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Download full textSwan, William W., Ed.; Brown, Carvin L., Ed. – GPN Research Report, 1985
This report contains an overview of the General Psychoeducational Program Network and four research papers on the education of students with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED). The first paper, "Academic Progress of SED students Served in the Georgia Psychoeducational Program Network" (Thomas H. Cope), reports on a study which found…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Christenson, Sandra L.; And Others – 1987
The monograph summarizes findings from literature concerned with instructional effectiveness and applies those findings to the education of handicapped students. Emphasis is given to the relationship between instructional variables and positive academic outcomes for students. Characteristics of effective instruction for regular education,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Miller, Juliet V.; Wargel, James F. – 1978
This collection of program evaluation studies is designed to help program evaluation staff in state agencies improve their current program education strategies. It alerts staff members to procedures being used in other state agencies, as well as provides further information about the current status of state rehabilitation agency program…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Guides
Peer reviewedScheirer, Mary Ann – New Directions for Evaluation, 1996
This eight chapters of this special issue introduce the use of a template to specify program components as a new tool for program evaluation. The template articulates the components needed for program delivery and provides a systematic method for assessing program implementation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedWatson, Ken, Ed.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1997
The seven articles in this edition show that cost-benefit analysis is emerging from the confusion of the 1980s and is probably going to become the central tool of program evaluation in the future. The modern approach involves incorporating probability distributions into the cost-benefit analysis. None of the articles are specifically…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Hoff, David – The Institute Brief, 1997
This report provides guidelines and a process for people with disabilities living in Massachusetts to follow to evaluate employment service options that will allow them to receive services best meeting their individual needs. Strategies for finding out information about the different programs and a checklist are given by which to evaluate…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Disabilities, Employment Programs
Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services, 1997
This document is comprised of the 1997 issues of a quarterly newsletter of the Harvard Family Research Project, designed to share new ideas and experiences in evaluating systems reform and comprehensive child and family services. The first issue focuses on evaluation methodology and includes articles on the following topics: (1) mixing evaluation…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Community Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Swan, William W., Ed.; Brown, Carvin L., Ed. – GPN Research Report, 1988
This research report contains seven papers on students with serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) and/or Severe Behavior Disorder (SBD) who participated in the Georgia Psychoeducational Network Program (GPN). "The 1982 Cohort of GPN Preschoolers--Where Are They in 1987-1988?" (Juanda Ponsell and others) reports the placement of 75…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy
Stevenson, William W. – 1979
Sixteen vocational education evaluation problems which indicate the present situation in the states are discussed, and alternative solutions to them are suggested in this report. Each problem represents a situation that should be remedied or a need that must be met and was found to be common to a number of states attempting to develop or improve…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization
Research File, 1995
This report discusses the use of performance indicators (PIs) in higher education, focusing on definitions, frameworks, examples, and implications for universities. It notes that demands for accountability have led to intense interest in university performance measures, and that early indicators simply described the university or the system and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Definitions, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationAstin, Alexander W.; And Others – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
Designed to help educators examine their current student assessment practices and ensure that assessment activities lead to real improvements, this paper lists and discusses nine principles for assessing student learning. The nine principles are: (1) the assessment of student learning begins with educational values; (2) assessment is most…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
Focus on Basics, 1998
This volume contains the four 1998 quarterly issues of this newsletter that present best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and information on how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policy makers. The following are among the major articles included: "Power,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Change
Shelton, Marilyn M. – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
The TeleMedia Production facility at Golden West College (California) was created to provide non-broadcast video instructional programming. Because of cost considerations, the college chose to use a portable video system. The portable system requires only a small crew, can go on location almost anywhere, and includes an editing capability. Three…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Community Colleges, Educational Technology
Bolland, Kathleen A. – 1979
As part of a project designed to identify appropriate and feasible methods of evaluating vocational education with respect to its outcomes, this bibliography contains descriptive and evaluative annotations of a selection of empirical studies of vocational education outcomes. Following a technical introduction discussing the methodological issues…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Goodyear, Leslie, Ed.; Horsch, Karen, Ed. – The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services, 2000
This document is comprised of the single 2000 issue of a newsletter of the Harvard Family Research Project, designed to share new ideas and experiences in evaluating systems reform and comprehensive child and family services. The issue focuses on after-school programs and includes the following articles: (1) "Building the After School…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Welfare, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
