A model for the evaluation of educational programs is presented, consisting of a seven-step procedure for determining objectives, developing the assessment data, analyzing the data, and presenting it in a meaningful format. The first step is to determine the objectives for the program and enumerate them in a meaningful, measurable fashion; second,…

This paper poses a series of questions to assist programs in deciding what it is about parent involvement that they wish to evaluate. The questions focus on the nature of parent involvement, why parent involvement is needed, and what evaluation of parent involvement should include. A conceptual framework for research on the impact of parent…

A teacher preparation evaluation model was developed at Western Kentucky University. A total of 18 secondary and 20 elementary student teachers participated in the study. Instrumentation and records used for data collection consisted of five general types: a questionnaire, a personality scale, rating scales, direct classroom observational systems,…

Evaluations are conducted to aid the development of quality occupational programs, provide data for program planning at State and local levels, and to ensure accountability of Federal and State fund allocations. To improve evaluations, criteria reflecting the missions of the local program should be used instead of a standard evaluative instrument.…

The concern with competency-based education is not whether it is any different from the more traditional approaches but whether it is worth the considerable effort it involves. There are several aspects of a competency-based program to be considered in its evaluation. The first is whether or not there is a justifiable need for the specified…

This summary is taken from chapter sixteen of the author's book, Evaluation and Control of Training. It is constructed around a "cycle of evaluation" and refers mainly to training programs for management, supervisory, and sales training. (DS)

A review of the literature on training evaluation is presented. An attempt is made to establish a perspective of the current status of evaluating training programs that occur in the industrial, military, educational, and governmental systems. Emphasis is placed on the traditional problem of criterion measurement and a suggested model is introduced…

It is axiomatic that an evaluation demands a statement of goal, for without a goal there can be no judgment of progress or success. Goal statements spring from two major sources: experience or theory. One source has its foundation in the present. The other has its genesis in the envisioned future. The former is generally a comparison with the…

The purpose of this article is to describe what appears to be a possible and fruitful method for enlisting the aid of an entire community in shaping educational policy and evaluating progress toward instructional objectives. (Author)

Focuses on the issue of program evaluation in relation to the adult education agency in the context of the social system analysis set forth in the Knox agency essay (1967). (Author/DR)

Guidelines are presented for project evaluation techniques with emphasis on the management of a project or an educational program. Part One--general considerations--discusses the four basic concepts of the decision-making evaluation model: objectives, evaluative criteria, analysis/synthesis, and evaluation. Stages in the evaluation of a system are…

Evaluation of vocational programs is complicated by the entry of graduates into many occupations other than the ones for which they were trained. To provide a reliable criterion for evaluating programs, the methodology for determining job relatedness both horizontally and vertically is developed, making it possible to compare two jobs or a given…

Six deficits of this model are discussed: disparity in proponent prowess, fallible arbiters, excessive confidence in the model's potency, difficulties in framing the proposition in a manner amenable to adversary resolution, "a cat's-paw for biased decision makers," and, excessive costs. (Author/JM)