOSE OF THE 5-DAY SEMINAR WAS TO ASSIST RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT PERSONNEL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL LEADERS PLAN AND CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVE STATE PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. ITS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DEVELOP A CONCEPT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL FOR ITS SUCCESS, (2)…

The application of a PERT system to a large-scale project will increase the probability of accomplishing project objectives by providing greater visibility of (1) the project objectives, (2) the relationships among the parts of the projects, and (3) the relationships of those component parts to the project objectives. Consequently, educational…

The Cincinnati Public Schools have been exploring new applications of computers in the areas of program planning, management, and evaluation. For the past 10 years, they have collected and computer-stored information on student, staff, administrative, and socioeconomic variables for each school. Data on a selected set of the variables best…

This publication is designed to serve state-level planners interested in reviewing the key concepts of state planning and management systems. The compact nature of the review and its organization in guideline format should provide a ready reference for the practitioner seeking to develop and improve management systems for vocational education in…

This book focuses on and utilizes the methodology and tools of systems analysis and operations research to demonstrate their use in planning for the future and meeting public demands for information on how tax money is being spent by educational administrators. The range of possible and relevant applications is demonstrated by a step-by-step…

This article presents a protocol change leaders can use to navigate whole-system change in their school districts. The information describing the protocol will help change leaders in school districts and policymakers interested in whole-district change answer the question, "How do we transform our entire school system"? The protocol is…

THIS MONOGRAPH IS INTENDED TO DISSEMINATE TO THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF A RECENTLY DEVELOPED PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ENTITLED PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT). PERT IS A METHODOLOGY FOR PLANNING THE DIVERSE ACTIVITIES IN EITHER LARGE OR SMALL PROJECTS. STEPS OF THE PERT TECHNIQUE…