Selection of new curriculum programs on the basis of cost and effectiveness requires a careful process of identifying needs, establishing program selection criteria, analyzing and comparing alternative programs, and selecting the most appropriate programs. This document presents techniques and worksheets for use at each stage of this process. A…

This kit of materials is intended to assist local operators providing early childhood services (ECS) in evaluating their entire program or some aspect of it. Contents which are presented in topical outline form (1) stress the importance of objectives and list characteristics of a useful objective; (2) discuss planning an evaluation by deciding…

This guide was developed for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) Pacific Region science coordinator, elementary school principals, and teachers to serve as an aid in identifying strengths and weaknesses of science programs in grades K-6. It was also designed to serve as a workbook for the science coordinator to use during school…

This guide was developed for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Pacific Region science coordinator, elementary school principals, and teachers. Its intended purpose is to serve as aid in identifying strengths and weaknesses of science programs in grades kindergarten through grade six. The guide is also used as a notebook by the science…

This replication handbook describes procedures and provides instruments which educators can use to assess sex equity in their own settings. It has two major parts: (1) appendixes that provide copies of data collection materials developed during the Vocational Education Equity Study (interview forms for state directors, state agency personnel,…

This practicum paper documents the development and distribution of a handbook for child care administrators designed to increase parent involvement. It provides a review of the literature on parent involvement in day care centers and outlines the process used to develop the 12-page handbook. The handbook includes ways in which to measure the…

This administrator's guide is designed to provide a systematic and objective means of evaluating an ongoing reading program. The procedures outlined recognize the important role of the administrator as the change-agent who initiates, encourages, supports, observes, and evaluates programs. The systems approach simplifies the Generic Planning…

This handbook for administrators of school district mathematics programs outlines a set of procedures for implementing the Pennsylvania Comprehensive Mathematics Plan (PCMP) and provides a degree of standardization and a planning framework to encourage the communication of related ideas and successes. The procedural steps, instruments, checklists,…

This bilingual program quality review instrument is intended as a guide for school district personnel to design and improve bilingual education programs. It can be used for the following purposes: as an on-site review instrument to provide formative evaluation input about language-minority group programs; as a device for collecting information at…

The document focuses on the workings of PAR (Program Administrative Review), a method by which local education agencies (LEAs) and state operated programs (SOPs) in Utah can conduct ongoing self-evaluation and identify areas where additional efforts are needed to improve the quality of programs and services for handicapped children. It is…

A guide for colleges concerning institutional financial aid services for adults is presented. Results of national surveys on participation in adult education are provided to help institutions design programs for adults. Nine characteristics of adult students are described, along with implications for policies and procedures of the financial aid…

In 1988, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, a research team from the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University began a study of the origin, development, and diffusion of the Public Library Association's (PLA) planning and evaluation manuals. The study was intended to add to the general understanding of the…

This manual explains how to administer the instrument, Guidance Program Assessment--Elementary School, and suggests ways to interpret the data obtained. Four aspects of a comprehensive guidance program are examined through the use of this assessment instrument: advice areas, school helping processes, classroom environment, and group topics…

This manual explains how to administer the following two instruments: (1) Comprehensive Counseling and Personnel Services Program Assessment: Postsecondary; and (2) Comprehensive Counseling and Personnel Services Program Assessment: Adult. These instruments are intended to assess the views of those learners who are participating in a current…

A manual of quality control (QC) techniques is presented for financial aid and fiscal administrators. Steps for establishing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a QC program are outlined including the following: obtaining institutional commitments; developing the QC team; determining priorities for development; determining functions to be…