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Download full textHorst, Donald P.; Wood, Christine T. – 1976
There are four steps in obtaining test data, each requiring planning and decision-making: assembling students, administering tests, scoring, and recording scores. In assembling students, two cautions are in order. First, for norm referenced tests, students in the treatment group should take the test at the same time of the year as the students in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Guides, Data Collection, Educational Testing
Lai, Morris K. – 1978
Although much has been written about educational evaluation, few guidelines exist for consumers--project directors, school administrators, curriculum developers, legislators, teachers, parents, and boards of education. Several cautions surface from a review of the literature. First, tests that are based on program objectives are most useful to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cost Estimates, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Morris, Lynn Lyons; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor – 1978
Clearly defined goals are described as the first component of a program evaluation. The goals of this booklet are: to demonstrate the need for clearly written statements of goals, outcomes, and objectives; to provide examples; to provide a method of deriving goals from already published materials; to demonstrate the relationship between writing…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Lazarus, Mitchell – 1982
In eight chapters, this document offers guidelines for school administrators on evaluating schools and school programs, based on a poll of administrators and consultants. The introduction discusses the purpose of evaluation, especially school improvement, and presents a list of evaluation standards. Chapter 1 outlines steps in evaluation planning,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1979
Three years of cooperative effort by participating Illinois community colleges and the Ad Hoc Counseling Task Force resulted in the 1977 approval, by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), of a position paper on comprehensive counseling services and in the endorsement of guidelines in four student service areas. The ICCB supports counseling…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Morris, Lynn Lyons; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor – 1978
The objectives of this booklet are to provide suggestions, procedures, and rules of thumb to aid the evaluator in using achievement tests in program evaluation. It also discusses some of the theories underlying the procedures for developing and selecting achievement tests and interpreting their results. Each of the six chapters offers advice on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
Brown, Janet R.; And Others – 1988
Descriptive and evaluative information is provided on Rockland Community College's (RCC's) Developmental Studies Department and its Special Services Project for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. Section I describes the functions of the Developmental Studies Department, which provides courses and services to help underprepared…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
