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Download full textRoss, Steven M. – 2000
This guide is designed to help school district leaders promote comprehensive school reform (CSR) and to assist schools in evaluating the implementation and outcomes of their CSR models. The guide discusses why evaluation is critical and how to use it as a tool for continuous improvement in CSR models. Summative and formative evaluations are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation
Fineblum, Carol M. – 1979
The paper describes a process for planning, implementing, servicing, and revising handicapped children's individualized education programs (IEPs). The procedure is based on a developmental approach with emphasis on systematic instruction and methodical planning of long-term objectives. Sample record sheets suggest a format for detailing strengths…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Deno, Stanley L.; Mirkin, Phyllis K. – 1979
The authors describe the development and use of a structured, data base approach to developing individual education programs for special education students. The components of the "Data-Based Program Modification" (DBPM) approach are described to include five decision areas: problem selection; program selection (least restrictive yet most…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Analysis, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Driscoll, Amy; Gelmon, Sherril B.; Holland, Barbara A.; Kerrigan, Seanna; Spring, Amy; Grosvold, Kari; Longley, M.J. – 1998
This guide, in workbook form, offers an assessment model for service learning programs that focuses on the four constituencies of service learning: students, faculty, community, and the institution. The approaches described were evaluated and refined in a pilot study with 10 service learning courses. The model provides both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Methods, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Goodsell, Anne S.; And Others – 1992
This sourcebook contains nine papers on various aspects of collaborative learning for students with emphasis on college level instruction (though some material relevant to secondary elementary education is also included). Contributors address what collaborative learning is, how is it implemented, how to assess it, and where it is used. Each…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Activities, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education. – 1992
These guidelines are intended to provide a resource to use in assessing, planning, providing, evaluating, and improving the quality of programs for California pupils with severe orthopedic impairments. The first three chapters present characteristic elements of a well-designed program in the areas of: (1) identification and assessment, (2) the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrator Role, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Billingsley, Bonnie S.; And Others – 1993
This manual is designed to be a practical guide for designing, implementing, and evaluating instruction and services for students with disabilities. The first section, "Leadership and Collaboration," offers a conceptual framework for program leadership, a program vision and descriptions, strategies for interagency collaboration, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
