This study investigated ways of making present and past results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and other data sources maximally useful as science indicators and to recommend possible changes in instrumentation and procedures that may enhance future NAEP surveys for these purposes. Primary emphasis was given to reviewing…

A rating scale designed by the Alaska Department of Education to be used by administrators, professional staff, and community representatives to assess community education programs is presented. The scale elicits information regarding: (1) philosophy; (2) administration/management; (3) personnel management; (4) fiscal management; (5) planning; (6)…

Teacher inservice education coordinators working with approximately 130 school districts were asked to report on their use of, and to rate the effectiveness of, 11 planning practices. The study's purpose was to determine if the emphasis in the literature of the past decade on collaborative planning and needs assessments beyond a teacher survey…

A case study was undertaken to evaluate the career guidance program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to determine the basic effectiveness and outcomes from a natural resource career education program. (Author)

This chapter presents the view that educational evaluation is an inherently political process and that educational practitioners and scholars will profit from attending more directly to questions about the political aspects of evaluation. The author argues that evaluation is a political resource that can be used to influence the distribution of…

Prompted by the concern of Extension faculty involved in providing leadership for 4-H programs that the literature being provided is not used to an extent expected/intended--to an extent that would justify costs involved, a two-phased study was conducted. One phase examined Wisconsin 4-H literature against a framework of what constitutes adequate…

An assumption underlying multiple linear regression is that the standard error of measurement is equal for all observations. The literature has not addressed the procedures to be used when this assumption is violated. It was clear that data analysis to be performed on districts in California would severely violate this assumption, since district…

This publication reports the proceedings of the National Accountability Conference held by the National Education Association in March 1977 on the theme: "Schooling: Expectations in Conflict." Section 1 of the report draws primarily on the contributions of the major speakers and seminar leaders to discuss the nature of conflict, the implications…

Describes the Birmingham (Michigan) Public Schools Program Evaluation Plan. Included is an overview of the plan, the reason why the plan was developed, the cost of the plan, and a step-by-step description of procedures. (Author)

Presents results of traditional evaluation methods applied to an alternative high school showing that alternative schools can withstand and should welcome evaluation processes. (DW)