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Mandell, Lee; And Others – 1978
The second of three documents of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based status offender programs presents a general planning model. An overview traces five steps of the planning decision process, from determining the importance of status offender needs to the county to making program funding decisions based on…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Models, Program Costs, Program Development
Vogel, Allyn; And Others – 1978
The third and final volume of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based facilities for status offenders describes an approach to evaluating existing programs and proposed new ones. Instructions are given for collection of data on service resources through completion of worksheets specifying information on such topics…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Program Costs, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Price, Marianne; And Others – 1982
The guide describes Project IMPACT (Implementing Mainstreaming Programs through Active Cooperative Training), an approach involving teachers, parents, and support personnel in Mainstreaming Planning Committees (MPCs) to consider general issues and procedures. Based on experiences over a 2-year period (September 1, 1979-February 28, 1982) of pilot…
Descriptors: Committees, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming
Smith, Jana K. – 1985
Streamlining involves the modification of cost-analysis methods to make them more appropriate for the limited time and resources, and immediate information needs, of local-level program evaluations. It can also enhance the reliability and validity of district-level studies. A review of existing texts of cost analysis and of studies of traditional…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Resources, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education

Doty, Charles R. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1979
A matrix approach can solve the problem of identifying quality technical education programs. This method focuses on the end products of the program rather than on the educational process itself. Educators must use their professional competencies to judge program quality based on follow-up data and costs per pupil per program. (CT)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Forrest, Aubrey – North Central Association Quarterly, 1979
Reviews the guidelines established by the College Outcome Measures Project with regard to evaluating general education programs in areas of (1) identifying knowledge and skill areas, (2) measuring abilities, (3) insuring fairness, (4) gaining cooperation with other institutions, and (5) reducing costs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Evaluation Criteria, General Education, Institutional Cooperation
Severns, George W., Jr.; Sains, Leonard I. – 1981
Intended for administrators, the paper reviews the current inadequacy of most state education agency monitoring of private special education programs and considers necessary elements in comprehensive monitoring. Basic challenges related to establishing a fiscal monitoring system are described, including the ability to differentiate quality from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools, Program Administration
Thompson, Walt – Training and Development Journal, 1982
This article explores indicators which will reveal if organizations are ready to deal with the change implied in undertaking a quality circle (QC) program. It discusses characteristics of successful QC programs and lists readiness indicators which include internal project staffing, openness from management, time commitment, and financial…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Crisis Intervention, Employee Attitudes, Organizational Climate
Palola, Ernest G.; And Others – 1977
This handbook is a "how to do it" set of definitions, instruments, and procedures based on program effectiveness and related costs (PERC) evaluation at Empire State College (Saratoga Springs, New York) and four other cooperating institutions. The handbook focuses first on program effectiveness and then considers program costs. It…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Mechling, Kenneth R. – Principal, 1983
Principals can improve programs by becoming science advocates (to teachers, students, and parents), constructing and pushing a science curriculum plan, ensuring annual funds for science materials, providing needed inservice experiences, monitoring the program, and handling likely problems. A 73-item checklist is provided for evaluating current…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Christiansen, L. E.; Katterle, Zeno – 1980
These materials from Beaverton Schools, District Number 48 (Oregon) provide an annual program review process within the context of the regular planning and budgeting processes. Information obtained from the review process (an analytic and decision-making process) is intended to serve as a basis for determining what program levels should be…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Carvell Education Managment Planning, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1982
The second part of a report on a comprehensive review of the credit instructional programs offered by Pasadena City College (PCC), this volume contains a technical description of the data collection and assembly procedures used in the program review and provides guidelines for the implementation of the program review model. The first section…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Data Collection
National School Boards Association, Washington, DC. – 1976
During the 1970's, school districts throughout the country have created alternative educational programs allowing students and parents to choose the appropriate educational structure and methodology that suit their individual needs. School boards who establish alternative schools must assess, plan, design, effect, and evaluate educational programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Krajewski, Robert – American School Board Journal, 1982
Discusses seven general guidelines for deciding whether to adopt a new program: get the facts, hire a consultant, investigate the philosophy and theory, analyze costs, decide if the program has staying power, visit a similar program, and involve teachers. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Board of Education Role, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Innovation
Committee for Recreation/Education Cooperation, CA. – 1979
This handbook is a self-help guide for beginning or improving cooperative efforts between recreation, park, and education agencies. The handbook covers: 1) development and writing of guidelines for a formal agreement to cooperate, 2) methods of developing supportive communication strategies, 3) determination of the costs of a cooperative venture,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs