This paper reports on work by an International Reading Association (IRA) committee to develop criteria--for use in judging the superiority of a particular reading program--that may be used by school personnel in the interpretation of evaluation reports. The paper outlines (1) the background of the project, (2) project activities, (3) anticipated…

This guide is intended to assist individual bilingual vocational training projects improve their approach to program evaluation. The guide presents an overall framework to be used by local project staff and evaluators to establish the scope of evaluation and give direction in meeting local evaluation needs. The guide does not provide a…

First printed in 1965 Prepared by a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for the use of ITs member schools and personnel.

The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration's (LEAA) 1974 evaluation guidelines state that each State Planning Agency (SPA) "is expected to intensively evaluate...selected projects or groups of projects according to its planning needs." Evaluations are to "incorporate sound evaluation methodologies including, as appropriate,…

This guide was designed as part of a training system for administrators who are responsible for conducting all or part of an evaluation, or for using evaluation results in program planning. The workshop guide is supplemented by the administrator's manual (see TM 007 177). The full workshop involves twelve hours of training, usually presented over…

This bilingual program quality review instrument is intended as a guide for school district personnel to design and improve bilingual education programs. It can be used for the following purposes: as an on-site review instrument to provide formative evaluation input about language-minority group programs; as a device for collecting information at…

Intended for use by Texas school administrators in developing and operating programs to better meet the vocational education needs of their handicapped students, this guide first examines the need for a clearly developed program design with specific objectives as the foundation on which program evaluation is based. Following this examination is a…

This manual is basically designed as a self-instructional guide by which postsecondary vocational administrators and educators can conduct cost-effectiveness/benefit studies. (Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an evaluation technique which can be used for assessing outcomes of existing and/or new programs in relation to their specified…

This is a two-component evaluation model designed to improve occupational education programs and improve the process through which they are evaluated. The conceptual component presents a theoretical overview of the evaluation scheme, explains how the procedures of evaluation fit into the planning process, and outlines a framework for implementing…

This manual was designed for the administrator who has the responsibility for conducting all or part of an evaluation or is responsible for using evaluation results in program planning. The manual provides step-by-step guidelines to help: identify the purposes and audiences of an evaluation; prepare a basic description of the program or activity;…

In 1988, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, a research team from the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University began a study of the origin, development, and diffusion of the Public Library Association's (PLA) planning and evaluation manuals. The study was intended to add to the general understanding of the…

The manual presents guidelines for developing a special education service delivery system that are flexible enough to accommodate individual needs of local education agencies (LEAs) in Minnesota. Following a general introduction, the manual is organized in three sections: (1) description of essential components in the special education system; (2)…

This manual presents guidelines for vocational education administrators and evaluators on how vocational evaluation can be integrated into career education and how it ties in with the mandates of federal legislation concerning the handicapped. Beginning the manual, a philosophy of vocational assessment is offered followed by a discussion of the…

This article gives guidelines for the evaluation of foreign language departments that should lead to an upgrading of the profession. (CFM)