The paper offers a brief definition of open education from a framework which is designed to be descriptive rather than proscriptive, and then considers the problem of how educators can evaluate the effectiveness of open educational practices. Open education policies are looked at from a historical and philosophical perspective, a psychological…

Explores the current organization development assessment milieu and proposes a model to help clarify assessment. Each feature of the model is defined, and characteristic problems are discussed in light of current methods and theory. Guidelines are proposed to enhance the assessability of potential change activities. (Author)

The portfolio approach to self-evaluation is possible with limited staff time or funds. Evaluators collect a variety of documents and records that describe the goals, perceptions and values involved in the program. The portfolio items should represent key issues and precipitate useful discussions. (GDC)

Traditional program evaluation methods are expensive in terms of time and money. An alternative is auditing, a process that produces an official accounting and verification, often by third-party evaluators. Auditing relies on samples that are critical to the organization and its decision makers. (JOW)

Evaluates the role of clinical education in the preparation of lawyers. Evaluation identifies program objectives and practices as prerequisites to develop in-service interventions regarding the measurement of student learning. (RB)

This paper identifies and discusses conceptual and methodological issues related to five attributes of emergent programs that frequently apply across the spectrum of human services: undefined client populations, inadequate causal evidence relating inputs to outcomes, shifting objectives, identification of criteria for standarizing treatments, and…

An evaluation process and model are described for formative evaluation of gifted programs. The model incorporates two approaches: process-oriented evaluation which defines essential program components and standards of acceptance and outcome-oriented evaluation which assesses components via student outcomes. (CL)

The article presents an example of an evaluation process for use with inservice programs, specifically Project TIME, Training for Individualized Mainstream Education. Evaluation data (from such measures as a classroom observation scale and participant feedback survey) shape the direction of the inservice. (CL)

Offers practical suggestions for minimizing 14 problems that frequently occur when curriculum programs are evaluated. Timing evaluations, evaluating appropriate factors, making meaningful comparisons, meeting skepticism, selecting tests, selecting evaluators, assessing evaluation results, and maintaining credibility are among the concerns…

The Proportional Change Index (PCI), a numerical statement of the relationship between children's rate of development during intervention with the rate of development at the time intervention began, is proposed as a way of expressing child progress from developmental data. (Author/CL)

This paper discusses conceptual and methodological issues surrounding the measurement of the construct, degree of implementation, drawn from a review of 74 previous studies which included such measures. Assessments against five measurement criteria indicate that an adequate scientific bias has not been established for this construct. (Author/PN)

Our scientific conceptions of evaluation are strongly influenced by underlying, deep-seated metaphors. This analysis draws upon recent philosophic work concerning the role of metaphors in all thought processes. (Author/PN)

This workbook for the orientation for the Student Assessment Committee at Christopher Newport University begins with the agenda for the committee meeting. The first section contains the three column model of assessment and evaluation and sample assessment records using the university's theater arts program and the university counseling center as…

Based on a decade of evaluation experience, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) has developed the Integrated Evaluation Methods (IEM) Package, a series of conceptual and methodological applications to enhance CSAT-funded evaluation activities. Products in the IEM Package are organized within an evaluation framework constructed on the…

This book provides practical guidelines that personnel in an individual school can use in evaluating programs. It is fundamentally a book about winning. The current emphasis on test results as the single most important indicator of a school's effectiveness heightens the need for students, administrators, and staff to feel the pride that…