In an effort to help make products safer and to reduce product-related injuries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission relies heavily on consumer participation. To establish regulations, it utilizes the following: (1) an "Offeror" regulation whereby groups can offer to manage the safety standards development process; (2) a consumer…

The meaning of evaluation and the steps necessary to implement it are explained to parents in this booklet. The purposes and methods of evaluating student progress, teacher capability, programs, and school and community goals are related to improvement of the educational experience as a whole. Decision making is always a result of the data…

An important component of high quality data is the completeness of the gathered data. Complete response consists of 3 specific factors: (1) sample mortality (the loss of respondents from the initial sample); (2) item nonresponse; and (3) detail given to open-ended items. Responses to the personal interview among Mexican American migrants were…

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 facilities. The purpose of the WICHE MIS Program is to make it possible to derive data which will be truly…

A comprehensive plan for the evaluation of new curriculums and instructional procedures stresses the observation of activities in which pupils are engaged while the instructional program is in operation. Through the Individually Prescribed Instruction Project conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, it was found that all observable pupil…

The 3 papers in this report cover different aspects of a longitudinal research program undertaken by the American Council on Education (ACE) to assess the impact of different college environments on student development. ACE plans to create a comprehensive file of data on students and institutions of higher education which will be updated annually.…

The purpose of this three-year project is to implement elementary music programs in the public schools of the region by operating an exemplary center in music education, and by establishing procedural patterns for school systems to follow. Standardized and locally constructed tests and surveys show rapid progress of students and significant…

The purpose of this manual is to assist in the collection of data needed by state agencies in order to comply with pertinent statutes, particularly the current appropriations act. The four parts of the manual are: Introduction; Reporting Schedule (Semester Reporting Schedule, Quarterly Reporting Schedule, End of Fiscal Year, Summary Reports);…

This report discusses SIGI, an operational example of a computer-based career guidance system. The system demonstrates that such a service can be performed well and at a cost within the reach of most schools. Data collected during the pilot trail indicate that students who had used SIGI were more aware of the career options open to them and the…

In addition to some general and basic principles regarding the importance of an acceptable accountability system, a number of specific criteria for evaluating state accountability programs is provided. The stated purposes of such a system and the specific uses of the resulting data should be clear and concise. Local control must be retained and…

This document is the report of a microstudy to determine the feasibility of collecting statistics on the present patterns of participation in adult education programs in Europe. The study was carried out in the city of Exeter in the United Kingdom. A sample questionnaire and the survey data obtained are included in this report which concludes that…

The 17-item questionnaire used in a survey of Nashville Metropolitan Public Schools to ascertain selected characteristics of suspended students is provided. The questionnaire is directed to principals or others designated by principals. (DB)

The Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) model identifies conditions under which evaluators intervene in educational programs, provides for a sequence of evaluation activities and conditions under which departures from this sequence occurs, and defines the relationship between the evaluator and the decision maker. This paper provides a study…

Since the service requirements of a utility depend on the distribution of population and land use in the service area, the planning for future requirements depends on accurate projections of future distributions. This systems approach model organizes land use data as an aid to facility planning. Included as variables are residential, commercial,…

National results for writing, one of the three subject areas assessed during the first year of data collection by National Assessment, are presented in this volume. National results for the other two subjects, science and citizenship, are presented in separate volumes. The purpose of this project is to explore whether an assessment of educational…