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Handbook for the New York State Education Department Validation Process: Information, Guidelines, and Forms for New York State Validation of Exemplary Programs.
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Federal Demonstration Programs. – 1988
The state validation process in New York identifies promising practices developed through the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV-C funding. The new validation procedures included in this handbook are revised to: (1) make the evaluation process easier to apply; (2) provide technical assistance in evaluating the project; (3) extend…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness
Using Evaluations: Does Evaluation Make a Difference? Volume 76, Sage Library of Social Research.
Alkin, Marvin C.; And Others
Naturalistic research methods were used to analyze five case studies of school program evaluations. Interviews were conducted with program personnel and evaluators for the five programs, which were funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, Title III, or Title IV-C. Programs were: (1) Bayview: Project MORE, a program to improve…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Nonequivalent Group Designs: The Use of ANCOVA, Multiple Regression, Repeated ANOVA, and Effect Size.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Karabinus, Robert A – Evaluation Review, 1983
Use of analysis of covariance or multiple regression can lead to Type I errors in pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group designs. Analysis of the interaction term of a repeated model analysis of variance was shown to help identify areas of significant change. The standardized difference score, effect size, suggested meaningful differences.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods
Developing Models for Special Education: Using a Multiple Time-Series/ Multiple Baseline Design in the ESEA IV-C Project.
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Bergquist, Constance C.; Graham, Darol L. – Evaluation Review, 1980
The Developing Models for Special Education project utilized a novel evaluation design to produce data for national validation. The results of the evaluation are presented, and the problems and benefits associated with both the theoretical model and the further use of this design are discussed. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities, Mastery Learning
Framework for Relating Auditor Reliability to Information Uses.
Bergquist, Constance C. – 1979
A framework is presented that relates concepts of audit reliability to the uses of information gathered from a discrepancy program audit of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title IV-C programs in Florida. Three issues are addressed: (1) the meaning of reliability in relation to the audit process; (2) the importance of reliability of auditor…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
Serving Rural Learning Disabled Children. Final Report: July 1, 1981 - June 30, 1982.
Lake Region Special Education Cooperative, Devils Lake, ND. – 1982
The project was sponsored by the Lake Region Special Education Program, a special education cooperative serving 22 school districts of rural northeastern North Dakota. Funding for the 2-year project came from ESEA Title IV-C, state, and local agencies. The major goals of the project were to train and educate personnel so that at the end of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities