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Helix, Max R.; Cote, Laleh E.; Stachl, Christiane N.; Linn, Marcia C.; Stone, Elisa M.; Baranger, Anne M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Understanding the impact of undergraduate research experiences (UREs) and course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) is crucial as universities debate the value of allocating scarce resources to these activities. We report on the Berkeley Undergraduate Research Evaluation Tools (BURET), designed to assess the learning outcomes of UREs…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Science Instruction
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Loo, Jeffery L.; Dupuis, Elizabeth A. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This article presents a qualitative evaluation methodology of academic departments for library organizational learning and library enhancement planning. This evaluation used campus units' academic program review reports as a data source and employed collaborative content analysis by library liaisons to extract departmental strengths, weaknesses,…
Descriptors: Departments, Needs Assessment, Qualitative Research, Library Research
Skeans, Sharon S.; Smith, Robert G. – School Administrator, 2011
Educational evaluation in too many states and school districts, if done at all across an institution, has been reduced to crunching test scores in only the subject areas and grade levels tested. While measuring student achievement in reliable and valid ways is an important part of the mission of education, it is not enough. What's also needed is a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, School Districts, Program Descriptions
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Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Good evaluation requires that evaluation efforts themselves be evaluated. Many things can and often do go wrong in evaluation work. Accordingly, it is necessary to check evaluations for problems such as bias, technical error, administrative difficulties, and misuse. Such checks are needed both to improve ongoing evaluation activities and to assess…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Definitions
Alberta Education, 2009
The "Value-Added School Review (VSR)" is an analytical model designed to assist schools in identifying and addressing opportunities for school improvement. The model works best when it is focused purposefully on students and the student learning outcomes as defined in the "Guide to Education". It complements the processes…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Holland, Sherry – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1985
Information that describes a program's implementation and client audience can help the evaluator tailor the study to the constraints of particular settings and increase the likelihood that the evaluation can be implemented as planned. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, National Programs, Planning, Program Descriptions
York, Kennith; And Others – 1976
Emphasizing the role of evaluation in program development, this publication describes the Mississippi Choctaw Bilingual Education Program (BECOM), its philosophy, goals, objectives, and proposed evaluation plan. Major components of this K-3 program are identified as: (1) Instruction; (2) Curriculum and Materials Development; (3) Management; (4)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David – National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2006
Every public university is engaged now in serious and ongoing accountability appraisal with significant time and resources dedicated to the task. The academy's commitment to accountability is real. Focusing on accountability for undergraduate education, one of several important functions of public universities satisfies a need, but it should not…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Universities, Accountability, Public Colleges
Schlegel, Ronald P. – Evaluation Quarterly, 1977
An eighth grade alcohol education program and its evaluation are described. The design and methodology of this evaluation, and of program evaluation in general, are also discussed. The results are not presented. (CTM)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Data Collection, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
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
Smith, Jeffrey K.; And Others – 1981
The original impetus for this monograph was a grant from the New Jersey Basic Skills Council of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education to evaluate two college basic skills remedial programs (one in a four-year state college, one in a two-year community college) and to produce a handbook for conducting such evaluations. This monograph is…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Data Collection
National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL. – 1982
To fulfill its mandate and its potential the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) must be a multi-content annual assessment of priority learning areas. This report describes a procedure under which measures of attainment can be charted over time in a broad range of skill domains, on item-invariant item response theory scales, using…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Offenberg, Robert M. – 1973
Evaluation of ongoing educational programs must necessarily differ from the basic research design; it must change to meet the changes of the program and its environment. Over the three years of the operation of the Philadelphia "Let's Be Amigos" bilingual program, the kinds of data generated in the program evaluation have evolved in response to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Deshler, David; Cunningham, Sue – 1982
This paper provides: (1) a statement regarding the political context for energy conservation education programs; (2) a brief description of the types of program efforts reflected in the literature; (3) an overview of the purposes and approaches to energy conservation education program evaluation reflected in available literature; and (4) a…
Descriptors: Conferences, Conservation Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Energy Conservation
Griggs, Mildred Barnes; McFadden, Joan Robertson – 1980
Existing data are reviewed and synthesized that speak to the extent to which Consumer and Homemaking Education (C&HE) programs at secondary and postsecondary levels contribute to student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Differences in program design that were found in the research literature are described before findings about effectiveness…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Consumer Education, Evaluation Methods, Home Economics
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