Focusing on the library book borrowing behavior which can be controlled by the circulation policy of the library, this study investigates such factors as type of borrower, type of material borrowed, number of items borrowed, and length of time borrowed, and ascertains the effects these factors have on the use of borrowed library materials. Data…

Before teacher evaluation forms can have any significance for educational research their validity and reliability must be established. This study concerns itself with defining the suitability of the criteria-establishing items that may be contained on teacher evaluations. The areas of inquiry are: the rater (evaluator) difficulty level of each…

The assessment of 12 model evaluation systems provides insight and guidance into their development for government managers and evaluators. The eight individual completed grants are documented in a series of case studies, while the synthesis of all the project experiences and results are summarized. There are things that evaluation systems can do…

This is a study on the operating efficiency of the public library system in Australia. Cost functions have been fitted to library data and the results are interpreted with a view to generating insights into the functioning of the existing library system. An exploratory cost benefit analysis has also been attempted. Activities of libraries have…

This model provides a structure for uniformly evaluating all operations of a school central office, where the assumption that those offices exist to provide services is tenable. The model provides a means for assessing the importance as well as the efficiency with which the tasks of central office operations are carried out. Formative data is…

The five speeches contained in this document all address the general problem of productivity in education. Most of the speeches focus on the productivity issue at the state level, but individual speeches also deal with the question of the applicability of the private sector's methods of increasing productivity to the public sector, the research…

The general objective of this study was to devise quantitative guidelines that school officials can accurately follow in using benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, ratio analysis, and other similar economic analytical tools in their particular local situations. Specifically, the objectives were to determine guidelines for the…

A group of French universities modified the NCHEMS accounting method for use in a study of its budget control procedures and cost-evaluation methods. The conceptual differences in French university education (as compared to American higher education) are keyed to the adjustments in the accounting method. French universities, rather than being…

The evaluation stage in instructional design should extend beyond the preparation of tests to measure student learning to include evaluation of such outcomes as program costs, program effectiveness and efficiency, student attitudes and opinions, teacher and staff reactions, and follow-up evaluations. (CMV)

In an unprecedented agreement with the government, leaders of British universities have promised to tighten tenure requirements, raise academic standards, and increase the institutions' managerial efficiency in trade for a seven percent increase in the government's previously announced university funding for 1987. (MSE)

Despite the complexity of current financial aid application forms, federal officials want to stabilize the process of assessing financial need and are not likely to simplify the forms soon. (MSE)

School-site budgeting puts the burden of responsibility directly on the local school and allows for more public involvement; however, it increases responsibilities and demands on time for administrators and teachers. (MLF)

The recent deregulation of a number of industries presents a potential boon for local education. Deregulation of local schools, along with the assumption of greater managerial control, could produce more effective education. A model is proposed that includes deregulation, decentralization, flexibility, competition, technical support, and…

Issues in the introduction of performance appraisal of individual academic staff members are examined from the viewpoint of general management theory and practice. Benefits to the faculty and institution and the potential for abuse of the procedures and results are discussed. (MSE)

Two possible uses of technology for industrial training, one involving traditional instruction with extensive use of computers in groups of varying size and the other providing an instantaneous online training and information system on the production line, are suggested as illustrations of the potential for advanced telecommunications applications…