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Hamilton, Jack A. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1981
An adult basic education evaluation design should be directly related to realistic and assessable process and outcome objectives of a project. The design should be established early, and baseline data should be obtained prior to, or at least concurrent with, initiating the delivery of services. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Covert, Robert W.; Fang, Wei Li – 1981
The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) examines educational interventions and determines their effectiveness. This study's purpose was to assess this review process and identify common characteristics of submittals and ways in which approvals and rejections differed. A locally-developed instrument which collected data on the intervention's…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Practices, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Kaplan, Carol B. – 1979
In order to determine how much objective evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of career education programs in U.S. schools, American Institutes for Research in Behavioral Sciences (AIR) conducted a comprehensive, national search for well-evaluated activities. The initial nominations of 394 programs were received from state career education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Terhune, James A.; Shaughnessy, Joan – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1983
"Health Skills for Life" is a comprehensive health education program for kindergarten through high school that teaches health skills essential for developing a healthy life style. State Department of Education procedures used to certify the program in Oregon are described. (PP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Health Education
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Hamilton, Jack A.; Mitchell, Anita M. – Journal of Career Education, 1979
Presents criteria used to identify the nation's best evaluated exemplary career education activities and provides a list of the seven programs reviewed by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel and judged to be exemplary. (MF)
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Programs
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Walberg, Herbert J.; Niemiec, Richard P. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1993
Several validation methods for the identification and dissemination of exemplary educational programs are explored, and the rationales for methods developed by the Program Effectiveness Panel are discussed. Comparative advantages and disadvantages of four selected methods are reviewed, and recommendations are made for policymakers and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
McBain, Susan L.; Lipe, Dewey – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), a Project Equality is being conducted for grades K-6 in Seattle, Washington. For the years 1973-78, it received both federal and state funding. Intended to reduce sex-role…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Peters, Eileen – 1981
This evaluation study determined the extent to which teachers and students involved with the Teaching and Learning About Aging (TLA) project experienced cognitive growth and attitudinal change. The major purpose of the TLA project was to help students understand aging and related issues and to foster more positive attitudes toward aging and older…
Descriptors: Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Measurement, Elementary School Students
Baker, Octave V. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), Project CERES (Career Education Responsive to Every Student) is being conducted for grades K-6 with planned expansion to grades 7-12. For the years 1972-76, it received funding…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Baker, Octave V. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), Project MATCH (Matching Attitudes and Talents to Career Horizons) is being conducted for grades K-8 in Ontario, California. For the years 1974-78, it received federal funding under…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Strand, Kenneth; Werner, Luceille – 1981
The purpose of this report is to provide summary information regarding the evaluation of the Early Prevention of School Failure Project (EPSFP). Initially funded by the state of Illinois, the EPSFP encourages school districts to identify and remediate deficiencies in students which appear to be related to early school failure. Immediately…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
McBain, Susan L. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), the Career Development Program is being conducted for grades K-10 in Akron, Ohio. For the years 1971-75, it received funding from federal, state, and local sources. Based on the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance
McConnell, Sheena; Glazerman, Steven – 2001
A benefit-cost analysis of the Job Corps program compared groups randomly assigned to either enroll in the program or to constitute a control group that did not enroll. Youth who participated in the study were those found eligible for Job Corps nationwide between November 1994 and February 1996. Interviews with participants and the assignment of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cost Effectiveness, Crime, Crime Prevention
Schochet, Peter Z.; Burghardt, John; Glazerman, Steven – 2001
A study involving random assignment of all youth eligible for Job Corps to either a Job Corps program or to a control group was conducted to assess the impact of Job Corps on key participant outcomes. Participants in the study were nationwide youth eligible for Job Corps who applied for enrollment for the first time between November 16, 1994, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cost Effectiveness, Crime, Crime Prevention
McBain, Susan L.; Jung, Steven M. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), the Developmental Career Guidance Project for grades K-12 is being conducted in Pima County, Arizona. For the years 1971-75, it received its funding primarily from the Arizona…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
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