This resource book, designed as a planning tool for demonstration project directors, discusses the following six key elements which have application at all three stages of a demonstration project: (1) Objectives, (2) resources, (3) endorsement, (4) communications, (5) evaluation, and (6) outreach. Each of these elements is discussed within the…

Eleven papers focus on the issue of dissemination in special education. (CL)

Instructional innovation should progress through three major stages before general implementation--development, field testing, and dissemination. During the 1965-66 school year, joint planning was undertaken by the staff of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh and by Research for Better Schools (RBS),…

This program description is one of twenty-one reports dealing with the developmental history of recent educational products. Objectives of the Taba project are to help elementary grade students develop thinking skills, key concept understandings, desired attitudes and values, and cognitive abilities in a sequential manner through process…

There is a wide range of communication needs in rural development programs, including the need to develop comprehensive communication strategies for program fulfillment. Such strategies call for communication specialists whose expertise transcends the "information" role and includes the whole process of development. This process must not neglect…

Whatever the innovation, the adoption-rejection decision must be related to precise evaluation data; and in cases where positive benefits are the clear result of an innovative program, the implementation of an effective diffusion program can magnify and multiply the benefits for a larger population of students. The Peterborough Project…

There are three comprehensive and inclusive tasks involved in cross-cultural implementation of programmd instruction: 1) the origination of a program; 2) the selection and adaptation of a program for use in a second culture; and, 3) the evaluation of a program in view of the particular target population involved. These three tasks for cooperative…

In this evaluation of the Title III (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Northern California PACE Center program, the center's 1969-70 activities in relation to stated objectives were examined through review of objectives and activities in terms of success in meeting performance requirements. The following objectives were deemed to have met or…

Follow Through Resource Centers are a nationwide system designated to assist local school districts in improving their educational programs through adoption of exemplary educational programs at a fraction of the original development cost. Resource personnel develop materials for dissemination. Materials are presented in awareness sessions with the…

The structure and effectiveness of the National Diffusion Network (NDN) as a national system, and the characteristics of the diffusion and adoption processes for the dissemination of exemplary educational practices were evaluated by the Stanford Research Institute. Evaluation methods included a review of pertinent documents, the administration of…

The focus of a summative evaluation of the Promising Practices Diffusion Project was on soliciting descriptions and views of several different groups about project operation and merit and comparing the "ideal" model against what had taken place so far. Preliminary activities involved review of the project-developed Implementation Kit for…

Major findings, interpretations, and policy recommendations developed from a national, in-depth evaluation of the National Diffusion Network (NDN) are presented. Features of the NDN approach to the dissemination of educational innovation include: local change as a goal, use of specialized change agents, emphasis on interpersonal tactics to effect…

Five areas of concern relating to the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) are documented in this report. First, following an introduction which discusses the purpose of the V-TECS system (to develop materials for performance based instruction), the organizational structure of the sixteen state consortium is presented,…

Replicating the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) experience-based career education (EBCE) model, this project had as its objectives increasing students' basic, career awareness, and life skills; developing in students awareness of their abilities, interests, and aptitudes; developing positive student, parent, and community attitudes;…

The National Diffusion Network provides a model for the adoption of outstanding educational programs. This second volume of the Final Report on the Evaluation of the National Diffusion Network consists of a series of technical supplements to Volume I, which contains the findings and recommendations. These technical supplements provide details of…