Project SHAL was undertaken in four northern St. Louis (Missouri) schools (Stowe, Hempstead, Arlington, and Laclede) in an effort to introduce key features of effective schools into the educational system. One of the project's major goals was to develop a model for implementing effective schooling procedures that would permit replication of the…

A 3-year university-based inservice training model for personnel serving handicapped preschoolers (aged 0-5) in rural New Mexico has been comprised of seven major steps: establishment of traineeships, information dissemination/recruitment, selection of trainees, needs assessment, development of coursework, training, and evaluation. Twenty-eight…

An external evaluation of the Title VII Bilingual Education Program was designed to: (1) gather a subjective assessment from personnel working with the program; (2) observe classroom teaching and activities utilized in bilingual instruction; and (3) measure differences in levels of achievement. The instructional personnel appear to accept the…

This report analyzes the effectiveness of the High/Scope Parent-to-Parent (PTP) Model as a system for disseminating support to families and communities. Focusing on dissemination to a variety of program sites and efforts to help selected sites function as Regional Training and Dissemination Centers (RTDCs) for the model, the report is divided into…

The three diagnostic dimensions of the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) are tools that can evaluate the degree of new program implementation at the classroom level. Implementation success is a function of use/nonuse, appropriate/inappropriate practice, and user concerns about the innovation. These dimensions: Levels of Use (LoU) of the…

Part one of the model has two components in needs assessment evaluation with information for management planning decisions. Part two has six sequenced components of input evaluation, which provide information for management organization decisions; process evaluation, for management control decisions; and output evaluation, for communication…

A K-12 career education project involving thirty-eight school corporations in Southwestern Indiana had several objectives, including developing a concept of career education, developing career education materials, developing a career education model for rural settings, and increasing the utilization of existing school and community resources. The…

One of seven guides developed to assist vocational-technical institutions in conducting a systemized approach to local evaluation, this introductory guide provides a system overview that includes a rationale, acknowledgements, and design components. Also included are suggestions for implementation and utilization in the local setting. Numerous…

Discussed are practical factors involved in planning and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment programs. It is explained that the information is based on the experience of 11 demonstration projects in 10 states. Chapter 1 details planning theories and offers a model for program planning. Chapter 2 is designed to inform planners of typical…

The Discrepancy Evaluation Model (DEM), developed in 1966 by Malcolm Provus, provides information for program assessment and program improvement. Under the DEM, evaluation is defined as the comparison of an actual performance to a desired standard. The DEM embodies five stages of evaluation based upon a program's natural development: program…

This is a final evaluation report for Atlanta, Georgia's Follow Through Program, a project conducted from 1977-80 to curb low achievement among Project Head Start students as they move through the primary grades. Various program components including psychological, health, and social services, administration, staff development, and parent…

A Quality Assurance Program (QAP) developed at the College of St. Francis is presented that is based on an open systems approach. The model allows an institution to continually monitor, evaluate, and, when necessary, modify its academic programs, graduates or undergraduate, traditionally or non-traditionally delivered, to assure quality. Part I…

This publication contains three papers concerning the role of information systems in the field of social gerontology. The first, A Prototype Gerontological Information Program, describes research carried out at Syracuse University on the kinds of information needed by individuals in human service delivery and older persons' organizations, and…

A practical application of the Planning, Monitoring, and Implementation Model (PMI) is illustrated in the evaluation of the District of Columbia Public Schools' Student Progress Plan. The plan adheres to the principle that the student be encouraged to move along an instructional continuum at his or her individual rate. The Division of Research and…

The DAVA (Directorate for Audiovisual Activities) evaluation model was developed for the U.S. Department of Defense to generate studies, decision models, standards, and directives, with outputs coordinated by the military departments that implement the decisions through the major commands and down to the installation level. The 3-level model is…