A participant's handbook for the workshop on an overview of bilingual program evaluation provides instructions and worksheets for the workshop activities. The handbook is accompanied by a workshop text. The workshop is the first of five 4-hour evaluation workshops designed to meet the basic information needs of teachers, administrators,…

A participant's handbook for the workshop on basic concepts in evaluation design provides instructions and worksheets for the workshop activities. The handbook is accompanied by a workshop text. The workshop is the second of five 4-hour evaluation workshops designed to meet the basic information needs of teachers, administrators, evaluators, and…

This participant's handbook for a workshop on selecting evaluation designs for bilingual programs presents group activities to facilitate learning about the selection process. The objectives of the workshop are to (1) identify the implied comparisons associated with frequently encountered evaluation questions, (2) select the most appropriate…

This participant's handbook is designed to be used in conjunction with a workshop for planning bilingual student assessment. The following materials are included: (1) simulation materials, including descriptions of simulated programs, tests, test manuals, and printouts; (2) checklists, diagrams, and charts illustrating important points of the…

This report by a National Task Force of the Teacher Corps provides charts, tables, and analysis of two distinct facets of previous analysis of the work of the Teacher Corps. The first is a detailed consideration of the availability and use of technical resources. Included are considerations of the purposes for providing technical resources;…

A handbook for participants of a workshop on bilingual program evaluation is presented as part of the Bilingual Evaluation Technical Assistance project. Workshop objectives are as follows: make a schedule for evaluation management tasks; create a staffing plan; prepare a budget appropriate for the particular bilingual evaluation; develop a plan…

Descriptive and evaluative information is provided on the approach used by Mitchell College, a small, private, liberal arts junior college, to meet the needs of learning disabled (LD) students. Introductory material cites the growing number of LD adults pursuing postsecondary educational options and describes the development of a learning resource…

Seven Chapter 1 elementary schools in the Jefferson Cluster in Portland (Oregon) Public Schools invited children who had completed second grade to a language arts summer school in 1992. As part of the program, parents were also invited to attend eight sessions on strategies and activities that would strengthen their children's language arts…