Most of the evaluation activity associated with the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) Project is formative evaluation, that is, evaluation that provides feedback for indicating areas or operations where improvements are needed. This paper describes the program for formative evaluation and presents some data obtained in some representative…

A guide for developing educational criterion measures is presented. Subjective evaluations are at best highly variable and conflicting. Specification of objectives precedes selection of criterion measures. The criterion measures presented are intended for evaluation of programs, not pupils. Frequently multiple criterion measures are necessary to…

Conclusions reached after three years of performance contracting experience and materials with which to judge the validity of the conclusions are presented in this overview of performance contracting. The conclusions are: (1) commercial firms are no better at teaching children than are public schools; (2) commercial firms expend as much or more…

School profile data for the Tulsa Public Schools as a whole, as well as for each of the 105 schools individually, are provided for the 1971-1972 school year. The data provided relate to the background of the pupils served, the educational resources available to each school, and a measure of "output," i.e., the level of accomplishment in…

Intended for use by career education program staff and by evaluators in reviewing draft evaluation reports, this checklist is a guide for ensuring that evaluation reports contain all the information needed by others in interpreting reported results. It applies only to the sections of evaluation reports concerning programs' impact on students and…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT EVALUATING THE TOTAL MISSOURI TITLE I PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL TITLE I PROJECTS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR PRESENTING TABULAR DATA IN PART I OF THE REPORT, FOR DEVELOPING EVALUATION DESIGNS AND CRITERIA, AND FOR COMPUTING QUARTILE POINTS. IN THE EVALUATION OF THE SEPARATE PROJECTS…

The ten goals of quality education formulated as the basis for the assessment program of the Pennsylvanis Department of Education are presented in detail. This section of Phase II of the Pennsylvania Plan (see TM 000 608) is intended to provide school district personnel with a rationale for measurement within each goal area and a summary of the…

The Anthropology Curriculum Project (ACP) of the University of Georgia for the period 1964-65 is evaluated. The report is presented in three sections. Section I discusses the project hypothesis that pupil achievement would not differ according to the level of teacher training in anthropology. The experimental group consisted of 12 first-grade…

Because reporting the results of a program evaluation requires an effective presentation, this booklet contains prescriptions and hints for formal and informal reporting, either written or oral. Chapter 1 discussed the evaluator's role and presentation of formative and summative evaluation reports. Chapter 2 is a detailed and standard outline for…

This paper discusses a process model designed for the Kansas City (Missouri) School District. The model attempts to achieve the translation of student learning tasks into an operational and accountable program of instruction on a five year cycle plan. A flow chart of the model is presented and appropriate segments and outcomes of the process…

This evaluation of writing in the West Hartford CT Public Schools was part of a large evaluation of English/Language Arts. To provide information for program improvement and growth, the evaluation focused on six issues: (1) the extent of implementation of West Hartford's Composition Program; (2) how teachers use the Composition Program in their…

Under the Intensified Learning Plan (ILP), the school year was organized into trimesters. Students focused on fewer subjects for longer daily periods than usual. Results of tests, questionnaires, and conferences were used to measure the accomplishment of criterion objectives. The majority of parents, students, and teachers prefered the ILP, with…

A comparison of achievement and personal adjustment of Spanish-speaking students in an experimental bilingual school environment at the first grade level was the purpose of the Harlandale instructional project. This evaluation report presents comparative data from the testing program used to establish the effectiveness of bilingual education when…

A discussion of second language program evaluation focuses on the interpretability of test scores as a criterion in program evaluation. It looks at both test design and research design issues. First, eight method-comparison, program evaluation studies that compare acquisition-based and analysis/practice based methods are described. Acquisition…

The report provides an interim assessment and discussion of the activities of the Research for Better Schools' Employer-Based Career Education Program during FY 1974. The introduction (section 1) outlines the report's format and summarizes the evaluation staff's activities. The summative evaluation overview (section 2) and the formative evaluation…