This report summarizes research findings and implementation practices for teacher and principal value-added models (VAMs), as a first step in the Team Pennsylvania Foundation's (Team PA) pilot project to inform the development of a full, statewide model evaluation system. We have selected 21 studies that represent key issues and findings in the…

In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing…

This publication discusses a cost analysis study of bilingual education in Texas that sought to determine the per-pupil costs of a minimally adequate program that would correspond to the regular monolingual program funded under the state's foundation finance program. The study identified the essential costs of a model bilingual education program…

The major purpose of this evaluation report is to scrutinize the Skyline Wide Educational Plan (SWEP) research methods and analytical schemes and to communicate the project's constituency priorities relative to the educational programs and processes of the future. A Delphi technique was used as the primary mechanism for gathering and scrutinizing…

The purposes of this terminal evaluation report are to determine the extent to which the major goals of the Skyline Wide Educational Plan (SWEP) project were achieved, to evaluate the utility of the products of SWEP studies, and to communicate the results to appropriate audiences. Information relative to four major project components is presented;…

A 15-MONTH EVALUATION RESEARCH STUDY OF THE 1965 SUMMER HEAD START PROGRAMS WAS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. A SCHEMATIC MODEL OF INTERACTING FACTORS OPERATING THROUGH HEAD START PROGRAMS TO PRODUCE AND PREDICT CHANGES IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WAS DEVELOPED. THIS MODEL GENERATED THE EMPIRICAL…

In this study, retrospective interviews were used to investigate reliability (and thus validity) threats to a computerized ESL listening comprehension test administered at a university in the US. The participants in the investigation, six international graduate students, were asked to respond to semi- and open-ended questions during individual…

A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PREDICT DROPOUT BEHAVIOR AMONG URBAN NEGRO BOYS WHO CONFRONT CONVENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRESSURES. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE DETERMINING INDICATORS OF DROPOUT BEHAVIOR LIE WITHIN THE SOCIAL-PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN IN THE SYSTEMATIZED, SOMETIMES HOSTILE DEMANDS IMPOSED UPON…