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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1988
An independent Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report of the deacidification program underway at the Library of Congress, this report was undertaken at the request of the House Appropriations Committee. Because of the particular concerns of engineering and safety which have been raised regarding this program, this report focuses on its…
Descriptors: Books, Libraries, Paper (Material), Pilot Projects
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1988
This report summarizes an Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report on the deacidification program underway at the Library of Congress. Because of the particular concerns of engineering and safety that have been raised in connection with this program, this report focuses on its effectiveness and safety, and compares the current program to other…
Descriptors: Books, Libraries, Paper (Material), Pilot Projects
Peer reviewedCheadle, Allen; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Describes pilot test of survey of grocery store product displays to measure the amount of health education information provided and the proportion of the display devoted to "healthier" products. Finds that inter-rate reliability ranged between 0.73 and 0.78 for the healthiness indices and between 0.30 and 0.67 for the health education measures.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Food Stores, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Direct linkPeersman, Greet; Rugg, Deborah – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
Although a necessary component of good program management and accountability, monitoring data do not usually provide answers to questions about whether, how, and why a specific program works. More in-depth, systematic inquiry is needed to do this. In this article, the authors focus on the evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-prevention…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Prevention
Peer reviewedCistone, Peter J.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1989
Summarizes the historical background, planning, and implementation of a School-Based Management/Shared Decision Making (SBM/SDM) program in Dade County (Florida). Highlights interim evaluation findings and recommendations. (FMW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making, Pilot Projects, Program Development
Terry, Patricia D.; And Others – 1986
A two-part research and evaluation study was conducted to examine an elementary (K-8) school district's implementation of a computerized instructional management system, the "Computer-Managed Instruction/3000" (CMI), as a means of facilitating the assessment and updating of student mastery of 78 district-defined curricular objectives.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Objectives
Crist-Whitzel, Janet L.; And Others – 1986
A two-part research and evaluation study was conducted to examine an elementary (K-8) school district's implementation of a computerized instructional management system, the "Computer-Managed Instruction/3000" (CMI), as a means of facilitating the assessment and updating of student mastery of 78 district-defined curricular objectives.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Objectives
Reece, Gary T.; Alvarez, Frank R. – 1988
This paper presents the State of New Jersey Board of Education's evaluation of the Operation School Renewal (OSR) Program, a multi-year assistance program involving the urban school districts of Trenton, East Orange, and Neptune Township (New Jersey). Goals included the following: (1) attendance improvement; (2) reduction of disruptive pupil…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Pilot Projects, Program Design
Gibble, Jacques; Masters, James – 1984
The Penn Manor CRT/Curriculum Articulation Project was designed to study the impact of the implementation of four specific interventions on the achievement of elementary school students in mathematics and language arts. The interventions were as follows: (1) classroom teachers were given individual curriculum skill objectives for their grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Behavioral Objectives
Hollenback, Kathryn; And Others – 1984
A project consisting of two followup studies, a literature review, and a pilot study was conducted to evaluate the occupational orientation curriculum and occupational orientation teacher education programs currently in existence in Texas and to recommend changes needed to update them. Various survey instruments were administered to participants…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Change Strategies
