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Schechter, Susan – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2001
The reports highlighted in this issue offer an excellent view of the success, value, and contributions of the National Household Education Surveys (NHES) Program. Also discusses the federal statistical system and the role that NHES and other national household surveys play in providing the United States with information needed for policy…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedGliner, Jeffrey A.; Ross, Tara; Duke, Steven; Spencer, Karen C. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1999
An evaluation effort that used goal attainment scaling to examine a program designed to promote student involvement in transition activities among secondary students with disabilities. The method was user friendly and consistent with self-determination and resulted in meaningful feedback. Limitations included timing difficulties and lack of buy-in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Program Evaluation, Rural Areas, Secondary Education
Download full textGriffee, Dale T. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
Despite its widespread use in evaluation data analysis, statistical testing has come under persistent criticism resulting in calls for its rethinking, and even possible elimination (Carver, 1978, 1993). Saxon and Boylan issue a call "to strengthen developmental education research and to make it more accessible" (2003, p. 2). Among the types of…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Evaluation, Data Analysis, Testing
Direct linkMulvey, Kevin P.; Atkinson, Donna Durant; Avula, Deepa; Luckey, J. William – American Journal of Evaluation, 2005
The Internet and World Wide Web are increasingly used to accelerate progress in a variety of fields. These applications go beyond the traditional technology- or computer-related fields and have expanded to nontechnical fields, which have benefited greatly from the use of the Web as a data-gathering and management support tool. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Measurement Techniques, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
VanMetre, Jason Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a ninth grade transition program at a suburban high school in Louisiana. Student data were analyzed from two groups of first time freshmen who indicated a need for help in mathematics: one without a transition program and one with a transition program. Academic data included standardized test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Test Results, Educational Assessment, Standardized Tests
Nath, Janice, Ed.; Guadarrama, Irma N., Ed.; Ramsey, John, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Investigating University-School Partnerships: A Volume in Professional Development School Research, the fourth book in the PDS Research Series developed by the same editors, includes a collection of organized papers that represent the best and latest examples of practitioner thinking, research, and program design and evaluation in the field at the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Urban Teaching, Professional Development Schools, Mentors
Campbell, Michael D. – 1995
Texas' and Oregon's experiences in building a performance measurement and reporting information system (PMRIS) for their adult literacy programs were compared. The Oregon PMRIS development effort was a multiyear project involving 10 programs and calling for collection/reporting of data regarding 10 of 272 benchmarks recommended by the Oregon…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation
Marable, Paula – 1990
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title II funds were used in a 12-month project for the improvement of mathematics and science teaching at the prekindergarten through grade 12 levels in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD). The project provided: (1) staff development workshops; (2) consultants to develop a secondary…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1980
This guide provides a brief introduction to the Participant Action Plan Approach (PAPA) and a user's handbook. Part I outlines five steps of PAPA which determine how job behavior is changed by training course or program participation. Part II, the manual, is arranged by the five steps of the PAPA approach. Planning for PAPA discusses making…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Michigan State Dept. of Public Instruction, Lansing. – 1966
THIS REPORT FOLLOWS THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR EVALUATION REPORTS OF TITLE I PROJECTS. THE FIRST PART DESCRIBES THE PROJECTS' OPERATION AND SERVICES, METHODS OF DISSEMINATION OF DATA AND INFORMATION, EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, AND MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS. IT ALSO PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT (1) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Henerson, Marlene E.; And Others – 1978
Most of the information in this booklet is useful for both formative and summative evaluations. The booklet offers information to help the evaluator develop skills in designing and using instruments to measure affective objectives or attitudes. The chapters cover: (1) an introduction to the measurement of attitudes and attitude change; (2)…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques
BARNES, EDWARD G. – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS WHICH WERE DEVELOPED TO ASSIST GEORGIA'S YOUTH. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES, INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS, AND ACHIEVEMENT TEST RESULTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED. STATE GUIDELINES FOR THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports
Pritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1974
The report describes an 18-month research project at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of inceptive motivation techniques in Air Force technical training. The first phase of the research identified incentives. The findings were used in the second phase of the research which made these incentives contingent on…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Educational Research. – 1968
Designed to ascertain whether advanced students could apply language skills acquired through a minimum of three years of study to a practical purpose such as an academic subject, this report describes and evaluates a 2-year research project involving the teaching of history in French or Spanish in a number of Virginia high schools. Following a…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Objectives, Evaluative Thinking, Experimental Programs
Harris, Marshall A. – 1973
The mission of the study reported here was to provide a better understanding of the existing financial arrangement for elementary and secondary education, to design alternative systems where they appeared to be justified, and to recommend systems that would provide like amounts of dollars for students with similar characteristics (deaf, blind,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Conferences, Data Analysis
