The Portland Public Schools have developed a model to evaluate support services of the system. Services rendered are defined by goal statements and evaluated by recipients of the services. A computer-based system maintains the service goals of each support unit, selects goals, prepares an appropriate questionnaire for each of 66 different groups…

The creative management of change in a time of economic contraction requires planning reforms. Organizing for effective planning requires a total conceptual framework beginning with a stated mission and ending with a systematic approach to operations. Goals should be based on a market analysis of community educational needs and its translation…