This publication describes a practicum project that developed a comprehensive educational evaluation system for collecting, storing, and displaying pertinent data for use in planning educational programs at both the district and school level in the City School District of New Rochelle. The resulting New Rochelle Evaluation Model was developed from…

The document provides a model for planning and evaluating adult basic education (ABE) programs in correctional settings and is also a workbook for its implementation. It requires the use and understanding of systems techniques and concepts. The introduction discusses the rationale for and development of the conceptual model; basic systems,…

The purpose of Project PRIMES (progress research in meeting elementary standards) is three-fold: to design and test a model for evaluating elementary schools by state standards, to develop a set of evaluation instruments, and to aid teachers and administrators in the application and interpretation of evaluation procedures. The project's major…

The Design of Training Systems (DOTS) model was conceived to provide Naval Education and Training Command management with computerized mathematical models to assist in predicting the quantitative impact of training resource decisions. During Phase III of the project, the three models were operationally tested, and an evaluation team concluded that…

This document is one of five manuals designed to improve management practices in Ohio two-year colleges. Chapter I is introductory and discusses the role of program budgeting in higher education, its objectives, management, and development. Chapter II presents the steps to be taken in developing a program budget--identifying goals and objectives,…

Written by a manpower and economic development consultant for the Carlton Family Fund, this paper describes the pioneering role of Mobilication for Youth's New Health Occupations Program (NHOP) in the development of a new model for the use of non-professionals in human services. Innovative training concepts for Social Health Technicians employed…

This booklet is intended to assist school districts in planning effective administrative staff development programs. Following a brief introduction and discussion of how to initiate a program, six model staff development programs are examined. Each of the models describes a successful program being used in a particular California school district.…

The current philosophical position of the project is reviewed and a variety of issues relevant to educational evaluation and achievement monitoring are enumerated. Various past attempts to model the variables of school learning are reviewed and those adopted for the Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring model are discussed. The student variables…

Progress on projects within the overall program of the Cooperative Project for Educational Development (COPED) are described in this interim report and some tentative target dates for completion are indicated. The working documents include a report on data processing and a description of data feedback models developed by the Michigan COPED staff.…

Volume I discusses the background, findings and analysis, and conclusions and recommendations of a two-volume study aimed at developing a cross-national model to enable the United States and five European democracies, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and West Germany, to make more adequate estimates of the effectiveness of their primary…

This guide is designed to deal systematically with the problems of career guidance, counseling and placement and suggest solutions. It provides assistance to State and local leaders in guide development and implementation. Chapter 1 defines career guidance, counseling and placement and examines the need for making career guidance, counseling and…

Computer simulations of three individualized adaptive instructional models (AIM) were undertaken to determine if these models function as prescribed in Air Force technical training programs. In addition, the project sought to develop a user's guide for effective understanding of adaptive models during field implementation. Successful simulations…

Manpower training and upgrading programs have negative secondary effects upon regular employees. A review of the literature and empirical research on these negative effects indicated that no model has yet been devised and tested to measure these negative effects. This paper suggests a preliminary model for the evaluation of the disruptive effects…

This is the final evaluation report for the Hackensack Career Development Program whose goals for the 1970-1973 funding period were: to develop a model in which career development concepts may be incorporated into regular classroom activities, to implement the model, and to evaluate and update the career development concept on a continual basis.…

An interim report on the Stout State University model for training special class teachers to prepare secondary level educable mentally handicapped students for social and vocational adjustment is presented. Pertinent literature is reviewed; and the Stout State proposal which emphasizes academic skills and incorporates vocational education and…