This six-part document describes Project League, which was established to implement and refine the Individually Guided Education/Multiunit Elementary School Program (IGE) in Massachusetts. Part 1 provides an overview of the project. Parts 2 and 3 discuss two important objectives of the project, which are: (a) the development of an evaluation…

The primary objectives of the Center for In-Service Education in implementing a model for in-service education were to a) implement and demonstrate the comprehensive in-service model developed during the planning phase, b) provide coordinated planning of in-service education for all participating school systems, c) directly assist regional…

This is an overview of the extensive in-service education inventory conducted as an integral portion of the planning contract for Models for In-Service Education supported by the Tennessee State Department of Education under Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The narrative descriptions are free of extensive statistical references…

The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of success being attained by teachers who have had the benefit of participating in a three-week career education summer workshop in (1) teaching the basic career development concepts listed with the scope and sequence model in Wisconsin's "K-12 Guide for Integrating Career Development Into Local…

In Phase 1 of this four-phase cycle, requests for new systems or for evaluation of current systems are reviewed. Those seeming to have the most promise in terms of improved instruction, increased efficiency, and economy will be assigned priorities subject to constraints of material and manpower resources. In Phase 2, a detailed definition of the…

A discussion of PERT is presented. PERT is an acronym for Project Evaluation and Review Technique. The first step in a PERT analysis is to list every activity required to accomplish the project. This is accomplished in three stages: (1) listing of major tasks, (2) assigning dates to each of these tasks, and (3) listing activities which must be…

The paper distinguishes between short-term and long-term evaluation designs and discusses the usefulness of long-term designs for the assessment of the effects of career education programs directly and for the validation of short-term designs for the evaluation of these programs. (Author)

Provides a historical review of ten years of Project Follow Through. Discussed are the origin of Follow Through, quantitative and cross-model evaluations, and future concerns. (CM)

Recommends the use of Association for Communication Administration (ACA) evaluators in developing new programs. Explains the processes an ACA consultant will go through when evaluating a program. (MS)

The Swedish curriculum is a centrally issued and government approved document that covers goals, content, and a framework for the use of educational resources. Despite the centralized educational system, teachers make decisions about teaching practice on their own. (RB)

The establishment of a gifted identification system for kindergarten children in a midwest school system is described. Implementation included the following steps: rationale for establishing the program, background and research, methods of screening and identifying participants, design of the program, and techniques of evaluation. (Author)

Provides an objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the oldest, most prestigious university management development program, which has been the prototype for many other such courses. (JOW)

This article examines the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and explores desirable evaluation methods and criteria suggested by the language in the current legislation and by the contemporary literature about program evaluation. Related problems and opportunities for JTPA evaluation are discussed. (CT)

Illustrates steps in the evaluation process, reports findings from the evaluation, demonstrates the importance of planning evaluations before programs are implemented, and encourages the use of evaluation techniques in program development. (JOW)

In 1996, BellSouth Foundation launched a $1.5 million initiative to address the central role of school district leadership in ensuring education reform in the South. This report describes the BellSouth Foundation's investment in the Superintendents Leadership Network (SLN) from a developer's and funder's point of view. It also describes how the…