A system for evaluating the special services provided to disadvantaged and handicapped students enrolled in secondary-level vocational education programs in Vermont is presented. It was developed, pilot-tested and used to evaluate several local vocational special needs projects during the 1981-82 school year. The evaluation consists of three…

The Vermont Vocational Special Needs Evaluation System is a statewide system for evaluating special projects for disadvantaged and handicapped students enrolled in secondary level vocational education programs. A program used for training individuals to serve as external evaluators for the system is presented. This document consists of four…

This report presents a plan for the evaluation of a handicap program as it was implemented at the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) in 1977-79. Introductory material notes some of the other publications that deal with the evaluation system used in the LACCD and discuss the implementation of the 1977-79 plan. The next sections of the…

An inservice training program was designed to assist early interventionists in assessing family needs and setting family goals for Individualized Family Service Plans required for handicapped infants. The training increased interventionists' use of family assessment tools and increased the proportion of family goals written as part of a…

The document is a collection of articles written by authors who are or have been work evaluators or closely associated with the process within a work evaluation rehabilitation facility. The papers are intended to broaden the scope of the available literature in the field of work evaluation. The articles include the following: The Professional in…

A study found the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Family-Centeredness Rating Scale was effective in evaluating 100 IFSPs from four different agencies. The highest rated items were identifying the family's role and writing in the active voice. More child-related goals were written compared to family-related goals. (Author/CR)

General information and operational suggestions are provided for the planning and implementation of uniform and continual systems for the evaluation of community college handicapped student programs and services (HSPS). After introductory material describing requirements for quantitative and qualitative data, the handbook discusses the goals…

The purpose of this report was to explore one way in which quantitative and qualitative paradigms in program evaluation can be employed to reinforce each other. An evaluation was conducted of a large number of special education programs for preschoolers with handicaps in Louisiana. Since 1978, Louisiana has funded programs in 65 public school…

Handicapped children of cultural and linguistic groups different from those of the majority culture are presently unable to attain an appropriate education. Bilingual/multicultural exceptional children are overrepresented in special education classes in comparison to their percentage of the total population, as a result of biased assessment…