Conceptual approaches employed in service utilization and multidimensional assessment research which have been used for planning and evaluating services to the aged are reviewed. Also examined are the conceptual properties of three widely used assessment instruments in order to assess their utility in providing a database for planning and…

The guidelines for programs and services for the disadvantaged and handicapped cover areas of concern essential to Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education's program approval/evaluation and project proposals/grants: students served; occupational programs; administrative organization; personnel; objectives; evaluation; resources…

Describes the planning, development, and evaluation of an inservice program for the teachers and principal of Eagle Lake Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida. (JG)

Reviewed are the basic functions of the National Advisory Committee on the Handicapped, designed to insure that federal government administrators of programs for handicapped indiviudals continue to receive direction from professionals and consumers regarding the operation and coordination of their programs. (SBH)

This book describes the implementation of the Paideia program at Chicago's Sullivan High School in 1984. The Paideia program advocates quality education for all students and involves didactic teaching, coaching, and Socratic questioning of guided discussion. Its goal is to prepare students to earn a living, to prepare citizens for duties in a…

This statewide evaluation of Even Start family literacy programs in Maine was conducted from November 1999 through September 2000. Six out of seven Even Start programs funded by the Maine State Department of Education for the 1999-2000 year participated in the study. All Maine Even Start programs offer a combination of home-based and center-based…

This book considers every phase of the mentoring process, offering basic principles and concrete practices to establish and nourish an effective mentoring program for religious educators. The book contains a comprehensive overview of the mentoring literature from adult, religious, and general education. It explains the historical background for…

Examined community service programs to see if they continued to serve overall community needs in the Foothill Community College District (California). (Author/RK)

Evaluations are conducted to aid the development of quality occupational programs, provide data for program planning at State and local levels, and to ensure accountability of Federal and State fund allocations. To improve evaluations, criteria reflecting the missions of the local program should be used instead of a standard evaluative instrument.…

Comparison of program budgeting with traditional budgeting systems. (SP)

Describes a program to design, develop, test, and help schools implement, an Instructional Program Management System.'' (Author/SP)

Brief comment on an experimental program which integrated components of teacher education and counselor education. Feedback from the trainees involved reflected a positive evaluation of the integrated experiences. (JC)

Examines strategic, tactical, and operational levels of educational planning. A model includes components for planning process strategy, data information systems, goal formulation, sub-optimizing'' means of goal achievement, synthesizing plan alternatives, implementation, and adjustment and reassessment. A practical illustration of the planning…

Presented here are two different sets of criteria with which instructional developers evaluate projects and the profoundly different consequences they hold as to the type of development program which results. These two sets of criteria result from two basically different positions in instructional development - development of products versus…