Guidance is provided to organizational personnel in establishing a means for assessing the effectiveness of a new performance appraisal system. (TA)

Task performance measures are criterion-referenced tests that can improve the effectiveness, accountability, and control of vocational training programs. They provide the means for basing instruction and evaluation on job performance requirements rather than arbitrarily derived subject matter. (JOW)

Describes the long-term effects of a bilingual education program on the academic achievement of Mexican-American students in a predominantly Mexican-American school district. Examines program impact on reading and mathematics achievement over a six-year period. Analyzes the effects on achievement of four variables: preachievement, gender, age, and…

This study investigated whether the Barkley behavior change program was effective in changing oppositional-defiant behavior of a 12-year-old, male student. The Barkley program uses an applied behavior analysis approach with daily assessment and reinforcement. Weekly meetings were held between the student's parents and the school psychologist at…

The Regional Resource Center (RRC) program mission is to strengthen the capacity of state systems of education and early intervention to improve results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families. It is one of the longest and most successful technical assistance projects of the Office of Special Education…

Describes a literature-based oral language program and its effects on Black children's ability to reproduce standard English structures. (ST)

Presents the results of an evaluative study of an employee assistance program sponsored by the Russell Corporation, an apparel manufacturing firm. Results suggested that the program is beneficial in terms of both productivity enhancement and humanitarianism. (Author)

Practitioners in continuing medical education should evaluate the impact educational activities have on physical competence, physical performance, or patient health status. (CT)

A study of three elementary school boys (ages 8-11) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, who were already receiving pharmacological treatment, investigated the effects of using a self-monitoring procedure to enhance their on-task behavior. Results found all three subjects increased in on-task behaviors when self-monitoring was used.…

Compared pre- and post-semester counseling interviews of 13 trained graduate student counselors and 13 graduate students in a no-treatment control condition. Found trained graduate student counselors decreased use of assessment intention and question response mode and increased use of explore intention and minimal encouragers response mode when…

The success of the Paired Reading (PR) technique is examined, and a study involving 43 pairs of Hong Kong students (ages 10-11) in a PR project is reported. It is concluded that the projects' success may not lie in the technique itself but in improving tutees' motivation, confidence, and self-esteem as readers. (JDD)

Describes several approaches to the development of performance indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of safety training in the nuclear power industry. A rationale is presented for a method of generating measures of effectiveness that uses criteria developed by several experts with different viewpoints, and the benefits of this method are…

A study of 135 published articles describing continuing medical education programs and program evaluation was undertaken to review the state of the literature between 1984 and 1988. Results suggest that research in the field of continuing medical education is expanding and that programs have an impact on physician performance. (JOW)

This study addresses bidialectism in the context of language education by empirically assessing how explicit knowledge about language influences bidialectal students' linguistic performance and language attitudes. A language-learning programme based on Language Awareness was applied in the bidialectal community of Cyprus with the primary aim of…

Forestry and agricultural education programs need to increase their public communication and cross-disciplinary activities. In this article we present a technique, Cross-Disciplinary Peer Education (CDPE), which allowed forestry students to teach student peers from other disciplines about basic forestry principles. Cross-Disciplinary Peer…