This article looks at the problem of why so few students, in certain schools, complete accelerated math programs. Hard facts and student opinion are combined here to give insight into the situation. The author suggests ways to salvage an accelerated mathematics program if an attrition problem exists. (Editor)

In order to assess the 1987-88 reading program in the Indianapolis, Indiana, public schools, a survey randomly selected 10 elementary schools, from which 20 teachers and 7 principals completed a questionnaire about the reading program in their building. Survey items consisted of 40 yes/no questions concerning organization, management, student…

This monograph is one of four reports that describe the Model Schools Project of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The Model Schools Project involved 32 junior and senior high schools in a five-year effort to provide individualized learning strategies for their students. This particular monograph describes the evaluative…

Psychology course offerings of 44 counseling graduate programs were surveyed as well as the preferences of students and faculty for a wide range of psychology course work. The ratings obtained raise questions about the need for transformation of curricula to meet contemporary psychological service needs. (Author)

This report of a formative evaluation of S.T.E.P. provides a description of the data gathering instruments for this multi-discipline/multi-audience project, an explanation of the multi-attribute utility measurement format, and a discussion of the implementation procedures used. Data were collected by questionnaires, interviews, and anecodotal…

A study to evaluate the Queensland, Australia, programs of teacher education in reading and those associated language skills prerequisite to reading is described in this booklet. The first section reports the results of a survey of 267 beginning teachers, 47 college instructors in teacher education, 44 school administrators, and 205 supervising…

OF 1,100 QUESTIONNAIRES SUBMITTED TO RANDOMLY SELECTED VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENTS, 394 OR 36 PERCENT WERE RETURNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM, "PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE," DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TO EVOKE GREATER STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN…

The Bryant-Anthony-Ramsey (B-A-R) Project is a desegregation/integration project aimed at assuring a smooth transition from a predominately segregated school environment to a desegregated or integrated environment. The Bryant, Anthony, and Ramsey Junior High Schools are participants in a desegregation effort that is one part of an overall…

The purpose of this practicum was to comply with the recommendations of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Evaluation Team by evaluating the competencies developed by the Teacher-Media Librarian Program at Trenton State College. A two-part questionnaire was developed that covered the teacher education competencies and the…

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,…

The purpose of this study was to gather information from graduates in elementary education of the past ten years and to evaluate statistically the significance of this information. The limited number of followup studies in the area were reviewed as a first step, after which a four-page questionnaire was sent to as many of the 699 graduates from…

Administrators of adult basic education programs are asked to provide information concerning program administration, funding, program expenditures, staffing, methods for establishing and improving classes, program eligibility requirements, and the adoption of innovative methods and materials. There are 40 items in the interview guide. For related…

Evaluated was a 2 year, five county vocational program for visually handicapped junior high, secondary, and junior college students designed to encourage skill development of the student and inservice training of the regular instructor. Evaluation was by means of two questionnaires to which 53 vocational educators, 62 nonvocational educators…

The questionnaire for parents who previewed the drug education program for grades 4-7 in the Vancouver schools and responses to the questionnaire are presented. All questions except one involve rating aspects of the program on a scale--excellent, good, fair, poor. The last question asks for the respondent's comments. (For related documents, see TM…

Discusses some problems encountered in using questionnaires to evaluate teaching performance of both instructors and programs, involving ethical policy, identified and anonymous responses, study-teacher interactions, explanation of questionnaire results, test formats, and the state of the art used. (CC)