In both purpose and practice, general education in American higher education has experienced several recurring debates and national revivals. In a world with constantly evolving technology, students need a strong general education to be flexible and adaptable to the changes of the world. General education is an important component and requirement…

This policy analysis project is designed at uncovering specific standards that can be utilized by a school district in developing and evaluating their Type II Alternative Schools to ensure high levels of student success within their programs. While there is a substantive body of research in alternative education, there are no universally accepted…

This paper presented the concepts underlying an evaluation model which has been developed and used for several years. The model emphasizes the synergism necessary for optimal evaluation strategies. The model is divided into four domains: (1) policy, (2) program development, (3) instruction, and (4) feedback. It is synergistic in that (1) its…

Describes reasons for doing a needs assessment, proper procedure for completing a needs assessment, and what should be done after a needs assessment is completed. (RK)

Administrators, who assess others, cannot themselves be immune from assessment. A plan for administrator assessment is offered. (Editor/RK)

This monograph defines program evaluation as the process of placing a value on a program, with the two major benefits of evaluation being those of expanding the base for decisionmaking, and the providing of information to motivate the individual, or unit, to improve performance. Most importantly, program evaluation is needed to determine if a…

Evaluation continues to be a common concern at the secondary school level. Administrators and teachers are interested in the skill and ability levels of their students. Takes a careful look at the evaluation process. (Editor/RK)

Author continued the debate with a discussion on the problems related to using evaluative data. These problems draw attention to pragmatic judgments that decision makers must keep in mind. (Editor/RK)

This thesaurus is designed to provide the vocational education community and its relevant audiences with a comprehensive, organized listing of outcome questions and hypotheses. The first of two sections includes a discussion of the importance as well as problems of attempting to develop a classification system for categorizing vocational outcomes.…

This report outlines the purpose, implementation, and results of a project designed to define the role of industrial arts in career education. Throughout the course of the project the major objectives were to develop a working definition of career education, identify the role of industrial arts in career education, foster implementation of…

Examines the growing body of demonstrations of performance of Black Studies programs and criticizes unattended measurement and conceptual confusions. Proposes quantitative and qualitative models for evaluation of programs. (Author/KH)

Through OE's National Diffusion Network educators learn about programs that work--and one of them may just be the answer to a problem of their own. (Editor)

This paper reviews analyses undertaken by four separate persons to examine the problems and goals of education and to suggest program priorities for the initial years of the National Institute of Education. The document describes the consensus concerning goals and the manner in which the different analyses move from goals to a list of programs.…

Stresses the importance of developing the tutoring programs in remedial reading and suggests a program of inservice education for reading tutors. (RB)