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Coffing, Richard T.; And Others – 1971
The purpose of this module is to help educators learn how to break down a goal into its directly observable component parts. These parts of the goal can then be used as evaluative criteria for measuring accomplishment of the goal. The procedure is a new method for operationally defining goals and is a specific application of a general method…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Wallace, Richard C., Jr.; Shavelson, Richard J. – 1970
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations of systems analysis as applied to the development of a program evaluation plan. A brief review of selected concepts in evaluation theory (Lee J. Cronbach; Michael Scriven; Robert Stake; Daniel Stufflebeam), a description of general systems theory, the development of a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Evancoe, Donna C. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
The issues and processes that were important in the selection and implementation of an administrative computer system at Marymount Manhattan College are described. System analysis, system design, selection criteria, institutional decision processes, implementation steps, user acceptance, and organizational impact are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Administration, College Environment, Computer Oriented Programs
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Fisher, Sylvia Kay; Shibutani, Hirohide – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1988
A generalizable systems-based needs analysis model was developed to help school district testing and evaluation offices evaluate current problems with their information processing systems and identify additional computer capabilities required to upgrade their systems. The model contains four main phases, namely: definition of the department…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kim, Jin Eun – 1977
This manual is basically designed as a self-instructional guide by which postsecondary vocational administrators and educators can conduct cost-effectiveness/benefit studies. (Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an evaluation technique which can be used for assessing outcomes of existing and/or new programs in relation to their specified…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
Presented is a report of a joint study project of an aerospace company and California's Office of Compensatory Education. The project's goals were to (1) explore the impact of facets of compensatory education on some neighborhood problems; (2) offer a communication link between school personnel and the Office of Compensatory Education; (3) use a…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Problems, Compensatory Education
McAbee, Harold V. – 1968
The Oregon Planning-Programming-Budgeting-Systems Institute, which was held August 19 through 30, 1968, was one of three such institutes financed by the U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Vocational Education. It was designed to acquaint State level vocational education administrators with the potential and workings of planning, programming,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Educational Finance
Harris, JoAnn, Ed. – 1974
Designed to assist Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS) users in evaluating projects in local secondary school sites, the handbook provides users with a variety of variables or viewpoints from which to assess the CVIS system. Four different approaches are presented to CVIS evaluation: the analysis of use patterns; the reaction of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Branch, Robert L. – 1972
A computerized model was developed to evaluate local vocational education programs in relation to the various functions of vocational education. A data base was generated using the local school districts' information and the output was designed for local self-evaluation use in further planning and review of the overall vocational education plan.…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Curriculum, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Weischadle, David E. – 1972
This publication presents in summary form the development of the two end products of the Trenton Title III project: (1) an educational planning system called STEP (System for Tranton's Educational Planning) and (2) a new planning office, the Division of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. Included is the outline of the planning cycle, a discussion…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. Center for Priority Analysis. – 1972
This analysis of current and available information on the evaluation of vocational education and its policy implications includes a methodological appendix showing major studies of cost-effectiveness analysis, a critique of the various techniques employed in these studies, and an extensive bibliography of relevant source materials and related…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluative Thinking, Federal Government
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Weinstein, E. L.; And Others – College and University, 1979
The special features found in admitting students to diploma nursing programs in Ontario provide the context for a review of relevant information regarding admissions procedures. Criteria to be used in an evaluation of admissions procedures are offered, alternatives are delineated and discussed, and systems analyses for procedures are suggested.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Cost Effectiveness, Education
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Witkin, Belle Ruth – Evaluation Practice, 1994
Practices in needs assessment are reviewed since 1981, the year the federal government changed the role it plays in promoting needs assessment in the public sector. The review is based on reports published to 1993 and indicates that needs assessment is flourishing in a variety of settings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Liberty, Paul G., Jr. – 1972
Using effectivemess, efficiency, self-sustenance, and communicability as criteria, a conceptual model, called SCRAPE, was developed at the University of Texas to systematically describe educational behaviors. The key elements of the system are: (1) diagnosis and prescription, (2) instructional events, (3) achievement evaluation, and (4) consequent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Change, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Development
Young, Dennis – 1971
A number of criticisms of the National School Lunch Program are substantiated by a structural analysis within the general context of national child nutrition needs. The National School Lunch Program has been criticized principally on the ground of inadequate coverage of child nutrition needs, particularly for poor children. For the year 1968,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Childhood Needs, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
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