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Rallis, Sharon F. – Evaluation Practice, 1988
A Chapter I evaluator reflects on developments in her role within the Title One/Chapter One Program through five phases. The phases were characterized, successively, by broad acceptance, defensiveness, indifference, negativity, and openness to criticism. (TJH)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization

Huberty, Carl J. – Evaluation Practice, 1988
The evaluator's roles--change agent, manager, resource person, interpreter, and liaison between the project and the funding agency--are described, concerning the evaluation of innovative projects in education. Difficulties in obtaining desired commitments (i.e., a project's financial commitments and its positive attitude toward the evaluation…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Evaluation Problems, Evaluators

Ternent, William A. – Evaluation Practice, 1990
An implementation of the portfolio approach in screening the performance of educational programs is discussed. The approach supports an institutional management system that integrates management information systems, research, and evaluation efforts. Productivity and potential are used as broad dimensions for assessing program worth. (TJH)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Job Training, Management Information Systems

Williams, David D. – Evaluation Practice, 1991
Experiences of the author in creating and implementing accreditation-like reviews of graduate teacher education programs in Indonesia are described. Lessons are drawn that might be useful for those who want to introduce program evaluation and accreditation into Third World countries. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries

Beer, Valorie; Jensen, Anne Marie S. – Evaluation Practice, 1991
Hypertextual ways to think about evaluation are explored, and hypertext computer programs are discussed. Hypertext is useful as a way to search out and link related material. It can help maintain, manipulate, and analyze nonnumerical evaluation data. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment

Banta, Trudy W.; Fisher, Homer S. – Evaluation Practice, 1990
Undergraduate study programs in the United States, Great Britain, and Europe are compared. Assessment strategies are offered for use in addressing demands for evidence of accountability and concerns about quality facing Western universities. These countries should jointly study the peer review process as an assessment tool. (TJH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment

Ross, John A.; Regan, Ellen – Evaluation Practice, 1993
A four-step procedure is described for using evaluation to contribute to the knowledge that intake staff need to assign clients to treatment programs. The procedure is illustrated with data from the evaluation of a professional development program delivered to 35 teacher consultants in Ontario (Canada). (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Consultants, Educational Assessment