A central question to evaluative research at all levels is, Who should do it? In evaluating drug abuse programs three groups might be involved: treatment personnel, administrative or research personnel, and outside research professionals. This paper presents some advantages and disadvantages to the involvement of each of these groups within the…

The 1969 Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems dealt with developments and assessments in educational centers and laboratories. The following speeches were presented: (1) "Behavioral Objective Specifications in Evaluation: Relevant or Irrelevant" by Marvin C. Alkin; (2) "Approaches to the Validation of Learning Hierarchies" by Margaret…

A part of the results of the evaluation of more than 50 federally funded ESEA Title I projects in Philadelphia, this volume reports on the evaluation of the cluster "Cultural, Affective, and Supportive Services." Projects in this cluster seek to provide children with additional activities and services that are designed to enrich their…

To measure any element or characteristics of an early childhood education system, the general context of interdependencies must be assessed in order to take into account possible interactions of the characteristics measured with characteristics of the student, teacher, situation, and background. A comprehensive program of individual assessment…

The certificate and diploma programs in seven 2-year colleges of New York State were studied to determine conditions under which such programs succeed and to advise other 2-year colleges of the feasibility of operating such programs or modifications of such programs. Specific objectives of the study were: (1) to view certificate and diploma…

A therapeutic nursery group set up to provide emotionally and behaviorally disturbed preschool children with a group play therapy experience was evaluated. The first portion of the report is devoted to the project itself, involving four groups of 20 children each, while part two involves the evaluation. Out of the pool of 80 children, 20…

An evaluation design for the San Jose Unified School District compensatory education program is presented in this memorandum. Implementation of the design is intended to determine the effects of the compensatory components and of family and cultural background on the achievement gains and attitude changes of students, thus providing a firmer basis…

This manual was prepared to aid in building an effective evaluation structure for government programs and projects throughout the HEW agencies. It is intended to assist evaluators in the development of a strategy -- when to evaluate, who should evaluate, and how to supervise the evaluation; how to allocate resources among different types of…

This 11-item, two part questionnaire is designed to record participant evaluation of a planning and evaluation training program. Part of TM 001 078. (DLG)

The Extension Division Committee of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, in addressing itself to evaluating teaching effectiveness in extension-administered programs, held as central concerns: (1) that most evaluation systems tend to be subjective; (2) that evaluations of programs and faculty who taught in them must be undertaken; (3) that…

The purpose of this paper is to provide the Director of the Office of Education Programs with an instrument with which to develop an educational data base for providing information to evaluate the education programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Some specific issues and questions are presented along with background information. BIA…

A technique is described for teaching a second course in statistics at the undergraduate level, but is equally applicable to a first course. The procedure involves the use of individualized data sets, computer prepared to student requests. A package of five programs is presented, which generates the data. They include programs for sampling from…

This questionnaire is used in the Educational Quality Assessment Program in the State of Pennsylvania. Designed to be filled out by school administrators, it requests information about staff size, enrollment size, library books available, hours of paraprofessionals, quality of housing in school district, number of guidance personnel, and holding…

The terms "measurement" and "evaluation" have been frequently defined and confused. Three of the most common definitions of evaluation are that it is identical to measurement, that it is "determining the congruence between performance and objectives," and that it is a matter of professional judgment. The goal of evaluation is to provide…

The Academic Advisory Staff (AAS) of the Office of International Training (OIT), Agency for International Development (AID) analyzes and interprets the academic credentials of AID participants from cooperating countries in terms of the educational system of the U. S. To carry out this service the AAS has developed a library of reference materials…