The "CSE Program Evaluation Kit" is a series of nine books intended to assist people conducting program evaluations. This volume, fifth in the kit, discusses the role and importance of implementation evaluation and presents methods for designing, using, and reporting the results using assessment instruments to describe accurately how a program…

The contents of this "Tool Kit" have been developed as resources to support state efforts to develop and implement rigorous standards for student achievement. The components have been planned as tools for planning and evaluating the development and implementation of content and performance standards. The following components are included: (1)…

Program directors and evaluators need to address the important program accountability question of attribution of outcomes. This discussion is a beginning. Starting with some basics, such as the meaning of the program, approaches to program theory development, and the nature of attribution, the paper suggests three types of attribution. An…

In 1995, Head Start developed performance measures to promote accountability through the assessment of program quality and outcomes. This report is the Head Start program's first progress report on its self-assessment using the evolving Program Performance Measures. These measures were developed using ideas from the broad community of people…

In 1995, Head Start developed performance measures to promote accountability through the assessment of program quality and outcomes. This report is the Head Start program's second progress report on its self-assessment using the Program Performance Measures. The measures are grouped under the five objectives of Head Start: (1) enhance children's…

Author gives special attention to the organization of international research, the construction of international achievement tests, and certain teacher variables in international research. (Editor)

A simple electrical board programed to provide measurement of a nutrition day camp's objectives was fun for eight and nine year old inner-city youths to use; incorporation of pictures aided comprehension. Results indicate that the testing technique was appropriate to the clientele and the program content on the right track. (AJ)

A successful data collection system used to gather evaluative information about agricultural technician programs involves five components: an enrollee's report, second year student report, survey of early leavers, employer's report of graduates, and a graduate survey. A schematic diagram of the data collection process is included. (KP)

This summary is taken from chapter sixteen of the author's book, Evaluation and Control of Training. It is constructed around a "cycle of evaluation" and refers mainly to training programs for management, supervisory, and sales training. (DS)

Describes the strategy used in a study designed to evaluate the impact and efficacy of the National Science Foundation Comprehensive Program for Teacher Education. The data from this study had not yet been analyzed, and results are therefore not included in the paper. (JR)

Describes three interactive programs in the general physics area which are prepared on time-shared facilities to assist a student to self-test himself for an understanding of light reflection problems. Examples of computer printout are given. (CC)

Author delineates the elements of an instructional program which is implementable and subject to evaluation. (Author/HB)

A description of a system for monitoring individualized student progress in vocational education programs for the purpose of reporting progress of individual students and the effectiveness and efficiency of the vocational education programs. (Author)

Independent Study Programs must remain only a vehicle for implementation of change, not the sole purpose of change. (Author)

The Westinghouse-Ohio national evaluation of Head Start stated that the benefits that its participants received were of minimal long-term value. This conclusion was criticized by social scientists and statisticians. (CK)