The report is a third party audit/evaluation of a research and development project to provide curriculum and staff development for the implementation of a high school career development program in two career clusters at the Washington, D.C., Lemuel A. Penn Career Development Center. A project overview is presented; major responsibilities of the…

This report describes the exemplary programs of ten open-door institutions participating in a project supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. The project aims at evaluating and refining programs for students who enter college as low achievers, students who have traditionally been discouraged from pursuing…

This study was designed to develop and evaluate new methods of helping college students increase their academic reading efficiency. Three new one-unit courses--identical in reading content, tasks, and skills development, but differing in format, amount of structure, and delivery mode--were developed. The teaching methods in these courses were…

Described is a process model for outreach projects which are intended to stimulate increased specialized services for preschool handicapped children, their parents, and teachers. The model is described to be a flexible framework designed to faciltate the delivery of effective services by outreach projects to target audiences and agencies and to…

Phase 3 of the Career Education Resource Laboratory (CERL) project at Eastern Illinois University consisted of three major activity areas: demonstrations, disseminations, and workshops. CERL's demonstrations of Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS) were conducted at Eastern Illinois University and the Comprehensive Illinois…

This monograph speaks to the basic problems confronting human services programs, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services. Specific concerns addressed are: (1) the need for more systematic program planning and evaluation; (2) an approach to effective planning and evaluation; (3) development of staff skills for use in the…

This paper presents a general overview of the educational administration process from both the theoretical and practical viewpoints. The discussion is organized into five major sections that focus in turn on development of an information system, definition of objectives, preparation of an educational plan, implementation of the plan, and…

This document covers all activities since the inception of the Black Colleges and Community Development Program (BCCDP). The BCCDP was established to develop clear lines of communication between TACTICS' programs; organize Black Colleges Technical Assistance Executive Committee; design, organize, and execute the Black College Consortium; and…

Written by a planning team representing 10 schools in the Portland, Oregon area, the program assessment and planning guide is intended to be an instrument for planning and measuring the achievement of career education programs for grades K-12. Its format is designed to separate problems into a priority ranking and list them by the year to help…

On the basis of experiences in implementing federal programs, particularly the Trainers of Teacher Trainers (TTT) program as it was funded and administered under the Education Professions Development Act, this article makes 11 recommendations to federal agency personnel regarding needed directions for change in the area of project evaluation in…

Since 1958, the California Youth Authority has undertaken a wide diversity of research projects which span the range of activities in which the department is involved. These include program evaluation and development, measurement and classification, followup studies, and experimentally designed demonstration projects. Studies have been directed at…

This supplemental report accompanied the project termination report and deals specifically with the design, development, piloting, revision, and evaluation of the secondary curriculum materials developed during the third year of the project. The report is divided into four main sections. Section 1 contains a brief description of the purpose and…

This publication is composed of four parts. Part I, The Final Report, consists of the program foundations, description of the target group, description of resources, analysis of processes developed, creating the resource role, creation awareness, developing a problem solving orientation, curriculum integration, evolution of the group process,…

This manual describes the Arizona Right to Read Needs Assessment Package, which is designed to assist individual schools in evaluating their current reading program, personnel, and achievement. The package contains an introduction followed by a summary of techniques of assessing student performance, a description of current reading programs and…

The New Jersey Department of Education conducted a national search for existing materials and procedures related to one or more of the following categories: goal-setting procedures, objectives and existing banks of objectives, assessment procedures, guidelines for program selection, and evaluation of program effectiveness and efficiency. This…