Presents preliminary findings of the Scottish National Evaluation of the Early Intervention Programme (EIP), which aims to improve literacy and numeracy skills in grades 1-2. Examines stakeholders' perceptions of EIP's main purpose and teachers' views of its impact on practice. Explores how "early intervention" is interpreted at the…

The Farmers Training and Functional Literacy Program should attempt to broaden the program content in exploring the possibilities of undertaking a comprehensive evaluation and the addition of social, cultural, and political education along with training in occupational functions. (Author/BP)

This report on a 4-year (1984-87) project to introduce computers into the Norwegian schools begins with an overview of Norway's geography and climate, people, foreign policy, economy, recreation, and educational system. Background on the development of the national plan for the introduction of computers into the schools is then provided together…

This report documents the work of a study group which reviewed the distance education activities undertaken during the Third Cycle of the Asia and Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), as a basis for the further development and utilization of distance learning systems and structures. Reports on distance education…

The document comprises the final report of the National Inservice Network (NIN), a program to describe and distribute regular education inservice (REGI) project abstracts, products, and lessons aimed at more effectively working with handicapped students. Initial sections contain an executive summary and an overview explaining the NIN as a…

AN OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) TO 1964 BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION (FCC) IS PRESENTED. ONLY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION THAT IS TELECAST OVER COMMERCIAL CHANNELS (OTHER THAN CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION) IS REVIEWED. ETV BEGAN IN 1952 WHEN THE FCC RESERVED 242 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL USE. ETV CHANNEL…

This survey of profession-wide accomplishments and failures in foreign language instruction, characteristic of the last two decades, is complemented by suggestions intended to spur teachers and educational institutions into initiating improvements in curriculum development considered to be vital to the survival of the foreign language profession.…

Describes and evaluates the organization of French instruction in an Algerian I.T.E. (Institute of Educational Technology). (Text is in French.) (AM)

A methodology for developing clinical/research assessment tools, training interviewers, and continuously assessing interrater reliability is discussed. Data from a multisite national evaluation of long-term health care programs (i.e., the Social/Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) for elderly clients) are used. Focus is on providing research…

Describes the evaluation of the Fighting Back initiative, in which communities across the country receive funding to combat alcohol and drug use. The evaluation has been designed to be responsive to national policy agendas and local community contextual differences so that it yields important insights at both levels. (Author/SLD)

The development of a national youth work training package in Australia began over 15 years ago. The current package sits under the umbrella of the general Community Services Industry Training Package. The first stage of a review of this package has been completed and the subsequent report not only confirms the recent trend towards the…

An external evaluation of the impact of the Australian Studies in Student Performance (ASSP) Project on schools and systems is reported. The presented chapters follow in sequence the development of ASSP. The first chapter places the Australian Project in an international context and outlines the major questions dealt with in this evaluation.…

Based on research completed in 1977 and comments on a 1979 preliminary version of this report, this work evaluates current interlending practices among participants in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and proposes various models of interlibrary lending provision. The paper outlines the elements…

In exploring factors inhibiting formal evaluation at the school district level, and limiting the utility of conventional achievement monitoring, this paper begins with a review of the actual origin of the Elementary Secondary Education Act's (ESEA) evaluation requirements, and the attempts to implement national evaluation of ESEA Title I programs.…

This evaluation report on the Green Thumb program is the first in a series of three reports that will constitute a comprehensive evaluation of Operation Mainstream (OM). Operation Mainstream is a collection of programs designed to employ as enrollees poor, chronically unemployed adults. This evaluation relies primarily on cross-sectional and…