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Cowan, Ruth S. – 1992
This practicum report describes an identification prototype used by a large metropolitan school district (Gwinnet County, Georgia) to identify giftedness in black and limited English speaking students. Underrepresentation of these groups in gifted programs is seen to result from: teacher reluctance to refer students from the target populations;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Elementary School Students
Enman, Gail M.; And Others – 1981
This report provides updated information concerning the status of the occupational education delivery system in the Boston Public Schools. The source of the information contained in the report is the Boston Program Audit, a system-wide assessment of high school and middle school occupational program functioning. The report examines the findings of…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Compliance (Legal), Curriculum, Delivery Systems
Roe, Ernest; And Others – 1987
Evaluation of both the academic department or unit and the individual academic staff member is addressed. Documents relevant to the reviewing process and a variety of instruments for collecting evaluative information are included, along with 10 case studies and exercises that offer advice on effective procedures. Departmental review is defined as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Programs, Data Collection, Departments
Iutcovich, Joyce Miller – 1984
This project assessed the impact of the Bureau of Vocational Education's Program for Disadvantaged Populations in Pennsylvania during the period 1979-1982. Data gathered from each funded project via a mailed questionnaire were both quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed. In addition, on-site visits to 10 projects produced additional qualitative…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Research and Assessment. – 1983
This report summarizes evaluation information on reading, writing, and mathematics achievement among elementary and secondary school students in 310 school districts in Massachusetts, after the second year of implementation of the Basic Skills Improvement Policy. The report describes data collection, analysis, and reporting procedures, summarizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Colon, Jesus M.; Gonzalez, Jose R. – 1975
In this evaluation of the first year of the Exemplary Career Education Project for K-12 in Puerto Rico, the results of testing and interviewing school personnel and students in grades 1-2 and 7-9 at six regional pilot sites are reported. Six areas of student development are recognized by the evaluation questions: self awareness, basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Decision Making Skills
Andrews, Mary P.; Swanson, Jane F. – 1979
A descriptive-comparative study was designed to document the service delivery functions and impacts of three different parent-aide programs ongoing in Michigan. The study took place over the period of summer 1978 to summer 1979. The programs involved in the study were the Genesee County Department of Social Services' Volunteer Services Parent-Aide…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Family Health, Family Problems
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1980
This guide provides a brief introduction to the Participant Action Plan Approach (PAPA) and a user's handbook. Part I outlines five steps of PAPA which determine how job behavior is changed by training course or program participation. Part II, the manual, is arranged by the five steps of the PAPA approach. Planning for PAPA discusses making…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Michigan State Dept. of Public Instruction, Lansing. – 1966
THIS REPORT FOLLOWS THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR EVALUATION REPORTS OF TITLE I PROJECTS. THE FIRST PART DESCRIBES THE PROJECTS' OPERATION AND SERVICES, METHODS OF DISSEMINATION OF DATA AND INFORMATION, EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, AND MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS. IT ALSO PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT (1) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
MASSARIK, FRED – 1965
THE AUTHOR STATES THAT SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAS BECOME A WIDELY USED AND DISCUSSED TRAINING METHOD, BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE UNITY IN RESEARCH APPROACH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT MAY ORDER EXISTING SENSITIVITY TRAINING RESEARCH AND GUIDE FUTURE RESEARCH EFFORTS, USING THE SENSITIVITY TRAINING IMPACT…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Cultural Context, Educational Experience
Geiser, Kenneth R. – 1976
There were two major objectives to this feasibility study: to explore the range of possible effects of Project Follow Through on parents and on teachers, and to review various models of investigating the nature of these effects. Comparatively little previous research has involved effects on parents and teachers although the original legislation…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
Green, Dan S.; And Others – 1976
The Behavior Analysis (BA) approach to Project Follow Through, a federally funded education intervention program, has reversed the trend of academic failure of poor children by improving the educational experience of poor children from 12 communities in the urban East, Midwest, rural South, and on Indian reservations in the West. The BA model is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Testing
King, F. J.; And Others. – 1969
This research report recounts the procedures, results, and recommendations of a research project in which more than 200 tenth-grade students in Florida were tested (1) to determine whether aptitude treatment interaction (ATI) effects on syntactic maturity and on knowledge of structural relationships occur after several months of instruction; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Measurement
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1976
This is the annual evaluation report of the Title VII components of the Milwaukee Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program funded by Title I and Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1967 and the Milwaukee Public Schools. The results of the 1975-76 assessment of pupil progress toward achievement of the program's academic and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Career Education
Van Duzer, Carol H.; Berdan, Robert – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
This chapter seeks to provide the field of education for adult English speakers of other languages--at local, state, and national levels--with a timely overview of the state of assessment in adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs in the United States. It also seeks to provide a brief description of assessment reform…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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