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Gillentine, Jane; And Others – 1981
Developed to assist librarians in the measurement and evaluation of the library's ability to provide services, this guide suggests a number of evaluation techniques that may be used once the reasons for a study have been clearly determined and locally peculiar conditions have been taken into account. The first section explains methods for…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Institutional Evaluation, Librarians
Marman, Edward – Library Administration and Management, 1995
Outlines a method for establishing a depreciated value of a library collection and includes an example of applying the formula for calculating depreciation. The method is based on the useful life of books, other print, and audio visual materials; their original cost; and on sampling subsets or sections of the collection. (JKP)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Books, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Download full textGeorgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1974
Georgia's Needs Assessment Package, which has many sample forms, includes a procedure which helps to identify short-range and long-range educational needs. This procedure utilizes community participation which broadens the decision-making base and serves to legitimatize actual decisions. It utilizes the opinions of professional educators,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Dervin, Brenda; Clark, Kathleen – 1987
Developed as part of a three-year project funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this manual is designed to present librarians in the State of California with an alternative, "sense-making" approach to assessing the information needs of patrons and potential patrons and to assessing accountability, i.e., whether…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Library Personnel
Copa, George H.; Maurice, Clyde F. – 1976
The purpose of this handbook is to document a procedure for obtaining information about the interest of people for additional job training. (The procedure will result in a set of tables providing information on interest in job training for use in planning educational programs. It is designed to be flexible enough for use in areas as small as…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Lewis, L. L.; And Others – 1978
Divided into five chapters, this user's manual is intended to assist local educators in the assessment of their career education programs. The first chapter discusses the purposes of evaluation. Chapter 2 provides a quick overview of the basic evaluation steps, while the remaining chapters provide the necessary details to implement these eleven…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Career Education, Data Analysis
Morris, William; Gold, Ben K. – 1974
The Student Accountability Model (SAM) was developed by a consortium of 12 members, to provide a system of procedures for identifying and describing California community college occupational students and for obtaining information about them after they leave college. The two components of the model are the Student Accounting Component…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Evaluation Methods
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of School Programs Evaluation. – 1976
This evaluation handbook was written for school district personnel who may be either novices or experts in the use of educational research techniques. Tailored to categorically aided projects, the handbook describes techniques that will isolate specific activity effects as reflected by pupil achievement. Chapters are devoted to the construction of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis
ACTION, Washington, DC. National Student Volunteer Program. – 1977
Designed for coordinators of student volunteer programs (experiential learning through community service), this manual provides information on some of the basic research approaches and tools which can be used to analyze a program's activities and effectiveness. The major areas discussed include the following: the reasons for and resources…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Case Studies, Community Services, Data Analysis
Law, Alexander I.; Bronson, William H. – 1977
This guide presents detailed information concerning the purposes and process of program evaluation, the role of the evaluator, and the development of an evaluation plan or design. Instruction is provided in selecting or developing assessment instruments, collecting and analyzing data, reporting evaluation results and applying the findings. The…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Byrn, Darcie; And Others – 1967
The authors have written this manual to aid workers in the Cooperative Extension Service of the United States to be better able to understand and apply the principles and methods of evaluation. The manual contains three sections which cover the nature and place of evaluation in extension work, the evaluation process, and the uses of evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Assessment
Law, Alexander I.; Bronson, William H. – 1977
This guide was designed for trainers presenting inservice workshops for program evaluators, teachers, principals, curriculum specialists, and others responsible for school programs. It is keyed to a companion volume, the Program Evaluator's Guide (ED l42 563), the primary source for workshop participants. Developed under the California Evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Young, Malcolm B.; Schuh, Russell G. – 1975
This guide is intended to assist in the evaluation of career education programs. It has been developed around the concept that the evaluation should be viewed as a management tool for the improvement of program performance. The guide recognizes the key roles of the evaluators and program managers in the evaluation process. It is addressed…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Career Education, Data Analysis
