The College of Education of the University of Toledo designed a competency-based teacher education (CBTE) program in 1968-69 and began the implementation of that program in 1970. The total CBTE program is based upon a predetermined set of specific behaviors to be mastered, and includes a Teacher Education Center as a coordinating, materials and…

The extreme variability of the 50 projects under the NIE Program to Increase the Participation of Minorities and Women in Educational Research and Development necessitates an evaluation design that is flexible enough to accomodate significant differences in project characteristics, yet comprehensive enough to allow meaningful aggregation of…

The cross-levels hypothesis is presented as an explanation for program evaluation failures. It states that the usefulness of evaluation data as feedback for decision making varies inversely with the number of organizational levels between the action the data describe, and the decisions they are intended to influence. To be useful for decision…

The purpose of this study was to assess the procedures and performances of comprehensive high schools in Georgia and to gather data for guiding future programs. The 112 comprehensive high schools in Georgia offer a combination of vocational and traditional academic programs. This report focuses on the input, process, and output of the…

THIS REPORT IS AN EVALUATION OF A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN FOUR OAKLAND SCHOOLS. IN HALF-DAY SESSIONS THE CHILDREN WERE OFFERED READING, MATHEMATICS, AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, FIELD TRIPS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. THE EVALUATION IS DERIVED FROM THE ATTENDANCE DATA, RESPONSES OF PARENTS, TEACHERS,…

An evaluation is provided of a project designed to create a bilingual environment and a program of bilingual instruction for first and second grade Spanish speaking children. A comparison is included of the language development and reading ability of the students taught in Spanish and English with those taught in English only. A pre- and…

Some of the problems unique to evaluation research, in particular to the evaluation of longitudinal studies of social programs, are presented. A working model found to be useful in structuring compensatory education program evaluation activities is also offered. Since the goals of social programs such as Head Start are dynamic rather than static,…

The difficulties in evaluating bilingual education appear to have prevented success in all but a few evaluation attempts, but better and more meaningful evaluation is neccessary in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of bilingual programs. Many bilingual programs are undergoing constant modification, adequate assessment instruments have…

The report describes a Louisiana pilot program for providing integrated career education activities for grades K-14. The program contains five components: guidance and counseling, elementary, junior high, grades 10-14, and placement. The body of the report, 21 pages, describes the goals and objectives of each program component, the overall project…

An experimental Basic Electricity and Electronics course (BE/E) utilizing a lock-step, instructor presentation methodology was developed and evaluated at the Service School Command, Great Lakes. The study, directed toward the training of lower mental group, school nonqualified personnel, investigated comparative data on test performance, attitude,…

The K-Adult research and development project in career education in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, contained two phases: (1) Eau Claire Joint School District Five, introducing the 16 Wisconsin career development concepts into school curricula through teacher workshops, resource materials, public relations, and consulting services for classroom teachers…

Of the 31 migrant projects funded in fiscal year 1974 (FY 74), 27 (11 regular term and 16 summer term) were classroom programs. There were 365 children enrolled during the regular term and 1,601 during the summer. Children were recruited through: visits by school personnel to the migrant camps, information supplied by other project participants,…

This publication describes a practicum project that developed a comprehensive educational evaluation system for collecting, storing, and displaying pertinent data for use in planning educational programs at both the district and school level in the City School District of New Rochelle. The resulting New Rochelle Evaluation Model was developed from…

During 1974-75, Oregon's migrant program emphasized the development of regular school year projects. Nine regular year projects provided diversified educational, health, nutritional, and social services to 3,693 students in kindergarten through high school. Seven summer projects, designed primarily for children ages 5-14, were directed toward…

The sixth annual report of the Alabama Council on Vocational Education presents 21 objectives for performance analysis of the State's 1975 vocational education program. Also presented are the group's evaluation findings (examining effort, performance, adequacy, and efficiency) and a summary of findings from other Council Studies. The Council…