The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), accredits Wyoming's seven community colleges. Institutional accreditation is a voluntary process that serves the critical purposes of quality assurance and institutional and program improvement. Colleges that are accredited by the HLC…

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), accredits Wyoming's seven community colleges. Institutional accreditation is a voluntary process that serves the critical purposes of quality assurance and institutional and program improvement. Colleges that are accredited by the HLC…

This commentary highlights the work of the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems (CBASS), a collaborative of mature, city and county-wide nonprofit OST intermediaries, to develop and adopt common youth-, program- and system-level measures that are easy and cost-effective for local systems to implement. By agreeing to adopt and publicly…

This study is designed to document and evaluate how one program is attempting to transform a long established training model to meet current standards for training licensed professional counselors and for continuing program accreditation. A formative, or process, evaluation method has been implemented to evaluate and, simultaneously, to improve…

The Wadena Public School District 819 (Minnesota) has a career education curriculum that includes the following: (1) emphasis on self-esteem, decision making, and work ethic integrated into other subjects in elementary schools; (2) increased emphasis on these areas in home economics, industrial arts, English, science, and mathematics in junior…

A researcher examines different models of evaluation, and points out that the model should be suited to the needs and priorities of those making decisions about the program's future. (Author)

In 1985, Washington State Legislature passed a law mandating that each Washington school conduct a self-study by 1990-91 and every seven years thereafter. The intent is to enhance education through school improvement. This manual illustrates a model self-study process and provides a "tool kit" of implementation aids. The first section…

The Program Standards Evaluation System was developed in response to evaluation requirements in the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The system includes procedures for using standards data to monitor and evaluate vocational rehabilitation (VR) service outcomes and outputs as well as standards on key procedural issues. These guidance materials, volume 3 of…

There is a need for assessment programs, systems, or processes that yield or provide meaningful and long lasting results within a athletic sport or program, enabling professionals as well as athletes to correctly ascertain the benefits of the experience for the students as well as areas which need strenthening or changing. This paper summarizes…

This General Accounting Office (GAO) report examines the problems encountered by school food service programs in their efforts to meet the Department of Agriculture's nutrient requirements for school lunches while increasing student participation and reducing food waste and program costs. The report is based on an evaluation of two senior high…

THIS STUDY IS A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL PERSONNEL TOWARDS HOMEMAKING EDUCATION AS A PART OF THE SCHOOLS' EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. AN ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND INTERVIEWS OF 75 ADMINISTRATORS OR COUNSELORS AND 1ST-YEAR TEACHERS IN 43 SCHOOLS WERE USED IN DEVELOPING A QUESTIONNAIRE. A 33 PERCENT…

AN EXTENSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACTORS RELATED TO TRAINEE DROPOUTS IN MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAMS WAS ATTEMPTED. THE FACTORS RELATED TO SUCCESS OF MDTA PROGRAMS WERE COMPUTED FOR ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROCEDURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRAINEES. BOTH RETENTION AND PLACEMENT SHOW SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION WITH CHARACTERISTICS…

This report discusses the quality of the education at the Capitol Page School and suggests ways to improve oversight of the school operation. The Capitol Page School, operated for the Congress by the District of Columbia Public Schools, provides educational instruction to the approximately 150 young men and women serving as pages for the Congress.…

The extent to which 36 schools participating in the Northwest Reading Consortium adhered to the use of the Right to Read assessment and planning procedure as a means of identifying and implementing needed improvements in their reading programs is analyzed in this report. The report concludes that there was a high correlation between use of the…

As part of a project designed to identify appropriate and feasible methods of evaluating vocational education, this essay provides a perspective for evaluating vocational education in terms of outcomes. The first of four sections provides a rationale for studying educational outcomes. Section 2 focuses on the nature and meaning of outcomes and the…