The action evaluation process at a mediation agency in Dayton, Ohio, that offers the services of trained volunteers is described. Action evaluation is an integrated research and intervention methodology for helping to define, promote, and assess success in an endeavor, while using evaluation as a bridge between research and practice in ways that…

The purpose of this study is to suggest another source of information to be used for evaluating our teacher education programs. (Author)

The success of both evaluation and planning is greatly dependent upon the one critical element of the availability of valid, reliable, and timely information. To provide this information, the systematic approach of the Management Information System is increasingly being used. (Author/KP)

This paper describes the utilization of the MRG process within the twenty-six schools only, some of the changes and innovations that have occurred, and how the methodology for implementing the MRG process has been transferred from the consultants to the district. (Author)

This article summarizes a 1973 investigation of family life education in the high schools of Kentucky. The data underscore the need to help high school personnel deal with their common problems in teaching in the area of family life. (Author)

This paper deals with solving the problems which are encountered in the implementation of drug education programs. The author reviews the current teaching methods being used in drug education programs, presents a rationale for program evaluation, and proceeds to make recommendations for comprehensive health and drug education programs. (Author)

If students see the curriculum as relevant, it is likely to attract enrollment. (Editor)

The participating students were provided with membership in a group which had psychological reality, were given some reference facts with which to compare themselves, and were given some intellectual tools by which they might better understand the stresses acting on them. Evaluation of the pilot project was generally favorable. (Author)

Gives the background of the creation of the Emergency Employment Act and assesses its impact. (DM)

Participation in the Head Start program has had a favorable effect on the program participants in all of the major areas of development covered by the pupil rating instrument used in this assessment. (Author)

Rehabilitation services need to state their objectives, taking into account needs of the individual, age distribution, work attitudes, and evaluation of vocational placement. (AG)

In this cooperative venture, industry supplied the equipment and office space, and education supplied the program, teacher, and students. (JS)