This Alabama State Annual Evaluation Report on programs, projects, services and activities funded in whole or in part under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act for Fiscal Year 1974 (FY74) is organized into three parts. Part One is organized into an "Introduction" and 15 sub-sections discussing the following topics…

This State of Iowa annual evaluation report for fiscal year 1973 on programs, projects, services and activities funded in part or in whole under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into seven sections dealing with the following topics respectively: basic state statistics, needs assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation,…

With Circular H.S.1 1972/73, the Ministry of Education directed Ontario's secondary schools to provide an increased range of course offerings and to allow students as much freedom as possible to choose their own courses. To identify the effects of the individualized "credit system" established by this controversial circular, a number of…

In mid-1973, the Educational Research Service found that nearly one out of four districts surveyed had some form of student evaluation of teachers. Research indicates that informational feedback from students is an effective means of influencing teacher behavior--sometimes more effective than supervisory feedback. In considering student evaluation…

Evaluation of professional staff is one aspect of the comprehensive accountability model operating in the Kalamazoo schools. This model also includes minimum objectives for all students at all grade levels in all courses, as well as objectives relating to academic excellence and career preparation. The specific personnel accountability systems…

The purpose of this manual is to provide guidelines and assistance to local education agency planners in the needs-assessment process. In the first section, the needs-assessment process is discussed within the overall framework of the program development cycle. Subsequent sections treat each step in the process, providing a model. Issues are…

Preschool readiness measures were secured on 35 pairs of disadvantaged 2- to 3-year-old lower SES black children, representing large and small families, to determine the impact of family size on readiness profiles. The findings reveal that blacks from small families achieved significantly higher scores on 3 of the 9 skill areas: Visual Memory,…

Cost-effectiveness of the American Indian Administrator Training Program (begun in 1970 and funded via the Bureau of Indian Affairs since 1971) was evaluated at three universities. Data were derived from program participant questionnaires; onsite visits; personal interviews (students, directors, professors, and administrators); program records;…

Cost-effectiveness of the American Indian Administrator Training Program as implemented at three universities constitutes the focus of this Bureau of Indian Affairs' program evaluation. This evaluation represents data derived from program participant questionnaires; onsite visits; personal interviews (students, directors, professors, and…

Although some genuine problems and disadvantages exist in small schools, educators have begun to rediscover the inherent strengths and values in schools small enough to fit the human dimensions of the child and youth. In the early 1970's, the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Schools was pressured for recognition of the small school's…

This report of the Community Educational Aides in Open Space School project evaluates the role and function of educational paraprofessionals in open space schools, in this case the elementary-level Bruce-Monroe School in Washington, D.C. The project entailed the employment of 13 aides during the 1973-74 school year to assist 23 Bruce-Monroe…

In efforts at improving the quality of education and at justifying expenditures for compensatory education and school desegregation, we are increasingly dependent upon the data of evaluative research. Yet the data from many of these evaluation efforts conducted over the past 12 years are confused and inconclusive. In an effort at gaining a better…

One in the series described in SO 008 058, this team report is a discussion in two parts of the economics of nonformal education. Part 1 deals with the national allocation of resources to the educational processes. Gathering reliable empirical data on cost-benefit and/or rates of return for allocation decisions is a critical problem. Despite this…

The Task 2 report, representing part of an investigation coordinated by a committee working under the auspices of the National Council for the Social Studies, provides an analysis of the responses to a selected set of 48 exercises within the NAEP for Social Studies. One section of the exercises deals with the knowledge of structural elements of…

This report provides a program description and evaluation of the second year of operation of the Cognitively Oriented Urban Prekindergarten, a developmental educational program for low income Black and Puerto Rican families. Aimed at preventing educational regression, the project is primarily designed to form an important link between the Early…