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Peck, Laura R.; Kim, Yushim; Lucio, Joanna – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
This study addresses validity issues in evaluation that stem from Ernest R. House's book, "Evaluating With Validity". The authors examine "American Journal of Evaluation" articles from 1980 to 2010 that report the results of policy and program evaluations. The authors classify these evaluations according to House's "major approaches" typology…
Descriptors: Systems Analysis, Behavioral Objectives, Validity, Evaluation Research
Daley, Glenn; Kim, Lydia – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2010
Status quo approaches to teacher evaluation have recently come under increasing criticism. They typically assign most teachers the highest available score, provide minimal feedback for improvement, and have little connection with student achievement growth and the quality of instruction that leads to higher student growth. A more comprehensive…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement
Bassett, Roger; And Others – 1977
The State Planning System (SPS) is a flexible, policy-oriented management tool intended to help analyze possible impacts of various policy decisions. The SPS is able to address a wide range of issues because it depends on the user to provide the relationships and data to be used in the analysis. Such issues might include enrollment shifts among…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Schwen, Thomas M. – AV Communication Review, 1973
A definition and brief history of the learner analysis function as it relates to instructional development. (HB)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design
Klit, John; Wentling, Tim – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1974
The Illinois Three Phase System for Statewide Evaluation of Occupational Education Programs will be operationally dependent on the Management Information System (MIS). The efficiency of the evaluation system will be greatly enhanced by the availability in the MIS. (Author/KP)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Information Systems
Rapp, Marjorie L. – 1972
This paper presents a model for continuous, systematic evaluation of ongoing programs and specifies data needed for decisionmaking in the areas of program adoption, curtailment, or expansion. These data give the decisionmaker the necessary information for program planning in today's sophisticated educational environment. (Author/RA)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Educational Programs
Anderson, Scarvia B.; And Others – 1975
Arranged like an encyclopedia, this book, addressed to directors and sponsors of education/training programs, as well as evaluators and those studying to become evaluators, unifies and systematizes the field of evaluation by organizing its main concepts and techniques into one volume. Researched and documented articles, contributed by recognized…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Design, Educational Programs, Encyclopedias
Drabenstott, Karen M.; Weller, Marjorie S. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Describes the comparative approach to system evaluation used in a project which administered an online retrieval test to an experimental online catalog to produce data for evaluating effectiveness of a new subject access design. Discusses efforts used to ensure data reliability, and strategies the researchers can use to improve on the data…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer System Design, Data Analysis
Branch, Robert L. – 1972
A computerized model was developed to evaluate local vocational education programs in relation to the various functions of vocational education. A data base was generated using the local school districts' information and the output was designed for local self-evaluation use in further planning and review of the overall vocational education plan.…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Curriculum, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Noonan, Richard; Wold, Herman – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1983
Tries to develop a method for empirical evaluations of the impact of a school system on measurable cognitive and affective outcomes in students. Concentrates on the Partial Least Squares (PLS) methodology, and illustrates the potential of PLS for system analysis. (BW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Christopher A.; And Others – 1987
Based on two manuals developed by Goodwill as part of their staff training series on program review, this program evaluation manual is designed to help facility administrators implement and improve their service delivery. The book contains an introduction and nine chapters. The introduction defines program evaluation, provides a rationale and uses…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
Askren, William B. – 1976
The report summarizes the results of a number of studies which have been performed in an attempt to develop a technology for using human resources data as criteria in engineering design studies. Eight investigations conducted during the period 1966-1975 are briefly described. The results of the eight studies are integrated around six topics of:…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Design, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies
Scientific Educational Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1970
The Joint Federal/State Task Force on Evaluation (the Belmont Group) is currently developing a Joint Comprehensive Evaluation System (JCES) for the federally funded programs under the federal acts listed above. It is planned that JCES will replace the multiplicity of evaluation systems (and paper work) under the separate existing programs. This…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers