Based upon a systems analysis approach, a four-stage evaluation model called CIPP (context, input, process, product) assesses innovative programs in education. The model is both a way of viewing planned educational change and a decision making tool for the administrator within the local education agency. Development of the model includes a method…

This report by the Comptroller General to the United States Congress discusses the review made of the Department of Education's National Diffusion Network, particularly its efforts to improve Title I reading programs through information dissemination on exemplary projects. Chapter one examines the Department of Education's dissemination…