This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) sheet focuses on performance indicators in higher education. Performance indicators are concrete pieces of information about a condition or result of public action that is regularly produced, publicly reported, and systematically used for planning, monitoring, or resource allocation. The resources in this…

A program evaluation (of Scholastic's Read 180 program) was recently submitted to administrators at the public middle school where the author/educator teaches. The evaluation was written in a reflective state regarding the nature of evaluations and her role in the construction of this particular evaluation. It recalls the M. C. Escher lithograph,…

This resource guide describes approaches to evaluating the mediation of special education conflicts, especially the use of participant questionnaires in evaluating mediation programs. Section 1 establishes the evaluation context and lists 10 action steps in the design and implementation of an evaluation plan. Section 2 addresses issues for…

The progress of students and schools in California is examined by reviewing the state's recent test history and the state's progress in creating a sound, standards-based assessment system. The story about California is mixed. Overall performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, ninth edition (SAT-9) shows that the state average, overall grades…

Suggestions for establishing or improving an intern-apprenticeship program are offered for alternative schools which desire to use the community as part of school and learning. (KM)

Evaluation should be an integral part of curriculum development rather than an after-thought toward the end of the program. (GB)

The Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) is an experimental and demonstration program designed to show that private sector investment in poverty areas can be induced by providing financial incentives. This paper focuses on relevant evaluation strategies for such programs. (DM)

Well designed context evaluation programs provide the opportunity to obtain the necessary information for judging decision alternatives affecting good reading programs. (Author/RY)

An interview with John Bremer, director of the Parkway Program; illustrated. (RD)

This paper discusses problems associated with the application of experimental methods to program evaluation, proposes an alternative approach (program-attribute scaling), and reports the procedure and results of a trial application of the alternative approach. (Author)

This paper explores the implications of "user-focused evaluation" by examining the information utilization dynamics of the evaluation of the Caribbean Agricultural Extension Project. (BW)

The author summarized major variables for states to deal with in statewide planning efforts for the education of the hearing impaired. (Author/SW)

Using a contextual model for evaluation, a goal-oriented method was applied to the health psychology doctoral program at the University of California--San Francisco. The results indicated significant faculty/student differences in rating educational and resource objectives. (Author/CM)

Seven questions are addressed to school officials regarding programs and policies of career/vocational education for handicapped students. Questions touch upon such aspects as curricular scope, continuum of placement and service alternatives, transition services, evaluation procedures, and use of nonschool resources. (CL)