The Reading Improvement Through Art (RITA) program, an interdisciplinary approach to remedial reading that combines reading and visual arts activities, was evaluated in nine New York City high schools. A total of 240 students participating in the program were pre and posttested during the fall 1975 and spring 1976 semesters. The results of this…

Current practice in educational program evaluation was examined through analyses of 232 reports submitted, from 1980 to 1983, by institutions seeking approval for their programs from the U.S. Department of Education's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP). The JDRP reviews these reports to determine whether educational programs have demonstrated…

This evaluation report is of a pre-school and primary grades bilingual program that was begun in 1971 as a demonstration model uniquely designed to meet the needs of children in migrant farm worker families. In order to overcome some of the disadvantages migrant children face due to frequent moves, parallel educational programs were set up in…

The M-5 Project is a sequential physical education program for children in the primary grades and intermediate grades. It embodies the main concepts of the movement education approach. Activities are individualized, based on needs identified by results of physical fitness tests, that are carried out in 30-minute daily sessions at a series of six…

The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) was established in 1972 by the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to review projects that seek federal funding for nationwide dissemination. Since very few career education programs have been represented among the exemplary programs approved by JDRP, a project was…

The Title I Support System had two major functions: to provide technical assistance to Title I and migrant education projects specially selected for targeted dissemination to Title I schools through the Title I/National Diffusion Network (NDN); and to document, analyze, and report on the technical assistance activities and transactions between the…

A formative committee conducted a developmental study to produce a program evaluation instrument (PEI) that would be effective in conducting an adult basic education (ABE) program evaluation study at Nicolet Area Technical College (NATC). Five procedures were used to complete this product. First, a literature review was conducted that assisted in…

An instructional package is described designed to effect increased understanding and skill on the part of teachers in the principles and procedures of evaluation for individually guided education programs. Methods and techniques of pupil evaluation, program evaluation, and test construction are emphasized. Information is provided on program…

Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School's Senior Elective Program offers students who complete graduation requirements in the first three years of the four-year school a combination of the following options for the senior year: minicourse electives, independent study, work experience in the community, and preceptorials. The program, conducted in an…

This workshop manual focuses on validation procedures designed to foster program improvement rather than compliance monitoring. The manual is in eight chapters. Chapter 1 looks at the elements to be evaluated--organization and management, training, student assessment, design and implementation of classroom interventions, team work, screening a…

This paper focuses on the development of a modified, zero-based curriculum review of programs at a land-grant research university in the southeastern United States which was directed toward demonstrating the viability, and justifying the existence, of current programs. A small group of faculty developed an eight-step process which was used by…

An educational program on family resource management was evaluated to judge the goodness of fit of multiple regression equations for predicting program results across multiple sites. The applicability and effectiveness of the 11-lesson MONEY SENSE program was evaluated in six California locations for 190 clients. Indicators of effectiveness were:…

The New Adventure in Learning program, a language and reading skills program stressing individually determined instruction and positive behavioral principles, is described in this report, and adoption procedures for the program are outlined. Part one indicates the type of community, school, and students that have been served by the program and…

One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), a Project Equality is being conducted for grades K-6 in Seattle, Washington. For the years 1973-78, it received both federal and state funding. Intended to reduce sex-role…

This is an evaluation of a program designed to improve the reading skills of Title I eligible children in grades 4-6 through the integration of a total art program with a total reading program. A total of 1,176 New York City school children were served by the program, which was conducted by the Board of Education in association with five city…