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Download full textMann, Peter B., Ed. – 1973
Testing, assessment, and evaluation, all based on measurement, are assuming increasingly important roles in American society. They are becoming a more vital force in the world of work, in education, and in the processes of determining the effectiveness of social institutions. Educational Testing Service (ETS) convened a conference for education…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Ayers, Jerry B.; And Others – 1987
The papers presented at this symposium offer discussions on the program evaluation needs of three categories of teacher education institutions. An introductory paper examines state-of-the-art teacher education program evaluation, the requirements of national and regional accreditation agencies, and the evaluation requirements involved in the state…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems, Higher Education
Hayman, John; Rayder, Nick – 1977
Educational evaluation has been generally ineffective in improving educational practice, and many evaluations have dehumanizing aspects. A conference was held at Berkeley in April, 1976, to consider this situation. Participants included professional evaluators, teachers, parents, students, and interested others. One outcome was this hypothesis:…
Descriptors: Conferences, Decision Making, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
North Dakota Study Group on Evaluation, Grand Forks. – 1977
A number of issues regarding educational evaluation and the problems associated with the practice of evaluation were discussed at a conference held in San Francisco, California, in 1976. Participants and persons submitting position papers included evaluators, administrators, teachers, educational researchers, parents, and students. Statements of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Ledesma, Antonio L., Ed.; Ledesma, Angelita Y., Ed. – 1980
A collection of papers, from the Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CENDHRRA) Evaluation Seminar (1980) in Bandungan, Central Java, provides guidelines for evaluation of rural development projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The first part of the report contains a summary of group discussions on different…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Health Services, Community Involvement
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Social Welfare Development and Research Center. – 1974
This report describes the project components of this Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I program in Hawaii in 1974. It identifies the extent of education achievement and specifies those influences which encourage positive learning behavior in children. The components of the project are: the reading resource rooms; the remedial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Deboeck, Guido; Ng, Ronald – 1980
The paper presents results of discussions during an 8-day workshop (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 1979) on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of East Asian and Pacific rural development projects. Major workshop themes identified are managerial, technical, and institutional aspects of monitoring. The introduction discusses previous World Bank…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Consultants
Deboeck, Guido; Kinsey, Bill – 1980
The study summarizes discussions and conclusions of the Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects in East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, April 1979), whose purpose was to share lessons learned from field experiences in managing information for rural development. An initial section summarizes information in papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Schrader, William B., Ed. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1979
This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education
