Evaluators are becoming increasingly specialized and new techniques developed in one subfield are often not well known in other subfields. Goal Attainment Scaling is a procedure originally developed to evaluate individualized treatment outcomes in mental health agencies. However, as a general evaluation procedure it also provides a flexible tool…

The Project on Secondary Analysis at Northwestern University is funded to (1) test and develop new methods of evaluating educational programs, and (2) reanalyze existing evaluation data to assure that estimates of program effects are as unbiased and unequivocal as possible. This paper examines the topic of secondary analysis and describes some of…

Some of the methodological problems in analyzing and reporting qualitative data are addressed, and some solutions based on recent experiences in conducting several qualitative studies are proposed. The following are some guidelines for implementing an intuitive approach to analyzing and reporting qualitative data: (1) use a team of evaluators; (2)…

THE EVALUATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TYPICALLY IMPLIES MEASUREMENT. MEASUREMENT, IN TURN, IMPLIES TESTING IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE TESTING NECESSARY FOR THE EVALUATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, RESEARCHERS OFTEN DEVELOP A COMPLETE TESTING SUB-PROGRAM. THE EVALUATION OF THE TOTAL PROJECT MAY DEPEND UPON THE TESTING…

The preliminary experiences of a process evaluator contracted to evaluate a three year program to develop Alaskan Native leadership are presented. With hindsight, some characteristics of this particular project having implications for a process evaluator are noted and some general comments on process evaluation, based on the author's experiences,…

In response to a statewide need for locally-directed evaluation, the State of Illinois funded a locally-directed evaluation project. Developed by personnel from the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University, this project was directed toward devising and delivering information and assistance to local education agencies (LEA's) to help…

Discrimination training in a specific, short-term, lay counseling program aimed at producing effective helpers is evaluated. Success of various lay training ventures appears to be related to the organization of specific programs with emphasis on core conditions. A week-long training program patterned after Carkhuff (1969b) included the conditions…

Ten concerns encountered in the evaluation of career education programs as seen from the viewpoint of local practitioners are discussed pertaining to program definition, program evaluation instruments; measurement techniques, and student evaluations. Remedies for the areas of concern are briefly presented. (BP)

The author comments on significant methodological issues emerging from substantial studies of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act which are highly relevant to evaluations of the Job Training Partnership Act. (JOW)

Using a stratified random sample, this study surveyed the practices of program evaluators. Practices factored into four patterns: academic evaluation, stakeholder service evaluation, decision-driven evaluation, and outcome evaluation. (RB)

Presents guidelines for determining whether an impact study is desirable or feasible for evaluating continuing education programs. Describes evaluation methods and program aspects that can be measured. (SK)

Describes two methods for evaluating the content validity of a police recruit training program (N=105) and for translating the training evaluation information into training needs for program revision. Results of the Content Validity Ratio approach and the Matching Technique showed that these methods were successful. (LLL)