Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs in out-of-school time (OST) are designed to supplement school work, ignite student interest, and extend STEM learning. From interactive museum exhibits to summer-long science camps, opportunities for informal student engagement in STEM learning abound. The differences these programs…

The potential application of objectives and objective-based measures to evaluation problems of different types is discussed. A framework for categorizing educational evaluation problems and decision areas is used to support the discussion. Decision areas are: 1) selection of the appropriate problem or objective to be served; 2) selection and…

This publication contains a report describing a May 1972 seminar sponsored by the International Institute for Educational Planning to discuss current approaches to educational evaluation. In addition, the following 11 papers presented at the conference are included in their entirety: "Possible Criteria for Evaluating Education Policies," by R.…

This article reviews research to identify factors that seem to account for vocational education's limited impact on economic returns. Methods are suggested in which evaluation may direct vocational programs toward a synthesis of educational goals. Students' job skill development and intellectual growth should be the objectives of vocational…

This report specifies the contributions of the Bureau of Occupational Education Research (BOER) towards establishing an education evaluation system in the New York State Education Department. Section I shows what BOER has done since 1968 in developing an education evaluation system. Thirteen documented examples are given to demonstrate samples of…

Potential contributions of formal evaluation to pharmacy education are discussed with emphasis on evaluation problems. Six levels of evaluation are identified and ten years of evaluative research in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education categorized accordingly: effort performance, adequacy of performance, efficiency, process, and system…

Discusses the meaning and objectives of environmental education and the methods for and purpose of evaluation in this discipline. Provides a broad, working definition of environmental education, suggesting that such broad definitions necessitate the identification of a few measurable objectives as "indicators" of an environmental…

Many considerations are involved in obtaining and using federal funds for language arts programs. Before attempting to explore funding, educators should know the basic language arts programs available in their district and what kinds of programs are fundable by particular sources. They should then develop a written program statement that includes…

Progress in teacher education can be assured only by integrating instruction, practical experience and evaluation. The evaluation must be on the psychological level, on the level of competence, and on the pedagogical level. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Asserts that a humanistically oriented school, at any level, must be committed to human values over and above narrower nationalistic ones because of the unique political human advanture that the U. S. represents; and that we must be clear about the nature of knowledge in order to deal with curriculum design and evaluation. (Author/JM)

This paper describes ten generic characteristics that are essential for the meaningful evaluation of a teacher education program. A summary is offered of each characteristic, problems that can be encountered if the characteristic is ignored, and how the characteristic is essential to the operation of program evaluation. These ten characteristics…

This document contains the abridged proceedings of a workshop on the evaluation of ESEA Title I programs, which are designed to improve education for disadvantaged children. Thirty-nine participants from 24 States attended the workshop. The workshop's 14 papers and four discussion excerpts are organized under four main headings: (1) Title I…

Prime indicators for realistic short term/long term project goals are budgets and timetables. Concrets, identifiable objects are useful in separating eloquent rhetoric from actual promises. Similarly, an external evaluator should be able to separate proposals with intentional misrepresentation of funding and goals from those which need further…

The article outlines the functions of evaluating occupational programs, offers a perspective on the focus of the evaluation process, and provides some specific questions for gathering usable information about one's program, students, curriculum, objectives, resources, and evaluation methods. (MW)

A review of selected literature on evaluation of open education programs provides a background for the author's discussion of the conditions essential to open education and the evaluation of its effectiveness. Other factors mentioned are: (1) the importance of the types of measuring instruments used to evaluate these programs, (2) the application…