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Peer reviewedMarshall, Catherine – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1984
Examines problems of field research conducted by female researchers in policy settings. Proposes ways to manage role, entree and access, data gathering, reciprocity, and reporting. Raises issue of male-female dynamics in field research, and suggests appropriate roles for female researchers in policy settings. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Data Collection, Females, Field Studies
Peer reviewedWolf, Robert L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The Judicial Evaluation Method (JEM) is useful for aiding decision-making bodies to formulate policies. Broad public participation in complex issues is provided by JEM. (The conceptualization, policy formulation stages, and participant roles are identified; and the model is applied in two case studies). (MH)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Court Role, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Peer reviewedStarfield, Barbara – American Journal of Public Health, 1985
Examines the history of data on child health and suggests ways that data could be more useful in informing policy decisions. Summarizes findings of an assessment of the effectiveness of medical care for a variety of childhood conditions. Lists recommendations of a task force on dealing with decreases in publicly funded service programs for the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Data Collection, Disease Incidence
Information on the Recommendations of the Superintendent's Study Group on MEAP Plans for the Future.
Download full textRunkel, Phillip E. – 1986
This memorandum discusses a number of recommendations proposed for changes in the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). The Higher Level Assessment Study Group discussed ways to further MEAP testing goals: expand testing into additional subject areas, for every pupil, on a cyclical basis; set higher standards encouraging student…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Moyer, Kerry L. – 1978
Four evaluation methods for determining educational policy are objectivism; subjectivism; emotive-imperative; and instrumentalism. For the objectivist, the rationale for undertaking an evaluation is based on empirical verification or non-verification of claims of existing policies or activities. Secondly, the objectivist is interested in…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Change Strategies, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Schemes
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1991
This report provides a summarized version of a larger study conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment concerning the choices that Congress and the executive branch must make in supporting U.S. science and engineering. The summary first discusses the report's origins; trends in federal research funding; and a look at federally funded…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1991
This report analyzes what the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) identifies as four pressing challenges for the Federal Research System in resource allocation and funding for research in the 1990s: (1) setting priorities in funding; (2) understanding trends in research expenditures; (3) preparing human resources for the future research work…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
