The primary objective of this survey was to obtain useful information about the State's existing vocational schools and training programs in order to aid in evaluating and improving vocational education in Arkansas. Information was obtained by mail survey of former students, contracts with students currently enrolled, and interviews with teachers,…

Statistical data are presented on the attitudes, opinions, and participation patterns of 291 Alabama public health workers involved during the 1967-68 in statewide professional continuing education programs. Reactions to program components (instructional television, study manuals, group discussion sessions) and specific topics are summarized. Item…

Oregon's educational needs were identified through 120 in-depth interviews with the general public, educators, students, and dropouts. The result of these interviews was a list of 27 critical needs. An interview instrument was developed around these critical needs, and was administered to a statewide sample of the population of Oregon who…

Preliminary data are reported on the impact of the national Parent-Child Center Program (PCC), related to what is termed an immediate criterion of impact. The information summarizes numbers of families served and types of services provided, without evaluative interpretation. Introductory remarks give information on the purpose of the report,…

A survey of junior high/middle school activity programs indicates that middle schools are falling into some of the same practices that have been criticized in junior high schools. (Editor)

Discusses three different settings which illustrate the need for a cost-benefit type of evaluation and then gives examples of objective-based evaluation, goal-free evaluation, and cost-benefit evaluation. (RK)

Describes Stake's model for evaluation of the continuing nursing education program. Stake's model incorporates various components into one mode, including (1) information about learners, (2) the antecedents, and (3) the expected evaluation outcomes. (JOW)

Nine steps are reviewed in the decision to buy computers and software for schools: define your needs, compile detailed requirements listing, develop a request for proposal, identify vendors, submit request for proposal to various vendors, compare results, identify several possible systems, set up live demonstrations of software and hardware,…

After a frustrating year working through a traditional evaluation of a special program funded for the purpose of assisting school desegregation by the Office of Education, the authors wrote this article to describe the mistakes they had made, their small triumphs, and their subsequent evaluation of their own procedures and attitudes. (Editor/RK)

This evaluation plan, which is updated annually, provides a synthesis of the various evaluation activities of Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). During 1999, the fourth year of the Laboratory's contract period with the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, special studies and integrated studies were designed to…

The "CSE Program Evaluation Kit" is a series of nine books intended to assist people conducting program evaluations. This volume, the first in the kit, provides an overview of evaluation activities and a directory to the rest of the kit. Chapter 1 explicates the evaluation perspective that grounds the kit and describes the role of evaluation in…

As part of the evaluation of schools participating in the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program, a site researcher is to visit each participating site twice a year to collect data for CSRD formative evaluation. To prepare site researchers for their evaluation activities, a training and orientation session was held for 18…

As part of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program, schools participated in the Formative Evaluation Process for School Improvement (FEPSI), a package of services mainly provided during two visits each school year. This document reports on the evaluation of training for Georgia educators involved in FEPSI as site researchers.…

The purpose of this study is to suggest another source of information to be used for evaluating our teacher education programs. (Author)

The success of both evaluation and planning is greatly dependent upon the one critical element of the availability of valid, reliable, and timely information. To provide this information, the systematic approach of the Management Information System is increasingly being used. (Author/KP)