This paper reviews the process employed in Pennsylvania to develop, refine, select, and implement educational indicators at the state level as part of a state testing program. The indicators are used to provide meaningful comparative information for analysis and planning, to encourage school employees to make productive curricular or…

Recent test results reveal that the test score decline has ended, but the legacy of this highly publicized educational episode continues. One widespread interpretation of the decline and recovery is that permissiveness and a collapse of standards in the late 1960s led to the decline and that a return to the basics and to tougher standards caused…

The Portland, Oregon public schools conducted a needs assessment study in order to determine the status of art education prior to the implementation of a Discipline Based Art Education (DBAE) program. Designed and conducted by the research and evaluation department, the needs assessment surveyed a stratified sample of elementary and secondary…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was initiated in the mid-1960's to collect student achievement information over time and describe the data in ways meaningful to the nation's educational and civic leaders. This work presents the Florida perspective on how NAEP can be improved to aid educational decision-makers in the…

The National Indian Management Service of America, Inc. (NIMS), a nonprofit, Indian owned and controlled consulting firm was funded over a 3-year period (1977-1980) by the U.S. Office of Education/Office of Indian Education to conduct the first national study identifying and accurately describing the extent of problems of illiteracy and the lack…

In accordance with a Ministerial Resolution of the Argentine Republic, a tertiary level teaching institute was authorized to offer a post-graduate course for teachers entitled, "Interpersonal Relationships at School." The possibilities of didactic games are examined as an expression of a formative continuous evaluation which stimulates…

Based on the need for an investigation of the impact of health education throughout Texas, a research proposal was prepared and submitted to the Texas Christian University Research Foundation in the fall of 1978. The 2-year study was limited to freshman students enrolled in the 123 colleges and universities in Texas. By selecting freshman…

Student questionnaire data concerning the evaluation of instruction were collected over a 3-day period. Multivariate analyses of variance were used to investigate the statistical analyses of evaluation data. It was found that: departments differed significantly on overall ratings of instruction; class size and level of instruction affected all…

A general evaluation model and workshop activities to help law-related education (LRE) project personnel develop and implement evaluation plans for their projects are provided. The model and activities, however, are applicable to other areas of the social studies as well. The first section of the handbook presents a model for evaluating LRE…

The "value-added" conception of excellence in education, unlike any traditional view, focuses on the ability of a school or college to affect its students favorably and equitably. It focuses on changes in the student from the beginning to the end of the educational program. The "value-added" approach would involve the testing…

This guide is designed for educators involved in teaching, developing curriculum, or counseling students. It describes six new forms used to report the results of 10th-grade student performance on the Florida State Student Assessment Test, Parts I and II (SSAT-I and -II): (1) Parent Report, SSAT-I; (2) Student Report, SSAT-I; (3) Student Report,…

Few assessments are critical of the purposes and goals of intergovernmental organizations as they seek to advance adult education for national development. This paper seeks to clarify connections among policy, planning, and evaluation, especially as associated with intergovernmental strategies for the development of adult education. In doing so,…

This report provides Albuquerque Public School Administrative personnel with 1982-83 test result summaries for gifted students in grades 1 through 12 on the Scott Foresman Achievement Series tests and the Developing Cognitive Abilities (D-CAT) test. These results are the first complete set of pre- and posttest data obtained on gifted students over…

During the 1983-1984 school year, 14 local migrant education projects conducted by Colorado school districts and Boards of Cooperative Services (BOCES) provided educational services to 1,151 migrant students, with 51% formerly migrant and 49% currently migrants. The number of eligible migrant children registered in school increased by 4%; the…

The recent spate of national studies about schools is largely based on analyses of what schools do, how they do it, what the results are, and what they ought to be doing in light of present and future demands. Recommendations from these studies appear to fall into four categories of structure changes, content changes, value changes, and people…