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Download full textKean, Michael H. – 1974
The International Association of Experimenting Schools for Adolescents is a "consortium of persons seeking to develop experimental schools which will facilitate the growth of adolescents capacities to live successfully in modernizing societies." Simultaneous with the development of the Association was a concern by its founders that an evaluation…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Needs, Experimental Schools, Formative Evaluation
Kean, Michael H. – 1979
The Educational Amendments Act of 1974 added an evaluation requirement to Title I legislation. Models of evaluation were required to specify techniques and criteria which facilitate comparisons of programs on a statewide or nationwide basis. The School District of Philadelphia conducted simulated studies of three evaluation models to determine…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Raivetz, Mark J.; Kean, Michael H. – 1981
This paper briefly reviews the current racial balance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public schools and discusses the development of an evaluation system to assess progress toward desegregation. Priority products and services of the Desegregation Evaluation Unit, formed in 1979, are listed. A number of problems that must be addressed in order for…
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Kean, Michael H. – 1986
The publisher's perspective of testing and the curriculum can be described in terms of the criteria for selecting norm-referenced standardized achievement tests: (1) market need--what the customer needs and wants; (2) product match--whether the product neets the need; (3) distribution--whether or not the product can be sold; and (4) end user…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Kean, Michael H. – IRCD Bulletin, 1980
This paper explores factors which may account for the translation of research into educational policy through a case study. The case study was conducted jointly by the School District and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to determine what variables contribute to reading achievement. Students from grades one through four in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Kean, Michael H. – 1979
Recent legislation and court decisions have upheld the right of every child to a quality education. Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, requires that all states provide an appropriate education for all handicapped children. Given that special education is a civil right, it is inevitable that educational malpractice…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Kean, Michael H. – 1975
Throwing the proverbial monkey wrench into the machinery "on paper" before a system begins functioning seems to be essential to program evaluation. This activity should be performed by the "resident skeptic" who is familiar with past resistance to change and who, being familiar with a program, is able to foresee theoretical and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
