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Sleezer, Catherine M.; Zhang, Jiping; Gradous, Deane B.; Maile, Craig – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1999
Examines three views of performance improvement--scientific management, instructional design, and systems thinking--each providing a unique view of performance improvement and specific roles for evaluation. Provides an integrated definition of performance and a synthesis model that encompasses the three views. (AEF)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Improvement, Instructional Design, Models
Johnson, Sandra J. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1994
Discusses the management and evaluation of diversity in the workforce and emphasizes the need to link diversity issues with organizational goals and performance needs. Differences between a "quick fix" and systematic action are examined; distinctions between a program and a process are explained; and measuring results of diversity…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Labor Force
CRAWFORD, MEREDITH P. – 1967
THE KEY CONCEPTS OF SYSTEM AND SIMULATION AS THEY ARE APPLIED TO TRAINING AND EDUCATION ARE DISCUSSED. THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MACHINE-ASCENDANT SYSTEMS THAT FACILITATE THE ORDERLY DESIGN PROCESS OF TRAINING SIMULATORS ARE PRESENTED--(1) PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM AND LIMITS OF ACCEPTABLE HUMAN BEHAVIOR, (2) RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Education, Evaluation Methods, Human Factors Engineering
Peer reviewedHill, John C. – CEFP Journal, 1984
Performance-based evaluation, along with a database of reliable and objective information concerning existing educational facilities, can help planners identify facility needs. An example of such a system in Vigo County, Indiana, is provided. (MLF)
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Frankel, Steven – 1988
This report favors a systems-oriented evaluation for improving minority student achievement, an inclusive approach, which may require funds to be (at least temporarily) withdrawn from other research activities. When financial resources are limited, such an evaluation may focus on a relatively limited range of related evaluation issues. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textHuman Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (South Africa). – 1995
This book, which is an informal initiative of a group of 31 concerned South African specialists and practitioners in education and training, is designed to provide readers with a broad overview of South Africa's National Qualifications Framework, suggested tools/mechanisms for working within the National Qualifications Framework, and understanding…
Descriptors: Competence, Credits, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
Swanson, Richard A. – 1994
This book details the work required at the outset of all efforts designed to improve an organization's performance at the organization, process, and/or individual levels. The book is divided into four parts that are devoted to the following aspects of conducting the systematic diagnostic analysis required to improve performance: (1) analysis as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Data Collection, Diagnostic Tests
Brennan, Robert L.; Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1971
A replicable process for improving instruction through the consistent use of student data collected before, during, and after instruction is proposed. A rational analysis of different types of error rates (theoretical, base, posttest, instructional) and discrimination indices (base, posttest) leads to a set of rules for identifying test items and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Discriminant Analysis
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the performance measurement system of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), which administers programs and activities designed to help veterans obtain employment and training assistance. The GAO review focused on the following items: VETS' proposed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Services
Moloney, Daniel P.; Grotevant, Susan M. – 1997
In response to changing management and budgetary strategies that have been driving decision making to the lowest administrative levels, institutional researchers have been attempting to identify indicators which can be used to evaluate institutional performance and progress. This paper reviews efforts to introduce departmental operational…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
Condelli, Larry; Castillo, Laura; Seburn, Mary; Deveaux, Jon – 2002
This guide for improving the quality of National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) data through improved data collection and training is intended for local providers and state administrators. Chapter 1 explains the guide's purpose, contents, and use and defines the following components of data quality: objectivity; integrity;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal)
Stevens, David W. – 2001
The passage of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) marked a new era in the performance accountability partnership among the states, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Evaluation of vocational education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Definitions
Eberts, Randall W., Ed.; O'Leary, Christopher J., Ed.; Wandner, Stephen A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on targeting employment services. The following papers are included: "Targeting Employment Services under the Workforce Investment Act" (Stephen A. Wandner); "Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation" (Robert B. Olsen, Marisa Kelso, Paul T. Decker, Daniel H. Klepinger);…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Decision Making, Delivery Systems
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This document, which is intended for Colorado teachers responsible for teaching history to students in grades K-12, explains how to use the principles of contextual learning to integrate academic content standards with career development and workplace competencies. The introduction discusses the guide's purpose, the role of standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Career Education
