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Hawkins, Evelyn K.; And Others – 1996
The Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) systems was designed to provide the U.S. Department of Labor information on how states are designing, implementing, and operating their worker profiling and reemployment services systems for dislocated workers and to compare the effectiveness of different state approaches to…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Herman, Joan L. – 1984
This paper presents two examples of how methodological research in testing and evaluation simultaneously served the needs of both researchers and practitioners. The first example focuses on Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) research in writing assessment. This research investigated issues in domain definition, cognitive processing…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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McCaslin, N. L.; And Others – 1976
The overall objective of the project described in this report was to assess the impact of research, exemplary projects, and associated technical services, sponsored by Kentucky's Research Development Unit (RDU), on Kentucky vocational education during the 1970 through 1975 period. Six major sections are included. The introduction presents an…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Information Dissemination, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness
Blackwell, Laird; And Others – 1978
This report describes the technical assistance rendered to the NIE-sponsored R&D Utilization Program (R&DU) by the contractor working with the NIE staff, the Center for the Study of Evaluation, and the seven R&DU projects, to develop cross-project instrumentation, develop mutually acceptable plans for data collection and analysis, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hanft, Barbara – 2001
This report discusses a study that examined state technical assistance (TA) infrastructures that support research-based practices for improved outcomes for students with disabilities served under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The 10 participating states included: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Oklahoma,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Association of American Universities, Washington, DC. – 1986
Trends in university technology transfer activities and the commercialization of research results are discussed, based on a 1985 survey. Responses revealed widespread changes in internal patent and licensing activities and increased disclosure of inventions by faculty to the university. Factors contributing to this trend include: changes in…
Descriptors: College Role, Economic Development, Higher Education, Incentives
Roberts, Jane M. E.; Kenney, Jane L. – 1984
The School Improvement Through Instructional Process (SITIP) Program, initiated in Maryland in 1980, was concerned with improving classroom and school activities through the application of process-product research on classroom and school effectiveness. All 24 local education agencies voluntarily implemented one or more of four research-based…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Learning
Bergquist, Constance C. – 1979
A framework is presented that relates concepts of audit reliability to the uses of information gathered from a discrepancy program audit of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title IV-C programs in Florida. Three issues are addressed: (1) the meaning of reliability in relation to the audit process; (2) the importance of reliability of auditor…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
Voorhis, John – 1983
This report explores state level governance as it is currently practiced in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. After a brief introduction, section II's attention to the evolution of state boards offers a historical perspective of state intervention in educational policy-making, a review of major questions concerning the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Tittle, Carol Kehr – 1978
There is a continuing need in evaluation research for the establishment of a relationship between evaluation findings and decision making. A method is proposed for a particular situation: annual funding decisions for projects in a large grant program in vocational education. Outcome and predictive impact variables were ranked by three groups of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
Vetter, Louise; Ransom, Robert M. – 1977
Fifty states and Washington, D.C., were invited to submit documents for an analysis relating to comprehensive career guidance programs (CCGP). These documents were prepared by state departments of education and directors of FY 1974 and 1975 projects funded through the Vocational Education Research Program under Section 131 of Part C of the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Comprehensive Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Rappa, Joseph B.; And Others – 1983
In the first phase of a study of factors affecting knowledge dissemination and knowledge use in staff development programs, a conceptual model was developed, and from it a 15 page questionnaire was derived to collect data on workshop participants' background and personal characteristics, school characteristics, and workshop characteristics. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers
Langvick, Mina M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The purpose of this study is to analyze current practices in the construction of State courses of study. Available State courses of study, reports of survey commissions and educational officials, and other State educational publications have been examined to discover the problems considered significant by State educational officials and the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Course Content