A coordinated home and school planning process via a transdisciplinary model is designed to serve severely/profoundly handicapped students in functional curriculum areas. Planning begins with identification of needs, constraints, and resources, and formulation of student objectives. (CL)

This paper presents a case for the use of causal models derived from a substantive knowledge base of theory and research in the evaluation of educational programs. An evaluation of the Adaptive Learning Environments Model (ALEM) illustrates the causal-modeling approach to program evaluation. (BW)

Is it possible to develop an international consensus on the meaning of democracy and education for democratic citizenship? A cooperative project administered by the Center for Civic Education (CCE) in Calabasas, California is attempting to answer this question. Since 1996, the CCE has been developing "An International Framework for Education…

A review of the literature and interviews with over 50 people in the field revealed that job-related stress is widespread and possibly increasing among correctional officers. This publication is intended to help correctional administrators develop an effective program for preventing and treating correctional officers' stress. A variety of…

This paper develops and tests a new logical model for assessing the impact of early reading interventions. The analyses use a survey of Indiana's elementary schools, including schools funded for Reading Recovery and classwide interventions, as well as a group of control schools. The findings indicate that state-funded Reading Recovery was…

Cluster evaluations have been defined as involving multiple sites, focusing on longer term projects, involving substantially different approaches to similar problems, and improving the social condition. Cluster evaluation is illustrated through the description of an initiative funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation called the Leadership for…

To facilitate "personalizing" and individualizing secondary school curriculum, the author presents eight conceptual aspects of individualization and discusses the relationship of these concepts to program design and implementation of an individual learning program. (HMD)

A model shows how learning strands from the core subjects in grades K-9 can be woven into a strong career plan based on effective career guidance and counseling, enabling students to eventually establish an occupational objective and distinguish among educational alternatives leading to that objective. (AG)

The model which follows was developed for use in monitoring and reviewing compensatory education programs in the Santa Clara School District. (Author)

This article provides a general background of evaluation considerations and, as a model study, a summary of the procedures used to evaluate the Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program in Economic Education. It examines evaluation with respect to its purposes, its benefits, its definition, an appropriate model, and procedures. (Author)

Describes a design for a teacher education program based on the concept of providing teacher trainees with the theoretical understanding of the major models of teaching and with the clinical competence to employ them in the classroom. (Authors/JA)

Presents a model for a proposed allied health system which incorporates three dimensions: (1) education and training, (2) a social health dyad, and (3) service delivery. (MU)

Asserts that programs to prepare educational administrators need upgrading if they are to maintain credibility and survive. A systemic model is proposed as a guide to the revision of such programs, and its application at the University of Kansas is discussed. (WM)

Proposes a teacher evaluation scheme utilizing dimensions of teacher behavior that have been shown to be directly related to high levels of positive achievement and attitudes in students. (Author)