This paper presents the findings of a one year national study. The research was directed at determining the status of culturally pluralistic programs in 29 urban school districts across the United States. Statistical and descriptive information was gathered from 130 urban school districts by means of questionnaires and observation teams. Among the…

The judgment of whether or not a city's Title I reading program is a success is dependent upon the length of time used in the evaluation. This study's findings that estimates of achievement rates and judgments of success were dramatically affected by the length of time used in the evaluation was consistent across all the compensatory education…

The initial evaluation of an elementary school international relations simulation indicates that the simulation had most impact on participant beliefs. (DE)

This paper briefly reviews the current racial balance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public schools and discusses the development of an evaluation system to assess progress toward desegregation. Priority products and services of the Desegregation Evaluation Unit, formed in 1979, are listed. A number of problems that must be addressed in order for…

The progress of elementary school students in Tacoma, Washington's Remediation Assistance Program (RAP) was examined and compared with the progress of similar non-RAP students. Pretest and posttest scores for RAP and non-RAP students in reading, mathematics and language were compared statistically, and no significant difference was found between…

This second volume of the 1981 Report of the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health presents an examination of selected federal programs affecting maternal and child health and proposes detailed recommendations for federal legislative, regulatory, and other administrative improvements. Five federal programs, identified by the panel as…

These guidelines outline the role of the visiting team members and familiarize them with those details necessary to conduct a condensed external evaluation of Wisconsin secondary vocational programs. (Such condensed evaluations are conducted when a full team visitation is not appropriate.) First, the three goals of the on-site evaluation are…

The topics discussed in this resource book include not only how to assess the long-term impact of early childhood Title I programs, but also how to develop and use a longitudinal information system for a variety of routine operations. The book is designed to help evaluators decide what a particular information system should look like. For…

This paper describes some major issues facing federal and local administrators in their efforts to build local capacity in bilingual education through the Title VII grants program. The discussion is developed in three parts: (1) the legislative history of the capacity building mandate in Title VII and the federal statutory provisions shaping this…

Three papers focusing upon the beliefs and issues confronting professionals concerned with consumer and homemaking education programs are presented. The first paper "Consumer and Homemaking Education Today" (R. Hughes), examines the questions of content and audience from a curriculum development view. The status of programs using…

A progmatic model consisting of four dimensions for identifying components to be evaluated in various instructional programs is described. In the first dimension, major categories of any instructional program are identified: (1) appropriateness; (2) history; (3) objectives; (4) methodology; (5) evaluation procedures and (6) effectiveness.…

A study was conducted to develop and field test a model which could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of vocational education received by handicapped students. The study included four components: (1) conceptualizing a cost effectiveness analysis appropriate for vocational education for the handicapped (VEH), (2) developing a cost effectiveness…

This program was designed to improve reading and mathematics achievement by directing intervention toward diagnosed deficiencies in these areas. Two thousand thirty-five students in grades one through nine participated in the reading component. Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching approaches were implemented in both components with an emphasis on…

The research findings of many thanatologists have brought an awareness to the general public that the study of death and dying is an appropriate and instructional need for many people. The attitudes of middle aged and older adults regarding death anxiety, life satisfaction, and locus of control were examined to determine whether adults would…

One component of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) is the Nonprofit Organization Program (NPO), under which local groups funded for this purpose carry out a program designed to support the development or implementation of a public school desegregation plan. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of NPO groups compared with…