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Relative Performance of Academic Departments Using DEA with Sensitivity Analysis
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Tyagi, Preeti; Yadav, Shiv Prasad; Singh, S. P. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
The process of liberalization and globalization of Indian economy has brought new opportunities and challenges in all areas of human endeavor including education. Educational institutions have to adopt new strategies to make best use of the opportunities and counter the challenges. One of these challenges is how to assess the performance of…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Departments, Job Performance
Outcome-Based Evaluation. [Book Review].
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Posavac, Emil J. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
This book is written for program administrators who want to become familiar with program evaluation methods. Outcome-based evaluation is defined as a form of program evaluation that uses objective person-referenced outcomes (measuring the functional level and social roles of program clients) to analyze effectiveness, impact, or costs and benefits.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Goal Setting and Progress Evaluation in Youth Empowerment Programs.
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Roberts-Gray, C.; Steinfeld, S.; Bailey, W. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1999
Compared two methods for evaluating youth empowerment programs. One program used a traditional, open-ended style of service planning and program tracking, and the other used precoded measurement procedures that invited the direct participation of youth in goal setting and evaluation. Discusses the relatively greater usefulness of the precoded…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Empowerment, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Measuring Risk and Protection in Communities Using the Communities that Care Youth Survey
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Arthur, Michael W.; Briney, John S.; Hawkins, J. David; Abbott, Robert D.; Brooke-Weiss, Blair L.; Catalano, Richard F. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007
The Communities That Care Youth Survey measures risk and protective factors shown in prior studies to predict adolescent problem behaviors such as drug use, delinquency, and violence. This paper describes the development and validation of cut points for the risk and protective factor scales in the Communities That Care Youth Survey that…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Test Validity, Adolescents, Evaluation Methods
The Knowledge Pool: Measurement Challenges in Evaluating Fundamental Research Programs.
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Cozzens, Susan E. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Reviews the state of the art in performance measures and assessment processes in program evaluation before the passage of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and discusses difficulties in fitting these practices into the GPRA format. Presents a simple logic model for evaluating research programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Knowledge Level, Measurement Techniques
Quality of Life, Quality Enhancement, and Quality Assurance: Implications for Program Planning and Evaluation in the Field of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
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Schalock, Robert L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The current conceptualization in the mental retardation-developmental disability field regarding quality of life, quality enhancement, and quality assurance is summarized. Implications of these issues for program planning and evaluation are discussed, with attention to management and a framework for quality assurance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Guides