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Meghan Rens; Epke Vogel; Daniëlla van Uden; Willem Kleinendorst – European Training Foundation, 2023
The past years have witnessed a growing trend in applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET), which refers to investigative activities and services conducted by VET organisations which have a strong practical focus on solving real-life problems. Insights from applied research can be used to develop or improve products and services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Research, Program Evaluation
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Volkov, Boris B. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
This chapter features a recent conversation with Dr. Arnold J. Love, a long-time proponent of internal evaluation and one of the most cited internal evaluation authors. In 1983, Love edited the first issue of "New Directions for Program Evaluation" on the topic of internal evaluation. He is the author of the book "Internal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Interviews, Organizational Development
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Mathison, Sandra – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
The author analyzes the growth and nature of internal evaluation from the 1960s to the present and suggests that internal evaluation has been on the increase because of its perceived importance. Although the 1960s were characterized by a rich intellectual development of evaluation theory and practice, the fiscal conservatism of the 1980s ushered…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Accountability, Public Administration, Political Attitudes
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Hunter, Darryl M.; Gambell, Trevor J. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2000
Discusses the roles played by participants and the processes involved in a provincial standards-setting exercise for a large-scale assessment of student skills. Offers perspectives of a policy maker outside the exercise and an insider participant. Describes alternate notions of representativeness, stakes, and significance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation
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Cabatoff, Kenneth A. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1996
A "policy communities" framework is proposed to explain why three evaluations of home care and services for the elderly in Quebec (Canada) either influenced, or failed to influence, policymaking in the area. It is suggested that program evaluation strategies should reflect the political context of the evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Family Day Care
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Quebec Commission on the Evaluation of Collegiate Teaching (Quebec). – 1994
One of the mandates of Quebec's Commission d'evaluation de l'enseignement collegial is to assess institutional policies on program evaluation (IPPE's), and their implementation frameworks. This document examines the Commission's mandate, aims and approach; Commission guidelines on the formulation of institutional policy on program evaluation; and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
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Ross, John A. – Evaluation Review, 1980
An example is provided of an evaluation in which the formulation of explicit decision rules was a central activity. The case for and against the use of decision rules in program evaluation is considered, and the appropriate context identified. Implications for the rights of decision makers are addressed. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Criteria, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Evaluation
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Nagy, Philip; And Others – Canadian Journal of Education, 1993
The relationship between drama in education and program evaluation is explored through the evaluation of an elementary school drama program. The compromise approach presents evaluation as a complex adaptation of an innovation or growth profile. The report contains enough hard data to be useful for policymakers but is rich in information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Drama, Dramatics
Lindfelt, Bengt, Ed. – 1996
In accordance with provincial educational regulations, Quebec's community colleges have adopted "politiques institutionnelles d'evaluation des apprentissages" (PIEA), or institutional policies of the evaluation of learning. This report provides a synthesis of evaluations of the PIEA conducted by the province's Commission on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Conseil des Colleges, Quebec (Quebec). – 1993
This two-part report by the Commission on Evaluation of Quebec's Council of Colleges focuses on the progress of the province's colleges in developing and implementing legislatively mandated policies concerning the evaluation of learning. Chapter 1 identifies the 107 of 112 colleges with written policies meeting the criteria established by the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Conseil des Colleges, Quebec (Quebec). – 1992
This two-part report by the Commission on Evaluation of the Council of Colleges in Quebec focuses on the progress of the province's colleges in developing and implementing legislatively mandated policies concerning the evaluation of apprenticeships. Chapter 1 identifies the 95 colleges with policies meeting the criteria established by the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
Conseil des Colleges, Quebec (Quebec). – 1990
Developed to promote the consistency and quality of English instruction and to support the English-language colleges of Quebec in this direction, the report presents an overview of English instruction at the college level and presents recommendations to the Minister of Higher Education and Science (MHES) and the English-language colleges. Part I…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Burgess, J. Orrison, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This manual was developed in response to issues and concerns raised in "Directions and Program Policy Proposals" (1984), and in accordance with the Saskatchewan (Canada) School Improvement Program to help meet the need for more and improved monitoring and evaluation at the local school level. It is designed to provide school…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Decision Making
Deloitte Haskins & Sells Associates, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1986
The report provides an overview of the findings, analysis, and conclusions of the external evaluation of the effectiveness of Alberta Education Library Services conducted between September 1985 and March 1986 under the guidance of the Library Services Evaluation Steering Committee (Phase 2 of the evaluation and planning process initiated in 1985…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Cooperation, Library Planning, Library Services
Bezanson, Lynne – 1995
Accountability in career counseling is receiving increased attention. However, few organizations have specific guidelines for the delivery of career counseling. This digest describes a workbook, developed in Canada, which furnishes a practical, valuative approach for support organizations that provide career counseling services. The procedures in…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
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