Descriptor
Author
| House, Ernest R. | 2 |
| Husen, Torsten | 2 |
| Scott, Elois M. Skeen | 2 |
| Scott, Elois Skeen | 2 |
| Abelow, David | 1 |
| Anderson, Janice K. | 1 |
| Anderson, Judith I. | 1 |
| Apling, Richard | 1 |
| Arter, Judy | 1 |
| Blaschke, Charles L. | 1 |
| Bryk, Anthony | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Location
| New York (Buffalo) | 4 |
| Texas (Austin) | 4 |
| New York (New York) | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Elementary and Secondary… | 52 |
| Education Amendments 1974 | 1 |
| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Metropolitan Achievement Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
ESEA Title I Projects, Evaluation Report 1967. Volume I. Chapter 1, The Pittsburgh Evaluation Model.
Download full textPittsburgh Public Schools, PA. – 1967
Viewing decision makers within the program as the primary audience for program evaluation information, a model for the evaluation of ESEA Title I projects is developed for program improvement as well as program assessment. The model incorporates four stages of assessment, with five evaluative criteria distinguished for each stage. Both negative…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Guidelines
Gladkowski, Gerald James – 1971
In considering the apparent failure of the two major compensatory education programs, Project Head Start and Title I, there are so many uncontrolled variables interacting simultaneously that it is virtually impossible to define the specific etiological factors engendering the results obtained. The Federal programs are difficult to evaluate because…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Criteria
Loveridge, Robert L.; Carapella, Ruth – 1979
Kindergarten pupils enrolled in Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I schools were selected for the Kindergarten Extended Day (KED) Program if they showed marked underachievement on the Cooperative Preschool Inventory (CPI). KED students attended kindergarten for an additional half day. Since previous evaluations of KED may have had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education
Deck, Dennis; Arter, Judy – 1981
This paper presents key concepts and practical suggestions to use in evaluating three types of Title I summer programs. A description of the summer program characteristics is followed by outlines of the three evaluation designs: (1) norm referenced design; (2) criterion referenced design; and (3) comparison group design. The techniques, procedural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1969
The Symposium proceedings point out that the evaluation of educational innovations awaits the modernization of evaluation theory. Specific approaches to the problem are presented in five papers, as follows: (1) "An Overview of the Evaluation Problem," by Egon G. Guba, Associate Dean, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Criteria
Caldwell, Michael S. – 1968
Educational programs, regarded as inputs, may be developed within a procedural framework to achieve outputs of desired change and improvement. Eight criteria for assessing plans and strategies are relevance, legality, congruence, legitimacy, compatibility, balance, practicability, and cost/effectiveness. (JK)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
PDF pending restorationChuang, Ying C.; Theimer, William C. – 1970
The problem of educational evaluation, the various types of evaluation, and the different kinds of models of evaluation systems are discussed in some detail. The educational needs of the students, staff, community, and the Philadelphia Title I schools, as agreed by members of the evaluation team, are listed. A taxonomy of Title I evaluation is…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
HARSH, J. RICHARD – 1967
APPRAISALS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ACT PROGRAMS SHOULD BE MADE IN TERMS OF (1) A PROGRAM'S STATED PURPOSES, (2) A BEHAVIORIAL DEFINITION OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, (3) THE SITUATIONS AND EXPERIENCES THROUGH WHICH THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE ACHIEVED, (4) DATA COLLECTED BY APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES, AND (5) DATA…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
Apling, Richard; Bryk, Anthony – 1980
Some early childhood variables are examined to evaluate their predictive validity. The selection of children needing early childhood Title I services is complicated by the lack of criteria for defining who is educationally disadvantaged and the special problems of early childhood testing and measurement. The study used re-analysis of longitudinal…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis
Rost, Paul; And Others – 1972
Albuquerque's Title I evaluation staff is in the process of generating a comprehensive local evaluation design because it considers the federally required product evaluation unsatisfactory. The required mean-gain comparisons were extended beyond the dimension of program to the dimensions of school, grade, and Title I instructor. This evaluation…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Peer reviewedYoung, Virgil M. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Stonehill, Robert M.; Anderson, Judith I. – 1982
This report describes and evaluates Title I, the largest federal aid program in elementary and secondary education, with appropriations of over $3 billion in 1980. It assesses the impact of the program and introduces new efforts that were undertaken to enhance state and local coordination. Special attention is given to how the amendments of 1974…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Coordination
Provus, Malcolm M. – 1969
A schema for the evaluation of ESEA Title I and III programs is based upon the view that evaluation should be considered as a process for program development and stabilization. Following a general systems approach and applying management theory, the model includes methods for using evaluation as a program improvement tool, with educational…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Criteria
Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – 1968
The need for competent formal evaluation programs, particularly for new federally assisted programs, is expressed. Problems in defining educational evaluation and its requirements, in designing such evaluations, and 3 possible sources of faulty conceptual bases for evaluations, are presented. An attempt is made to define evaluation in general, to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Educational Change, Evaluation
House, Ernest R.; Husen, Torsten – 1979
Presented here are reviews of the reports from the National Institute of Education (NIE) on the Compensatory Education Study (an evaluation of compensatory education programs in the United States). Ernest House's article addresses the evaluation study directly. It covers the study's assessment of funding allocations, program administration,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
