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Drezek, Stan – 1980
The Secondary Program for the Handicapped performs vocational evaluations on secondary handicapped students in order to improve their programming by making their education more relevant to future jobs. Extensive improvement in instructional programming was achieved for one-third of the students served, with modest benefits for another third, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Program Evaluation
Maxwell, Graham – 1978
The Special Projects (Innovations) Program of the Australian Schools Commission receives less funding than other programs of the commission but has been received more enthusiastically, perhaps because it encourages and supports local initiatives. Given the small scale and local derivation of the projects funded under the program, evaluation…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Kirschenbaum, Robert J. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1993
This interview with Carolyn M. Callahan, an expert in the field of gifted education, addresses the process of evaluating gifted education programs, techniques for maximizing the impact of the evaluation findings, analysis of evaluation impact, benefits of using an outside evaluator, and parent involvement in program evaluation. (JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Gifted
Sapp, Wendy – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
This article presents the universal design features that were identified during the alpha development of a scheduler software program, known as MySchoolDayOnline, for use in schools, and provides preliminary research on the usability of these features. The study presented here investigated the accessibility and usability of MySchoolDayOnline for…
Descriptors: Vision, Field Tests, Visual Impairments, Partial Vision
Albright, Leonard; Frasier, James – 1982
A system for evaluating the special services provided to disadvantaged and handicapped students enrolled in secondary-level vocational education programs in Vermont is presented. It was developed, pilot-tested and used to evaluate several local vocational special needs projects during the 1981-82 school year. The evaluation consists of three…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Harmon, David J. – 1980
The attitudes of building level principals and teachers are crucial to the successful implementation of any program or project. This input evaluation was conducted to assess the effect of an intensive communication strategy on teacher/principal: (1) attitude toward the gifted program; (2) knowledge of the characteristics of gifted students; (3)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Saint Louis Board of Education, MO. – 1963
THE ST. LOUIS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN ANY POLICIES, PROCEDURES, OR PRACTICES WHICH MIGHT CAUSE RESEGREGATION IN THE SCHOOLS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE COMMITTEE KEPT IN MIND THE TRUISM THAT THE SCHOOL, AS A UNIT…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Community Attitudes, Program Evaluation
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Powell, Lois; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1975
Evaluates the achievement, intelligence, and personality characteristics of students in the Street Academy, whose basic goal is to provide educational and education related services to school drop-outs, to increase their employment potential. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Dropout Programs, Program Evaluation
Quilter, A. K. – Trends in Education, 1977
The need to provide for the education of children gifted in musically ability is the focus here. The program of specialist music training at Wells, Somersetshire, is discussed as well as the effect on the school's regular music curriculum. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Music Education
Christoplos, Florence; Renz, Paul – J Spec Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
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Maher, Charles A. – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
Describes a decision analytic approach for multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) in planning special service programs. Presents evaluation information on its application by MDTs in planning individualized education programs, and outlines a six-step process. Suggests utilization of approach allows a complex program planning situation to be disaggregated…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Individualized Education Programs, Methods
Armstrong, Raymond; And Others – 1993
This evaluation report describes the instructional support services provided by the Gifted and Talented (G/T) Education Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. The report evaluates the program's context, input, process, and product and considers future planning. The state-mandated program provides services through…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Sharp, Bill; Watson, Pat – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1981
A study involving 1,000 minority and limited English proficiency students was designed to gather descriptive data about the population served and analyze methods used to identify potential participants in the gifted and talented program in 15 elementary schools, 7 fifth year centers, and 6 middle schools. A combination of methods was used to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Limited English Speaking, Minority Groups
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Jekel, James F. – Journal of School Health, 1975
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Early Parenthood
MACHETANZ, FREDERICK A. – 1965
IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION FOR LOW-ABILITY STUDENTS, 35 ENTERING FRESHMEN WITH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TEST SCORES IN THE LOWEST 16 PERCENT WERE INVITED TO BE IN A PILOT PROGRAM OF BASIC CLASSES IN ENGLISH, SPEECH, PSYCHOLOGY, AND AN ELECTIVE. OF THE 35, 28 COMPLETED THE SEMESTER, TWO TRANSFERRED TO REGULAR CLASSES, AND…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Achievement, Low Ability Students
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