The educational assessment of basic skills in Michigan has grown from a needed source of information on achievement to an integral part of statewide efforts to improve school achievement. The educational assessment program first provided information to address two important educational questions: "What is the level of basic skills achievement…

To gather empirically based data to assist in the formulation of federal rules for the nation's bilingual education programs, the authors studied six school districts in the western United States. All the participating school districts had well-established bilingual programs. Data were collected through structured interviews with superintendents,…

Evaluations which describe and measure the impact of programs assisted under Title I are mandated by law. This evaluation is to be used in the decision-making process. A review of the literature on evaluation and instrumentation shows a paucity of descriptive information on early childhood programs funded under Title I. On-going evaluations of…

Six elementary school principals and their staff members, participants in the West Virginia Model Schools Project, used a curriculum evaluation instrument ("Criteria of Excellence") at the beginning and end of a two-year project to improve their reading programs. The results were used to provide formative and needs assessment data,…

The performance of 9, 13, and 17 year old public and private school students, in reading and mathematics, was compared by analyzing data collected during the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1977-78 mathematics and 1979-80 reading assessments. Although results were averaged for the national population, separate data is available not…

Community Involvement for Responsible Citizenship (CIRC) is a five-year Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV-C project administered by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Seven school districts formed a community citizenship committee to define citizenship and delineate expectations of citizens living in those communities. To identify…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress in-school sampling design is a three-stage stratified design. Stratification variables include region, size of community and socioeconomic status. The three levels of sample selection are Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), schools and students. In general, two and sometimes three PSUs are selected from…

The concept of quality is analyzed with special attention to its different senses in two contexts: qualitative evaluation and assessment of educational program quality. The view that evaluation of program quality cannot be validly expressed in quantitative terms and that qualitative evaluation methodologies have special relevance for the…

The synthesis of historical definitions presented in this paper was designed to trace the development of the process of evaluation, showing how modern educational evaluation has evolved and identifyinq some points of confusion. The importance of the integration of evaluation into the overall educational process is emphasized. (Author/RAO)

A computer simulation model for graduate education long-range planning is presented, and the national, state, and institutional forces acting on graduate education are examined. The model was designed to show the causal relationships between three major interdependent academic program elements within a large public university: undergraduate…

Guidelines are presented for project evaluation techniques with emphasis on the management of a project or an educational program. Part One--general considerations--discusses the four basic concepts of the decision-making evaluation model: objectives, evaluative criteria, analysis/synthesis, and evaluation. Stages in the evaluation of a system are…

This bibliography lists 603 journal articles and books which are relevant to individuals interested in evaluation. Arranged alphabetically by author, the citations include textbooks in evaluation theory and research design, conference presentations, and unpublished papers available from the authors. The bibliography attempts to present different…

Educational accountability is the process of achieving expected learner outcomes through the systematic application of management and evaluation procedures. The first five steps in achieving identified learner outcomes are planning and development steps. The remaining steps are implementation steps. Special programs should improve certain…

Designed to survey parent and community members, this instrument was developed and validated by the Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC) project to evaluate career, economic, and community education programs in Florida Schools. The instrument is divided into the following parts: (a) community attitudes; (b) community facility and program needs;…

Suggestions for broadening the utilization of evaluation research findings are discussed. Major program changes, based on evaluation, may not become obvious for several years; program actions may contradict findings and still be based on rational decision making processes; evaluation findings may have far-reaching effects which were not recognized…