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The Effect of Product Development on Educational Change for the Handicapped.
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Gallaher, Karen S.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
The effectiveness of product development as a component of technical assistance services offered to demonstration projects is examined. It is concluded that written documents produced by technical assistance agencies do not appear to have a direct effect on programs delivering services to the handicapped. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Best Wishes and Many Happy Returns: Some Federal Efforts in Recognizing the Best.
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Datta, Lois-ellin – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Dissemination approaches of the U.S. Department of Education are explored in the context of federal efforts to recognize the best, considering relatively systematic approaches to recognition and the five vulnerable evaluation areas of (1) undefined universes; (2) noncomparable goals; (3) identifying reproducible conditions; (4) saturation; and (5)…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Are There Better Ways to Identify and Share the Best within and among Federal Education Programs?
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Klein, Susan Shurberg – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
After describing inadequacies of current U.S. Department of Education funding strategies in identifying and sharing the best of research and development, this article outlines an alternative vision centered on using evaluation to guide replication. How to overcome constraints in implementing this vision for federal education leadership is…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Identifying the Best in Mathematics and Science at the U.S. Department of Education.
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Katzenmeyer, Conrad G. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Two approaches for identifying, evaluating, and disseminating materials are discussed. One is the National Diffusion Network and its Program Effectiveness Panel, and the other is the Committee on Education and Human Resources, a new interagency effort with potential for examining a large body of generally underutilized mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Toward a Reciprocal Research, Development, and Dissemination System: The Struggle for a New Paradigm in the Reauthorization of the Office of Research and Improvement.
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Peters, Laurence – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The case for an in-depth evaluation of many federal education programs is argued, particularly those providing site-specific information capable of informing program improvement. The reauthorization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) offers an opportunity for the U.S. Department of Education to play a leadership role in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Searching for the Best: The Chapter 1 Experience in the U.S. Department of Education.
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Scott, Elois M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
As part of the Chapter 1 program, the U.S. Department of Education conducts research activities and uses nominations from a variety of sources to identify promising practices and document their success. The department disseminates this information through its award process in the Chapter 1 School Recognition Program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs