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Peer reviewedSmith, Nick L. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1981
A project supported by the National Institute of Education is adapting evaluation procedures from such areas as philosophy, geography, operations research, journalism, film criticism, and other areas. The need for such methods is reviewed, as is the context in which they function, and their contributions to evaluation methodology. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textSmith, Nick L.; St. John, Mark – 1985
The Research on Evaluation Program's National Advisory Panel recommended that a means of matching evaluation methods with evaluation purposes be developed and that it include a guide to major Program publications. Practitioners in the field have also requested support on how to approach the evaluation design process to permit the incorporation of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Caulley, Darrel N.; Smith, Nick L. – 1978
Heads of evaluation units in 21 state education agencies responded to a structured telephone interview about their unit's workload, evaluation methods, and associated problems and needs. Time committed to evaluation ranged from 10% to 100% and did not relate to staff size which ranged from 1-72. Eleven states contracted some of their evaluations.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators
Peer reviewedSmith, Nick L.; Smith, Jana K. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1985
This article discusses four basic types of cost analysis methods in educational evaluation. The results of a national survey of all evaluation units in state departments of education are reported. Evidence on the amount and types of cost analysis activities done for evaluation purposes in state education agencies is provided. (DWH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Nick L.; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The extent to which the Joint Committee "Standards" for evaluation might be used to develop culturally relevant standards for use in other countries and how they might be modified for use in cross-cultural settings were explored using Malta and India as examples. Substantial modifications are probably necessary. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Assessment
Smith, Nick L.; Smith, Jana Kay – 1984
This report provides evidence on the amount and types of cost analysis activities currently done in educational evaluation. The results of three studies undertaken to document the actual use of cost methods are discussed. The first study is a review of cost studies conducted in health evaluation. The second study examines all cost studies…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Gray, Peter J.; Smith, Nick L. – 1983
Over 30 professional evaluators in five state departments of education and 5 large school districts were interviewed periodically over a 10-month period in 1982 to find out how the Education Consolidation Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) was affecting program evaluation activities. Preliminary findings on the impact of ECIA Chapter 1 (compensatory…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Decentralization, Educational Change
