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Peer reviewedPiskurich, George M. – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discusses the increasing emphasis on evaluation in the fields of training and performance improvement. Suggests considering why the evaluation is being done, what is being evaluated, and how the data will be used to make it more useful. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems
Daillak, Richard; And Others – 1978
To examine the impact of program evaluation information upon decision making, case studies were conducted of five different programs: (1) a diagnostic teaching kindergarten program (K-LEAD), funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I; (2) Project MORE, an ESEA Title IV-C funded junior high school program dealing with school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textSchellenberg, Stephen J. – 1986
The role of the professional evaluator within a school district is essentially to provide data for use in informed decision making. In School District 4J in Eugene, Oregon, this role involves performing tasks in three basic categories: (1) maintaining and interpreting ongoing databases, (2) finding and analyzing information to answer specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Databases, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Brandenburg, Dale C.; And Others – CEDR Quarterly, 1979
Five methods of faculty evaluation used at the University of Illinois are described: student evaluations--including questionnaires; written comments, and group interviews; self-evaluation; and evaluation by colleagues. (GDC)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Peer reviewedSaks, Michael J. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
The judicial branches of government have unique needs for evaluative information and limited resources; this must be recognized in order to increase the utilization of applied social research by courts and lawyers. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (GDC)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Court Litigation, Court Role, Courts
PDF pending restorationFinley, Carmen J. – 1979
The California Evaluation Improvement Project (EIP) was initiated to improve evaluation skills of educators through in-service training and to improve the use of evaluation data for program improvement by local education agencies. Four aspects of EIP are discussed: (1) determining evaluation needs; (2) selecting an appropriate service delivery…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods
Paden, Jon S. – 1979
The programs and projects of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation are outlined, and its attitudes toward evaluation are discussed--with particular emphasis on the evaluation of an individually guided education project, developed by the Institute for Development of Educational Activities to promote instructional change. The Kettering Foundation, a…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
