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What Works Clearinghouse, 2018
Underlying all What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) products are WWC Study Review Guides, which are intended for use by WWC certified reviewers to assess studies against the WWC evidence standards. As part of an ongoing effort to increase transparency, promote collaboration, and encourage widespread use of the WWC standards, the Institute of Education…
Descriptors: Guides, Research Design, Research Methodology, Program Evaluation
What Works Clearinghouse, 2016
This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to complete the Study Review Guide (SRG, Version S3, V2) for single-case designs (SCDs). Reviewers will complete an SRG for every What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) review. A completed SRG should be a reviewer's independent assessment of the study, relative to the criteria specified in the review…
Descriptors: Guides, Research Design, Research Methodology, Program Evaluation
Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Boller, Kimberly – Regional Educational Laboratory, 2014
This brief provides tips for forming a team of staff and consultants with the needed expertise to make key measurement decisions that will ensure high-quality data for answering the study's research questions. The brief outlines the main responsibilities of measurement team members. It also describes typical measurement tasks and discusses…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Measurement Techniques, Group Membership, Expertise
Sambolt, Megan; Balestreri, Kathryn – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2013
Preparing students to succeed in college and careers requires aligned systems that allow for smooth transitions between institutions as well as integrated supports to enable learners to progress toward careers. Student transitions from secondary to postsecondary education and/or careers have long been stumbling blocks because preschool through…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Transitional Programs, Cooperative Planning
Renzulli, Joseph S. – Gifted Education International, 1984
The paper discusses the need to evaluate gifted education programs, the relationship between evaluation and decision making, and the objectives of program evaluation. Three problem areas are cited: (1) the problem of higher level objectives, (2) measurement and statistical problems, and (3) practical problems. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted, Measurement Techniques
Heppler, Brad – Online Submission, 2008
This is a book about quality and how to control quality through deliberate actions on the part of the professionals developing and implementing the instances of instruction available at an organization. Quality control theory favors no particular learning philosophy and is only directed towards aspects of how, what, where and when measurements are…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Program Effectiveness, Measurement, Measurement Techniques
Casto, Glendon; Lewis, Arleen – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1986
The paper proposes specific guidelines for the selection of outcome measures and provides a brief rationale for each. Guidelines include relating outcome measures to intervention program objectives, using the best available instruments, and considering educational and statistical significance in selecting measures. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Measurement Techniques, Outcomes of Education
Biester, Thomas W. – 1976
Prepared for use with Research for Better Schools' career education programs, this guide is designed to assist in the selection of instruments which measure program goals. The guide provides descriptions of ten instruments: (1) student demographic data questionnaire, (2) career maturity inventory, (3) assessment of career development, (4)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Guides
Meservey, Lynne D. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Suggests 10 tracking techniques for evaluating marketing performance. Techniques involve utilization rate, inquiry and source of inquiry tracking, appointment and interview tracking, enrollment conversion, cost per inquiry and per enrollment, retention rate, survey results, and "mystery shopper." (RJC)
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Evaluation Methods, Marketing

Caulley, Darrel N. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1983
An introduction and overview to document analysis as a retrospective data collection technique are presented. (PN)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Lessik, Alan; Michener, Victoria – 2000
This document provides information for managers in the U. S. Agency for International Development on measuring institutional capacity, including some tools that measure the capacity of an entire organization as well as others that look at individual components or functions of an organization. The paper defines and discusses capacity assessment in…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Characteristics, Measurement Techniques
Presley, Cheryl; Austin, S. Bryn; Jacobs, Judith – 1997
The purpose of this compendium is to assist administrators, staff, evaluators, and alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention specialists in identifying and selecting feasible, informative, and appropriate evaluation instruments to assess AOD use and monitor program effectiveness on campus. The use of qualitative methods in the evaluation of…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Child Care Information Exchange, 1989
Provides an evaluation form consisting of 23 yes-no and 8 short-answer questions for parents of day care children to complete. (RJC)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Informal Assessment, Measurement Techniques
Haney, Walt; Gelberg, Wendy – 1980
The goal of this booklet is to describe some of the special challenges posed by early childhood assessment in general, and particularly as they apply to Title I program evaluation. The booklet has four purposes: (1) to describe special issues in early childhood assessment; (2) to describe briefly alternative approaches to early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Udler, Allan S. – Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, 1982
A productivity measurement process is described that determines organizational change in colleges and universities and focuses on organizational performance measurement rather than individual employees' performance. It integrates economics, industrial engineering, and behavioral sciences principles and processes, and covers professional,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Organizational Change