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User-Focused Evaluation: A Caribbean Example.
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Henderson, Thomas H.; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1983
This paper explores the implications of "user-focused evaluation" by examining the information utilization dynamics of the evaluation of the Caribbean Agricultural Extension Project. (BW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Extension Education
A Descriptive Assessment of the Effect of Evaluations on Instruction.
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Barnette, J. Jackson; Thompson, John C., III – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
A survey examined secondary school teachers' perceptions of the effects of program, student, and teacher evaluations on instructional improvement. Results indicated that student evaluation was most effective in influencing teachers to revise their instruction. Teacher and program evaluations appeared to be ineffective as change agents. (MH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization, Instructional Improvement
Auditing a Large-Scale Evaluation: The Quality of Evaluative Information for the Assessment of Program Impact and for Decision-Making.
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Burstein, Leigh; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1977
Activities of the California State Department of Education related to the Early Childhood Education Program were audited, specifically: (1) overall data management and processing; (2) information quality for the evaluation of program impact; (3) treatment of standardized test data; and (4) procedures for expansion funding and termination. (CP)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization
Perceptions of School Principals about their Engagement in Evaluation on the Basis of Student Data.
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Glasman, Naftaly S. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Elementary school principals rated attitudes and behaviors concerning the utilization of student achievement data: (1) commitment to influencing student achievement; (2) control in utilizing student achievement data; (3) use of data to evaluate programs and teachers; (4) effectiveness and accountability in use of data; and (5) principals' own…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility