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Shirley, Debra J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to identify the self-reported research-based instructional and assessment practices used by third through fifth grade teachers among rural school environments in Western Pennsylvania which have attained Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) pursuant to statewide assessments. Specifically, this study examines the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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McDuffie, Kimberly A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
In response to recent trends and legislation, the concept of implementing evidence-based practices has become a critical component of contemporary schooling. It is important that teachers and families of students with disabilities understand the role that qualitative research plays in determining whether a practice is in fact evidence based.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Disabilities, Special Education, Evidence
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Pigg, Kenneth E. – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Briefly describes the content, organization, and multiple influences on the 4-H program in relation to a national program evaluation. Discusses influences of the sponsors and evaluators on the evaluation and problems encountered because of competing values and perceptions. Reviews evaluation findings and speculates on the utilization of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Extension Education
Chalupsky, Albert B.; and others – Urban Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Action Research, Compensatory Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Knudsen, Kjell R.; And Others – 1974
Some 3,000 proposals submitted for Research Grants in Education and Small Grants, two of the major topic areas in the 1973 Field Initiated Studies (FIS) program of the National Institute of Education (NIE), are analyzed in this report to identify research features which seemed to receive priority emphasis and to describe some of the methodological…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
McLaughlin, Donald H. – 1977
This report focuses on the results of approximately twenty central studies of compensatory education completed before 1977 and presents the major results of those studies as they relate to important policy questions for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The results are presented first as they relate to the major tasks of Title…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Policy, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Boruch, Robert F.; Cordray, David S. – Educational Researcher, 1981
Answers criticisms by Mary Anne Bunda, Ernest House, and Mary Kennedy. Discusses, among other issues, legal authorization for the use of higher quality evaluation designs and the use of evaluation research results. (GC)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
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Kennedy, Mary M. – Educational Researcher, 1981
Criticizes the Holtzman Report (Boruch and Cordray) focusing on the politics behind the national educational policymaking process. (GC)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Patton, Michael Quinn – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Reviews the process employed in evaluating the national 4-H program. Holds that the evaluation design was influenced by political, rather than methodological, concerns. Takes examples from the 4-H evaluation to illustrate dilemmas that have emerged in current evaluation process and theory. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Extension Education
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Stalford, Charles – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
In one federally funded program, the third-party evaluator was under contract with the program evaluated and not the federal funding agency. The social structure of this arrangement has implications for information utilization. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Blackwell, Laird; And Others – 1978
This report describes the technical assistance rendered to the NIE-sponsored R&D Utilization Program (R&DU) by the contractor working with the NIE staff, the Center for the Study of Evaluation, and the seven R&DU projects, to develop cross-project instrumentation, develop mutually acceptable plans for data collection and analysis, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Gurland, Barry; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Reviews methodological weaknesses of studies that evaluate alternative settings and programs for long-term care of the elderly. Argues that research should provide better information and present options to clients, service providers, and policymakers, rather than studying whether one alternative is more effective than another. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Taggart, Robert – 1981
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 provided more than two hundred million dollars annually for a range of research, evaluation, and demonstration activities intended to increase understanding of the employment problems of youth and to help determine the most effective policies and programs to address these problems. The…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Haney, Walt – 1982
A needs assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is presented. It deals with cost, design and technical issues, and utility. Suggestions include cost reduction via assessment schedule cutbacks and re-use of released NAEP exercises; and a shift from federal to private funding by selling NAEP exercises with interpretative…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorized a range of research, evaluation, and demonstration activities to increase understanding of the employment problems of youth and to help determine the most effective policies and programs to address these problems. Although many programs, such as the War on Poverty and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Planning
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