Intended for those working with moderately mentally retarded adolescents, the manual offers guidelines for social, recreation, and nutrition education. An introduction points out that the program model contains specific program strategies, assessment techniques, and methods to teach specific skills and concepts in the areas of leisure…

This volume provides a cumulative review of the primary methods used or available for use in recording formal training experiences and an annotated bibliography of documents relating to the accreditation of training experiences. The literature review begins with a discussion of academic documentation, that is, the record of formal training…

One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and administrators relate more effectively to handicapped students in their classrooms, this booklet discusses the role of medical, social, educational, and psychological tests in estimating a handicapped student's potential and in designing an appropriate vocational program.…

Presented is an empirically oriented, data based program modification (DBPM) manual for individualizing educational plans for any child with a learning or behavioral problem. The rationale for an empirically based program, the socio-legal context, and specific measurement and evaluation procedures (e.g. time series procedures and discrepancy…

This report on the administration and operation of Title I of Public Law 874 is a descriptive and evaluative study of the Federal Impact Aid Program. Chapter one discusses the history and basic elements of the program, and the plan of study used in the evaluation. The methodology of the study, which includes the characteristics and validity of the…

Data were gathered from Community Resource Development (CRD) field staff and from knowledgeable citizens, to obtain multiple indicators of the impact of CRD projects on economic and noneconomic changes and to assess the degree to which special client/audiences had shared in positive and negative consequences resulting in part from the CRD program.…

This report discusses a working group convened in Varna, Bulgaria, by the World Health Organization to examine trends, issues, and problems regarding assessment of health professional competence and to prepare guidance to improve existing arrangements. Following a summary of the proceedings, the main portion of the paper reports main findings and…

The project described in this report was conducted to identify what information about program characteristics was considered most useful by administrators in Florida's community college system in making decisions about program quality and to produce profiles of program characteristics to facilitate the decision-making process. Chapter I contains…

This module is one of a set of seven prepared in conjunction with the Title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to serve as a volunteer leader guide in the development of leadership and teaching skills. Part 1 contains the text of "Leadership and Teaching Skills." Topics include the…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide local administrators with some basic guidelines which will enable them to conduct a needs assessment in their areas. The handbook contains a description of the model, sample forms, procedures, and techniques that a local administrator will need in order to conduct a needs assessment. It is divided into…

Two major evaluations of bilingual education differed significantly in evaluation design and results. The American Institute for Research (AIR) conducted the national impact study for bilingual education and gathered data from many programs. AIR based its study on comparisons of mathematics and language arts achievement of students in bilingual…

This article presents a methodological model that can be employed to conduct follow-up studies of preservice and inservice teacher training programs. The model first defines a training need by identifying "what should be" and "what is" in the knowledge, performance, and consequence (reaction to behavior) competencies of…

The development and implementation of an evaluation plan for a district's program for the gifted is examined. The school system in question applied for state funding to develop appropriate instrumentation and implement such a plan. Its uniqueness was in its attempt to secure funds for developing an evaluation for a given program. Because the…

This evaluation handbook is the third in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. It is a user's manual with easy-to-follow directions for the implementation of specific evaluation activities. The handbook is divided into the following nine sections:…

Part of a system by which local education agency (LEA) personnel may evaluate secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs, this second of eight components focuses on comparison of the occupational needs of the community with the number of students who leave the programs and find employment. The component provides a vehicle by which…