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Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; Crawford, Lindy; Huscroft-D'Angelo, Jacqueline N. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
In this paper, we describe the design, development, and initial validity evidence for the Screening to Assign Accommodations Tool (SAAT). The purpose of the SAAT is to identify students for whom construct irrelevant variance (CIV) might obscure measurement of their knowledge, skills, and abilities in mathematics. Once students are identified as…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Test Construction, Research Design
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O'Sullivan, Rita G. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Collaborative Evaluation systematically invites and engages stakeholders in program evaluation planning and implementation. Unlike "distanced" evaluation approaches, which reject stakeholder participation as evaluation team members, Collaborative Evaluation assumes that active, on-going engagement between evaluators and program staff,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Rouge, Jean-Charles – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
In May 1990, the first evaluation seminar in Africa took place in Cote d'Ivoire. It was the first in a series of regional seminars on evaluation planned by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The seminar was jointly presented by the DAC and African Development Bank (ADB).…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluators, Seminars, Guidelines
Henderson, Euan S. – British Journal of Teacher Education, 1979
School focused in-service education and training (INSET) is a synthesis of course-based and school-based models. Three elements are considered: identification and definition of needs; development and execution of appropriate INSET activities to meet these needs; and evaluation. (JMF)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Olson, Robert P.; Fruin, Marjorie F. – Journal of Extension, 1979
Presents two evaluation approaches that can be adapted to a variety of programs: measuring learning and measuring behavior change. Both methods, the measurement of what was learned in a program and the assessment of changes in behavior following a program, can strengthen program evaluation. (MF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Extension Agents
Borich, Gary D.; Jemelka, Ronald P. – Educational Technology, 1981
Reviews four different approaches to evaluation--decision-oriented, applied research, value-oriented, and systems-oriented--and suggests how each may be applied to the evaluation of instructional programs. Nine references are listed. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Vacc, Nicholas – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1981
Focused on the program evaluation activities of high school counselors. Data obtained indicated school counselors evaluated about 40 percent of guidance program activities included in a questionnaire, but only 19 percent were formally evaluated. This compares with 36 percent reported for formal follow-up studies ten years earlier. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counselor Performance, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
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Zacker, John – New Directions for Student Services, 1996
Notes the importance of evaluation as an element of effective student affairs program planning and administration. Defines evaluation, assessment and research. Discusses whom to evaluate, and how to properly evaluate them. Provides examples of evaluation efforts. (KW)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Discipline Policy, Evaluation Methods
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Shoemaker, David M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Several aspects of national competency tests are discussed: two conceptualizations; arguments pro and con; the federal perspective; a distillation of support and opposition to arguments judged unique to national competency tests; and a hypothetical procedure for implementation. (MH)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Federal Government
Loertscher, David V. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1982
Examines the basic components of research as they apply to the school library media field. Problems involved in conducting research, synthesizing and evaluating research efforts, and disseminating research results are discussed. A checklist and bibliography of research reviews in the school library field and a 42-item reference list are included.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Technology, Evaluation Needs, Information Dissemination
McClure, Charles R. – EDUCOM Review, 1991
Discusses the accessibility of networked information services, i.e., NREN (National Research and Education Network), and suggests a focus on research in two particular areas to identify and meet the information needs of network users: (1) a conceptual description of the academic networked environment, particularly from a user perspective; and (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education
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Holley, Freda M. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983
The organization and operations of an evaluation unit in a local governmental agency are presented. How local evaluation units manage (1) external relations (to obtain funding, to gain access to data sources, and encourage evaluation use) and (2) internal operations (including staffing, communication, data collection, and analysis) are described.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education