There are a variety of problems connected with self-evaluation of local occupational programs: the focus on program graduates, objectives which cannot be measured, and goal statements too broad to be meaningful. To arrive at a solution to these problems, a philosophy statement and realistic measurable objectives were formulated. The philosophy…

The project, intended to design and field test models of specialized library services for older adults, was conducted in two parts. Phase 1 consisted of collecting and evaluating data for use in designing models in Louisville, Lexington, Somerset, and Hazard, Kentucky. Data was collected by search of the literature, personal interviews, a…

This paper summarizes the data management techniques used in a large-scale longitudinal study of intensive, innovative programs. Emphasis is placed on the scope of data collection, the methods used in the study to keep track of students over several years, the techniques used to collect data about students in public schools, the quality control on…

One of a series on library services to disadvantaged adults, this guide gives a three step plan for assessing community information needs. Seven methods of information gathering are described, and the important factors to be considered in interpreting the information are outlined. A pre-planning information form, a sample questionnaire for agency…

The aim of attitude measurement is to derive indices of socially significant behavior. It is therefore necessary to broaden the basis of measurement to include data derived from a variety of sources. The widening gulf between the increasing sophistication of measurement and the relatively crude conceptualizations on which it is based is likely…

Unobtrusively-gathered historical data documenting decisions made in the Navy's recruit classification process were utilized to determine whether there were significant differences between black and white classification interviewers in their treatment of black and white recruits. Decisions involving 17,752 recruits (2,413 black) and 46 classifiers…

The endeavor described in this report was designed to fill the need of providing accurate, comprehensive data on the total number of county graduates by systematizing the process of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and disseminating informational data on the Baltimore County high school graduate. This report is organized into five chapters.…

The evaluation, or feedback, phase is considered an integral component in the development of the Social Learning Curriculum. Evaluation is based on the understanding that the educational process depends upon interaction of the contents, the teachers, and the students, which in combination significantly affect implementation of the Curriculum. To…

In the last decade, industrial arts departments have come to serve a comprehensive "industrial technology" function by giving greater attention to the technical aspects of industrial education. This comprehensive report focuses on current trends and conditions and likely future developments in industrial arts and industrial technology in the nine…

As one part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III, a model of a guidance program that would integrate guidance efforts in the development of a long-range master plan of education for an urban school system is constructed and used as a standard of comparison for the present model in use at the Fresno City Unified School District. In the…

This document is one of the 5 sections of the Data Element Dictionary developed as part of the WICHE Management Information Systems (MIS) Program. The elements in this section apply to both the current and historical data concerning courses. The purpose of the WICHE MIS Program is to make it possible to derive data which will be truly comparable…

Reported are the first phase activities of a longitudinal project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Guided Group Interaction (GGI) technique as a meaningful approach in the field of corrections. The main findings relate to the establishment of reliability for the main components of the Revised Behavior Scores System developed to assess the…

The purpose of this investigation was to design a classification system for determining the operating costs of day care centers for preschoolers. The basic hypothesis of the study was that ownership arrangements and programs of day care centers could both be used to predict such characteristics as variations in clientele, facilities, staffing…

Procedures are presented for use in reporting costs for institutions of higher education in Illinois. Following the definition of various accounting functions, the scope of the cost and statistical report is delimited, and specifications are presented for the collection of data on students, courses, academic faculty records, and academic faculty…

Mathematical model building for educational planning in this country has been heavily influenced by the USOE DYNAMOD Model, a computerized Markov-type or input-output model. However, the input-output method is structurally inadequate to reflect the true behavior of the educational system. To introduce some elements of decision making into the…