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Direct linkWandersman, Abraham – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
The Labin et al. logic model describes the why, how, what, and potential outcomes of evaluation capacity building (ECB). Getting To Outcomes offers a frame and empirical results for operationalizing the ECB logic model of Labin et al. and for deepening the science and practice of ECB.
Descriptors: Evaluation, Capacity Building, Methods, Accountability
Peer reviewedHenry, Gary T.; Dickey, Kent C. – Public Administration Review, 1993
A research and development approach to performance monitoring in public agencies involves establishing objectives, selecting indicators, establishing criteria for comparison, and using information. Examples from Virginia education agencies indicate that performance monitoring requires commitment, patience, openness to ideas, and risk taking. (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Performance
Wall, James E. – 1984
The Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools (PREPS) model is unique because all research and evaluation activities are conceived, conducted, and controlled by the local public schools, members of the consortium. It is a delivery system designed to improve school effectiveness. PREPS was developed as a result of the demand for school…
Descriptors: Accountability, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textTate. William F., IV – SERVE Center for Continuous Improvement at UNCG, 2005
This monograph represents an effort to build upon and extend beyond the literature on school mathematics as discussed in "Mathematics and Science: Critical Filters for the Future." Three significant changes in the political and educational landscape since 1985 are discussed. The first change is the introduction of mathematics standards…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Research and Development, State Standards
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 2002
The report of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education followed 13 hearings and meetings throughout the nation on ways to strengthen the education of students with disabilities. An executive summary summarizes nine findings and the resulting three major recommendations: first, focus on results, not process; second, embrace a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Finance
Marker, Gerald W. – 1977
Demands for better diffusion of social studies instructional materials became widespread in the 1960s and early 1970s. These demands were largely in response to teachers' curiosity about the vast quantities of new social studies materials; to curriculum developers' desire that their materials be adapted; and to the public insistence on the best…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Liberton, Cindy, Ed.; Kutash, Krista, Ed.; Friedman, Robert M., Ed. – 1996
This proceedings document includes papers presented at a conference on children's mental health, systems of care, and research. Papers are grouped into 11 chapters which address the following topics: (1) program and system evaluations (nine papers); (2) managed care in children's mental health (six papers); (3) accountability and information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children
