A model for determining acquisition rates for currently published material for universities with extensive doctoral programs is developed. (Author)

What is the nature and function of case law in our legal system? How are legal case histories used to establish precedent and to assist in the application of legal principles to specific cases? These and other questions are addressed in this examination of the potential of using a basic case structure in educational evaluation similar to that used…

The Market Linkage Project (ML) for Special Education and the Basic Skills Validation and Marketing Program are two federally sponsored marketing projects developed under contract by LINC Resources, Inc., a professional marketing organization, for the U.S. Department of Education. LINC developed the marketing programs to provide the option for the…

Problems in and guidelines for developing an early identification/intervention program for handicapped students are discussed. The author cautions that appropriate education should first be based upon the child's learning process, and that ongoing review should replace single stage identification procedures. Problems are listed for consideration…

This report describes the methodology and summarizes the findings from field research conducted in four school districts during 1978-79 on inschool alternatives to suspension programs. Data were collected on program history, philosophy, structure, operational characteristics, student characteristics, and program impact. Methods used included…

This paper provides a model for five-page, self-evaluation reports to be used by projects funded by the New York State Education Department. This five-page model is proposed as an alternative to bulky, time-consuming documents that often suffer from "mismatch, mismanagement, and miscalculation." The report preview explains how to avoid…

Three types of explanation in evaluation are discussed: causal explanations, explanations of actions, and explanations of value judgments. The role and importance of each form is addressed, as are alternate approaches to providing such explanation. The concept of explanation is defined as anything said or done to help someone understand something.…

Described are 10 models of educational programing for gifted students as they have been implemented by different school districts. The following program alternatives are discussed: learning centers; resource rooms (implemented with native American students in a sparsely populated area); itinerant teachers; mobile learning units; executive…

This study discusses and evaluates the Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) planning model for goal setting in educational systems by examining the results of its use in five Vermont schools. The findings show a gap between educational realities and the tradition of organizational maintenance and change on which the model is based. Also discussed are studies of…

The paper presents an action-and-decision (left-hemisphere) algorithm as a model for planning by holistic, intuitive (right-hemisphere) managers of service programs, including programs for exceptional children. Because the model is not based upon an established literature in the field of service to exceptional individuals, and because it appears…

Educational and social programs often develop from a weak or imprecise conceptualization relating the program's system of input variables to its claimed outcomes. Evaluation personnel can contribute both to the final development of a program and to the fair evaluation of such programs by learning to formally characterize programs and to construct…