The Learning English as a Second Language (ESL) with Los Cumbancheros project was developed through the collaborative efforts of several New York State Government offices, community school districts in the Bronx, and the private corporate sector. Its objective was to provide supplemental services to at-risk students of limited English proficiency…

This guide is intended to assist states and service delivery areas (SDAs) in addressing the new oversight responsibilities and opportunities stipulated by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with respect to net impact evaluations. It is divided into two main parts. The first part, which deals with issues in evaluating costs and benefits,…

The purpose of this report was to explore one way in which quantitative and qualitative paradigms in program evaluation can be employed to reinforce each other. An evaluation was conducted of a large number of special education programs for preschoolers with handicaps in Louisiana. Since 1978, Louisiana has funded programs in 65 public school…

This paper describes an evaluation model developed by the Ontario Ministry of Education and illustrates how it was adapted to meet local and provincial needs of the Scarborough School System for accountability data and direction for change. The basic Cooperative Evaluation and Development of School Systems (CEDSS) model includes five stages of…

A concern among those scrutinizing postsecondary programs in educational administration is the relationship among the academic and theoretical components of the programs, field-based experiences, and future on-the-job success. This paper examines the efforts of an educational administration department at Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia,…

Developed for application in Air Force weapons systems training programs, a research project investigated the methods, procedures, and data available for conducting cost and training effectiveness analyses (CTEA). The primary objective of the project was to develop a user-oriented procedure for early formulation of training programs that can be…

This guide, the first in a series of 13 publications, is designed to be used for evaluations of local education agencies (LEA) in Illinois. It introduces the series and provides an overview of the 12 local leader guides that follow. Each of these guides describes a specific evaluation activity and suggests purposes, methods, and events for…

This module is intended to help guidance personnel in a variety of educational and agency settings increase their skills in (1) choosing a theory-based practical program development model that will promote the conceptual framework for the entire planning, supporting, implementing, operating, and evaluating cycle; (2) analyzing needs and priorities…

This handbook is designed for tutors in a language arts tutorial program for migrant students who are deficient in reading and language skills. Introductory materials discuss the special problems of migrant children, point to programs developed to meet their needs, and explain the basic design of the tutorial program. The handbook then discusses…

Conceptual and operational details of the evaluation of the National Diffusion of Network (NDN) are presented. The NDN promotes the exchange of successful educational practices. The report is divided into five sections, starting with an overview of the report. In the second chapter, a conceptual model for the evaluation is derived. The third…

The major objectives in the establishment of a clinic in a department of psychology are to provide a setting for clinical training and for clinical research. Five issues must be considered in order to evaluate a departmental clinic effectively. First, there should be prior specification of objectives and periodic restatement of goals that include…

The primary aim of the study described in this thesis was to investigate the effectiveness of schools that implemented the Full Service School Model in the three regions that participated in the Saskatoon Region Special Services Project. The Full Service School Model refers to service delivery to exceptional children through personnel based within…

This is the final report and evaluation of a program designed to disseminate career education curricular materials to career education agencies in Connecticut and nationwide. In three sections, the report evaluates the dissemination process. Section 1 focuses on the number of curricular packets disseminated and the localities reached after initial…

This volume reports the baseline (1978) data to be used in the 6-year longitudinal evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP). The CFRP, funded in 11 sites across the country as a Head Start demonstration program, is intended to develop models for providing services to low-income families with children from birth to eight years.…

PART 1 OF THIS HANDBOOK PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PURPOSES AND BENEFITS OF SALES TRAINING, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, AND THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE SALESMAN. PART 2 DEALS WITH ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE RECRUITMENT OF TRAINEES AND THE SELECTION AND TRAINING OF INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL. PART 3 FURNISHES GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAM…