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Melton, Reginald F. – Open Learning, 1995
Describes steps taken in developing an evaluation system for distance teaching at the Open Junior High School system in Indonesia. Reviews data collection techniques, and discusses advantages and disadvantages of evaluation studies. Presents a historical background of the system, and lists the system's strengths and weaknesses discovered via…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Distance Education, Educational Development, Evaluation Methods

Cross, Christopher T. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Review of congressional hearings leading to the enactment of the Education Amendments of 1974 (Public Law 93-380), the initial response of the United States Office of Education, and the study conducted by the National Institute of Education as mandated in Section 821 of PL 93-380. (MH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Educational Objectives

Witkin, Belle Ruth – Evaluation Practice, 1994
Practices in needs assessment are reviewed since 1981, the year the federal government changed the role it plays in promoting needs assessment in the public sector. The review is based on reports published to 1993 and indicates that needs assessment is flourishing in a variety of settings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
During the fall of 1916, the Chamber of Commerce of Elyria, Ohio, invited the United States Commissioner of Education to make a survey of the Elyria public-school system. The invitation was accepted upon the following conditions: (1) That the Bureau of Education shall be invited by the Elyria Board of Education and that the invitation shall be…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Art Education, Educational Change, Expenditures
Mullen, Patrick B.; Place, Linna Funk – 1978
While many people think of folklore as part of the culture of rural, isolated, uneducated people, folklore has a much broader definition and can encompass all areas and be found among all people. Folklore tradition can include school fight songs, ghost stories, children's games, ethnic jokes, jump rope rhymes and family recipes, as well as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Books, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Segel, David; Proffitt, Maris M. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1940
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: Educational History, State Departments of Education, Agency Role, Pupil Personnel Services
Alves, Henry F.; Morphet, Edgar L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
It is generally recognized that the organization of satisfactory schools, attendance area, and local units of school administration involves a careful study of existing educational conditions. If satisfactory functioning of units proposed is to be assured, the study must consider functions of schools and local school units, services now rendered…
Descriptors: Educational History, Administrators, School Administration, Agency Cooperation