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Download full textIllinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1985
As the Illinois public community college system approaches its 20th anniversary and in the face of a changing economy and shifting public priorities, the establishment of a systematic, collegewide program review and evaluation process that can improve the colleges' overall effectiveness and efficiency in relation to student, community, and state…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Little Prints, 2002
Providing the early childhood (EC) community with a timely, actionable information about the Illinois State Board of Education's early learning initiative, "Little Prints" is a newsletter highlighting best practices among EC programs, representing the interests of and issues of EC professionals engaged in the education and care of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1999
This guide lists 64 commercially prepared English language arts inventories to assist educators in attaining results as stated in the Illinois Right to Read Initiative Best Practice #2: Assessment to Inform Instruction. The inventories in this guide are offered as another resource and are not meant to take the place of ongoing classroom assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Arts
Swartz, Stanley L. – 1989
The case study method used to determine eligibility for referral to special education in Illinois is examined. Required case study components in Illinois include an interview with the child, consultation with the child's parents, social developmental study, assessment of the child's adaptive behavior, assessment of the child's cultural background,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Accreditation Council on Services for People with Disabilities, Landover, MD. – 1991
This manual presents suggested measures which are designed to examine the outcomes of support and service provision on the lives of people with disabilities in Illinois. Included are 30 measures for people and 16 measures for organizations. The measures were developed after initial input from people with disabilities participating in a Community…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Community Programs, Disabilities
Hayes, Pamela; And Others – 1988
This manual provides an overview and instructions for the application of vocational assessment to secondary special needs students, especially in Illinois. The manual is organized in six sections. The introductory section describes the provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act in regard to student assessment and includes…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1988
This manual, which is provided as a resource for Illinois School Districts and which incorporates some of the materials in the Alaska Department of Education's Assessment Handbook, is designed to meet the requirements of Public Act 84-126 and to help practitioners develop student assessment plans of local usefulness. Areas covered in the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Swartz, Stanley L.; And Others – 1989
Information on identifying handicapped children was collected and analyzed, in order to evaluate Illinois-required case study components and assessment procedures. A literature review chapter discusses assessment of health, academic status, and individual strengths/weaknesses, and provides summaries of best practices. In regard to method, a survey…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedLaRaus, Roger – Councilor, 1995
Maintains that alternative assessment puts a student in the role of a teacher preparing for a lesson. Asserts that students need different types of resources to foster student curiosity, provide direction, and support exploration. Provides a nine-item annotated bibliography of books, book series, and graphic collections. (CFR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Swartz, Stanley L.; And Others – 1989
Special education professionals in Illinois were surveyed regarding case study procedures for use with mentally retarded students, rating usefulness of procedure, modifications desired for use with different age groups and severity of retardation, and what professional should hold primary responsibility for component completion. Processes rated…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRobinson, Rhonda S.; And Others – TechTrends, 1985
Describes a project involving four rural school districts that uses interactive cable television to link classrooms and teach advanced high school courses prohibitively expensive for any one system to offer alone. This report briefly describes how the system works and discusses objectives, teacher preparation, funding, and evaluation procedures.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, College Bound Students, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods
Griggs, Mildred B. – 1984
This document contains an evaluation checklist developed to assess home economic programs in Illinois in order to determine if they are conducive to meeting the needs of students enrolled in the programs. The quality indicators in this booklet were derived from the "Standards for Vocational Home Economics Education" published by the U.S.…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Check Lists
