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Peer reviewedFreeman, Howard E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
Five activities are proposed for a federal evaluation agenda for the 1980s: (1) measuring net impact of social program cost containment; (2) implementing and evaluating new social experiments; (3) examining appropriateness of current social programs; (4) testing alternatives to established programs; and (5) developing procedures to ensure…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Needs
Peer reviewedHatch, Orrin G. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
To maximize freedom from personal and political conflicts of interest, decentralized mechanisms of federal program evaluations are needed. Block grants mean that state legislatures and governors will become more responsible for oversight of funds. Three proposals are presented for helping the states deal with these increased evaluation…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Budgeting, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Beamer, Rufus W. – 1983
State advisory councils have been established by Congress to serve as an instrument for developing systematic, effective communications linkages between the world of education and the world of work. They are also intended to serve as advisors and independent evaluators of vocational education programs and to report their findings to appropriate…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Block Grants, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration
