A systematic evaluation strategy, applicable by pupil personnel staff under existing school conditions, is presented. While the strategy is useful with various levels of objectives ranging from broad program objectives to specific outcomes for individual pupil attainment, it is suggested that assessment of the degree to which pupils attain desired…

This handbook attempts to present methods, concepts, and considerations to be held in mind in planning and implementing a student measurement or training evaluation program. Techniques are presented, procedures are discussed, and computational examples are included. The text places principal emphasis on basic techniques, but certain more advanced…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings of the Program Evaluation Project. This chapter deals with the first year development of an integrated program evaluation system for the Adult Outpatient Program, Hennepin County Mental Health Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This evaluation system is an extension of and expansion of the…

This paper raises three broad issues,each with sub-areas. First, what are the consequences of measuring and evaluating the parts of higher education that can be satisfactorily measured? What are the consequences for the parts of education that can not be measured, and for the total enterprise? Second, what kind of assessment systems will be best…

Sixty-six public libraries selected by random sample, substitutions and participation requests, tested Rutgers University 1970 Performance Measures Manual to gather information on the evaluation and improvement of public libraries. Selection was based on geographic location and budget categories. Following instructions for manual's use at…

A university study team found a situation in a Michigan school district that, if it is typical, as seems likely, indicates that some administrators may try to introduce the team concept and implement it with management by objectives without either concept being understood by "team" members. (Author)

A plan is presented for submitting teachers to review by faculty members from other institutions. (JH)

Presents ERIC abstracts in the areas of alternative methods for defining institutional mission and goals, and techniques for measuring educational outcomes. (MB)

This review of a previous article (TM 503 836), concludes that: (1) the evaluation methodology was straightforward; (2) simpler data analysis would have yielded the same conclusions; and (3) exclusion of many experimental schools from data analysis and use of post hoc matching and covariance produced misleading results. (CP)

A quality assurance program for environmental monitoring is identified as necesary for the collection of reliable, interchangeable, and legally defensible data. The article defines quality assurance and describes the EPA quality assurance program. (MA)

Smallest space analysis (SSA), a nonmetric multidimensional scaling procedure, was used to examine the effects of a four-day medical faculty workshop on the classroom verbal activities of medical faculty and students in an Israeli university. (Author/MSE)

Two self-report techniques assessed student behaviors before and after life-skills substance abuse prevention program for inner city seventh graders. Retrospective pretest/posttest technique demonstrated no significant changes in drug usage; traditional pretest/posttest indicated significant increases in tobacco use. Results support continued use…

The case study examines the implicit uneducability diagnosis for an individual who had not shown progress in over two years of training in eating skills. Following programing by a special training team, the S made variable but substantial progress. Results suggest that negative educability assessment based on performance in standard educational…

The article presents evaluation data on Project RETAP (Regular Education Teachers and Principals), an inservice program focusing on competencies for successful mainstreaming of mildly handicapped students. Findings are reported in terms of teacher and student outcomes based on participation by 25 kindergarten through sixth grade teachers. (CL)

Drawing upon five recent studies, this article provides a summary analysis of the assessment of academic quality of doctoral programs in physical education. Conclusions are discussed, and recommendations are made for future quality assessment studies. (Author/DF)