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Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1977
This document presents proceedings of a 1977 Canadian conference on teacher education dealing with problems and issues in the evaluation of student teachers. Major presentations include (1) a discussion of issues involved in the evaluation of student teachers; (2) reaction of a panel of educators to this address and (3) questions directed to the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries
Mann, Peter B., Ed. – 1973
Testing, assessment, and evaluation, all based on measurement, are assuming increasingly important roles in American society. They are becoming a more vital force in the world of work, in education, and in the processes of determining the effectiveness of social institutions. Educational Testing Service (ETS) convened a conference for education…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Ayers, Jerry B.; And Others – 1987
The papers presented at this symposium offer discussions on the program evaluation needs of three categories of teacher education institutions. An introductory paper examines state-of-the-art teacher education program evaluation, the requirements of national and regional accreditation agencies, and the evaluation requirements involved in the state…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems, Higher Education
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1990
This paper reports on a World Health Organization (WHO) workshop whose participants, in accordance with WHO's Health for All (HFA) Target is, "Knowledge and Motivation for Healthy Behaviour," examined the importance of nutritional education in medical schools. Areas discussed include the discrepancy between the need for skills in…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries
Hayman, John; Rayder, Nick – 1977
Educational evaluation has been generally ineffective in improving educational practice, and many evaluations have dehumanizing aspects. A conference was held at Berkeley in April, 1976, to consider this situation. Participants included professional evaluators, teachers, parents, students, and interested others. One outcome was this hypothesis:…
Descriptors: Conferences, Decision Making, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Herman, Joan; And Others – 1984
The purpose of the conference, "Wagging the Dog, Carting the Horse: Testing vs. Improving California Schools," was to discuss alternative perspectives on testing and evaluation in education and their role in improving teaching and learning. Four papers were presented: (1) "Using Educational Evaluation for the Improvement of California Schools," by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Horace Mann Learning Center (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
This is a report on the proceedinqs of the Workshop on Evaluation Strategies for Urban Intervention Programs sponsored by the Education Forum Branch of the U.S. Department of Education and held on October 23, 1980. The report contains the remarks delivered by the workshop speakers as well as the questions and statements of different panelists.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Commissioner of Education. – 1976
This document contains the proceedings of a conference focusing on the emerging need for postsecondary educational opportunity programs in New York state. The conference consisted of a series of addresses on issues such as the status of equal educational opportunity programs and the changing climate of higher education and the disadvantaged. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conference Reports, Conferences, Educational Opportunities
North Dakota Study Group on Evaluation, Grand Forks. – 1977
A number of issues regarding educational evaluation and the problems associated with the practice of evaluation were discussed at a conference held in San Francisco, California, in 1976. Participants and persons submitting position papers included evaluators, administrators, teachers, educational researchers, parents, and students. Statements of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Ledesma, Antonio L., Ed.; Ledesma, Angelita Y., Ed. – 1980
A collection of papers, from the Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CENDHRRA) Evaluation Seminar (1980) in Bandungan, Central Java, provides guidelines for evaluation of rural development projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The first part of the report contains a summary of group discussions on different…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Health Services, Community Involvement
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Social Welfare Development and Research Center. – 1974
This report describes the project components of this Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I program in Hawaii in 1974. It identifies the extent of education achievement and specifies those influences which encourage positive learning behavior in children. The components of the project are: the reading resource rooms; the remedial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1957
This conference focused on the broad theme, improving the quality and scope of measurement. The first session centered on improving criteria for educational and psychological measurement, with papers on Criteria for Complex Mental Processes by Robert C. Wilson and on Criteria of Nonintellectual Aspects of Personality by Morris I. Stein. The second…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Educational Policy and Management. – 1984
This document contains summaries of 12 presentations given at a conference held in reponse to the comprehensive Oregon school improvement plan entitled "Oregon Action Plan for Excellence." The plan provides a framework for improving public schools in the areas of graduation requirements, academic expectations and assessment, teacher and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Deboeck, Guido; Ng, Ronald – 1980
The paper presents results of discussions during an 8-day workshop (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 1979) on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of East Asian and Pacific rural development projects. Major workshop themes identified are managerial, technical, and institutional aspects of monitoring. The introduction discusses previous World Bank…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Consultants
Deboeck, Guido; Kinsey, Bill – 1980
The study summarizes discussions and conclusions of the Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects in East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, April 1979), whose purpose was to share lessons learned from field experiences in managing information for rural development. An initial section summarizes information in papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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