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Cheng, Yin-cheong – Chinese University Education Journal, 1990
Explores the difficulty of evaluating school effectiveness, distinguishing between school effectiveness and school efficiency. Introduces seven evaluation models, and discusses the difficulty of integrating these models. Develops a dynamic model which reconceptualizes school effectiveness and combines characteristics of the integrated and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Smith, Jana K. – 1984
The second of two related pamphlets, this guide describes how to design an outcome study and outlines procedures for collecting outcome data. After an introduction that delineates the purpose of the two-part series, the pamphlet is divided into four major sections. The first section explains how to select a cost-outcome analysis. The next three…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Brown, Carol S. – 1997
This paper provides a program evaluation of the K-12 social science program in the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools. The program attempts to provide a balance between American and World Studies, History and Current Issues. It emphasizes multicultural and non-sexist learnings and includes the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to survive in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis
Walter, Donald L. – School Business Affairs, 1991
Discusses the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) research concerning the identification of indicators of service efforts and service accomplishments. The GASB has proposed that financial reports should not only be useful in assessing accountability, but they should also assist in making economic, social, and political decisions. (six…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Block, Alan W. – 1983
This review summarizes and analyzes the body of research on the characteristics of effective schools in addition to early input-output research, which implied that the determinants of student achievement lay chiefly outside the control of the schools. Chapter 1 discusses patterns in the results of input-output studies, including research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Community Support, Educational Administration