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Eichelberger, R. Tony – CEDR Quarterly, 1979
Four fundamental issues in program evaluation are discussed: (1) evaluations involve stakeholders with diverse interests; (2) data involve some degree of subjectivity; (3) meaningful interpretation of results requires understanding of the assumptions on which results are based; and (4) programs are dynamic and require flexible evaluations.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Madey, Doren L.; Stenner, A. Jackson – 1980
Policy Implications Analysis (PIA) is a tool designed to maximize the likelihood that an evaluation report will have an impact on decision-making. PIA was designed to help people planning and conducting evaluations tailor their information so that it has optimal potential for being used and acted upon. This paper describes the development and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Lawrence, John E. S.; Cook, Thomas J. – 1981
As the procedures of evaluation research have developed during recent years, it has become clear that the results of evaluation studies have failed to provide policy decision makers with useful information. An approach towards designing and implementing more useful evaluations--the stakeholder survey--is discussed. Stakeholders are individuals, or…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Utilization

Gorman, Paul N. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Offers a framework for explicitly defining the types of information that clinicians use and the various states of information need on which different studies have focused. Highlights include methodological issues in information needs research, clinical questions, and evaluating information systems and the impact on information needs. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Systems
Gray, Peter J. – 1984
Designed to assist evaluators in selecting the appropriate software for the generation of various data collection instruments, this guide discusses such key program characteristics as text entry, item storage and manipulation, item retrieval, and printing. Some characteristics of a good instrument generation program are discussed; these include…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
McClintock, Charles – 1985
Several contextual factors were investigated related to the information needs of educational administrators. In a survey of 119 administrators, the following issues were studied: (1) varying preferences for different information sources; (2) the effects on preferences for information sources of different decision or program development tasks; (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Decision Making

Marshall, Jon C.; Caldwell, Sarah DeJarnette – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
Ways to monitor staff development programs include: (1) counting the number of participants; (2) obtaining participant reactions to programs; and (3) tracking participants by needs, objectives, and inservice topics. A needs assessment model of staff development focuses on information utilization, program impact, and evaluation approaches. (JN)
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs
Foley, Walter J. – 1968
A systems theory approach to information requirements in education and in evaluation strategies is applied to decision making. Educational decision making itself involves long range planning, system structuring to implement goals, system allocation (cost), and system monitoring which provides the feedback. Each level requires differential…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs

Poirier, Gayle – Catholic Library World, 2000
Discusses bibliographic instruction in libraries. Topics include a history of bibliographic instruction; the Internet and electronic searching; librarians' use of technology; defining information needs; locating and accessing information, including classification systems and Boolean searching; evaluating information; using and communication…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods
Topping, Jim – 1979
The applicability and validity of NCHEMS' Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) to major research universities are examined. IEP enables peer institutions to compare information about their resources. Evaluation of the IEP costing methods are examined in this document, which is intended as an appendix to "Evaluation of the IEP Costing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes, Data Analysis
Hayman, John; And Others – 1979
The cross-levels hypothesis is presented as an explanation for program evaluation failures. It states that the usefulness of evaluation data as feedback for decision making varies inversely with the number of organizational levels between the action the data describe, and the decisions they are intended to influence. To be useful for decision…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Madey, Doren; Everett, Michael – 1978
The explicit goal of most educational information or resource centers, is to assist clients in obtaining and utilizing information to improve educational practice and aid in educational decision making. As the number of services has increased, the need to systematically assess them has become critical. Previous efforts have been limited and…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Facility Utilization Research
Topping, Jim; Myers, Ed – 1979
The applicability and validity of NCHEMS' Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) to major research universities are examined. IEP enables peer institutions to compare information about their resources. The major research universities formed a task group to determine the use of IEP's focus points: costing methods and possible alternative approaches…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Definitions, Educational Finance
Castner, David H. – 1973
The document presents the final report of a study to develop an evaluation design capable of aiding local agencies in measuring the effectiveness of their school-based, K-12, career education programs. Chapter 1 discusses the problem area examined and includes a summary, objectives, rationale, and limitations of the study as well as a definition…
Descriptors: Career Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment

Teacher Librarian, 2001
Presents five standards and 22 performance indicators for information literacy in higher education that were developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)(approved by the Board of Directors of ACRL January 18, 2000). Highlights include determining information needs; accessing information; information evaluation; information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Standards, Access to Information, Competence
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