This report of an Institute in Evaluation Techniques in School Library/Media Programs is presented in outline form to serve as a format for other training and inservice sessions in evaluation techniques. Basic information is given in the narrative with indication of related discussion questions and activities for participants. A discussion of the…

This article examines the evaluative aspects of Ivory Coast's educational television system. It is less an analysis of evaluation results than a description of the types of evaluation data being generated. It discusses the development of the evaluation component of the project in terms of: (1) types of evaluation to be undertaken, (2) identity of…

The instrument was designed for an assessment program to assist schools and institutions in determining specific needs of their vocational programs and to provide the North Dakota State Board for Vocational Education with accountability data for use in program development. The form is divided into 12 sections to facilitate identification of…

Systematic observations of classroom behavior of both teachers and pupils are effective measures of process in education. Until a few years ago, the classroom process--what actually does and does not happen as a result of instituting a new program--went unmeasured for want of tools and techniques to do that job. In this article, examples of…

Presented is a paper on a strategy for in-house evaluations in the context of an educational research and development facility. The obstacles in conducting an evaluation of colleagues' programs are discussed, and a strategy is proposed which places the evaluator in the role of a coordinator, facilitator, and synthesizer of several separate…

Evaluation procedures based on a systematic evaluation methodology, decision-maker validity, new measurement and design techniques, low cost, and a high level of cooperation on the part of the school staff were used in the assessment of a public school mathematics program for grades 3-8. The mathematics curriculum was organized into Spirals which…

Elementary school principals and guidance personnel are being called upon more frequently to evaluate the efficacy of educational goals and the means for attaining these goals. This article presents alternative methods to standardized testing for garnering significant information about the school environment. Three broad categories presented are…

In the nine years following the passage of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA), several models have been developed to attempt to remedy the deficiencies in existing educational evaluation and decision theory noted by Stufflebeam and co-workers. Compilations of evaluation models have been undertaken and listings exist of models available…

Starting from the premise that administrators, program personnel, and social scientists are equally responsible for the conduct of evaluation, this paper addresses the legitimate role of evaluation research via discussion of: (1) the environment in which evaluation takes place; (2) types of evaluation designs; and (3) selection of an evaluation…

An evaluation program cooperatively conducted between the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) and the Western Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges (WASC) is outlined in this newsletter. In the ACSA/WASC model, the total school report is compiled from separate reports submitted by committees of the administration,…

The path from a collection of observations and measurements to a set of warranted conclusions is fraught with hazards. This chapter describes the path and offers some guidance on how to negotiate it. It also discusses presenting results in a way that can be understood by nontechnically trained persons. It should enable the reader to better…

This bulletin describes the reading program in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and provides guidelines to help teachers assess the individual strengths and needs of their students. Ways in which the teacher may organize the classroom and ways in which children may be grouped in order to facilitate their learning are suggested. The…

This newsletter comprises four sections: (1) the educational philosophy and objectives of Shanti, a public alternative school in Hartford, Connecticut; (2) Rosen's statements about the difficulties of finding an evaluation model for alternative schools and the implications of the methodology that he later used in evaluating the Shanti school in…

This paper presents an evaluation of the Hardin, Montana, School District's Right to Read program. Short descriptions of the results of the evaluation are presented for the areas of paragraph meaning, word meaning, interest/attitude, basic approach, instructional technique, student grouping, availability and skill of reading teachers, nonclassroom…

This specialized bibliography of foreign language testing materials is composed of three lists. They are: (1) bibliographies of tests, (2) selected published tests, and (3) books and articles on the theory and practice of language testing, excluding general works on psychological testing and educational testing. Some 180 of the 193 citations are…