The underlying logic and usefulness of true performance monitoring and its potential contribution to program evaluation are examined. It provides an accumulating data base to serve many research designs and generally supports the evaluation process. Increased emphasis on performance monitoring will lead to more cost-effective, policy-relevant…

A study of journal citations was used to identify which of the writings published before passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 have continued to influence evaluation thought in education throughout the 1970s. Five classic articles were identified, and reasons for their continued influence are suggested. (Author/BW)

The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, previous efforts to increase the employment of recipients, and the rationale for providing Supported Work to those on AFDC are discussed. The evaluation design, characteristics of those in the sample, and the initial results are also included. (CT)

Student follow-up statistics must meet exacting federal standards; yet state educators and officials also wish to derive benefits from them. How should the model follow-up program be structured? Here is presented New Hampshire's solutions to this and other questions. (Author)

An appropriate job analysis will provide the dimensions on which a selection system can be built, the rationale for each of the assessment center exercises, and the rationales for other components. (Author/IRT)

With the growing emphasis on efficiency and accountability in education, it would seem imperative that adult educators become more involved in developing evaluation processes which fit their needs. (JOW)

The study of the Functional Literacy Program in India encountered problems of opposition to evaluation, inappropriate respondents, and difficulties in contacting participants, which point to changes that should be made in the evaluation methods. (SK)

The article describes an evaluation procedure that observes the child's ability to use specific learning strategies. By extending on and manipulating initial responses, the procedures help determine the amount of interaction needed to influence a child's performance and identify the kinds of instructional interactions that exercise control over…

The article proposes an evaluation plan for gifted and talented programs that includes effective evaluation of program objectives as well as a matrix approach to assemble evaluation data. (CL)

A flexible, field-oriented approach to teacher education evaluation is presented. (MM)

A 19-step general evaluation model is described through its four stages: identifying problems, prescribing program solutions, evaluating the operation of the program, and evaluating the effectiveness of the model. The role of the evaluator in decision making is also explored. (RAO)

Methods for evaluating school health programs are outlined. (JD)

Crude mental models should take priority over designs in guiding evaluative inquiry. Three illustrative mental models are shown to have implications for how method mixing is carried out in practice. One of the models, a complex and contextually contingent model, is applied to the Arizona Student Assessment Program. (SLD)

This objection to M. Scriven's claim that the basic logic of evaluation is criterial and standards-based notes that valuing is an integral part of perception. Disciplining the synthesis process through critiques of interpretations and values and by using competing conceptual organizers is discussed. (SLD)

Describes the evaluation training method developed by the San Francisco, California Youth in Focus program and presents three case studies illustrating this organization's approach to bringing youth and community development together. (SLD)