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Rajcic, John M. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1976
Attempts a brief analysis of the traditional decision-making process for budget preparation and the alternative, program planning, budgeting system (PPBS), in an effort to determine the effect of PPBS on the decision-making process for resource allocation and to answer the question of whether PPBS has improved decision-making processes. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
Frees, Ann M. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1972
The establishment of a performance evaluation system at Los Meganos Intermediate School in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District has resulted, at this time, not in a full evaluation system, but instead in a series of guidelines which might be of use to others pursuing similar objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Wallace, Helen James – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1975
Article focused on the process of getting into curriculum change, using the RISE report as a tool. Author suggested a RISE Report Study Committee (RRSC), composed of interested educational staff members, community leaders, and students, who would spearhead an assessment of the counseling and learning options for all students. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Charts, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Eisele, James E.; Halverson, Paul M. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1975
This paper represents the opinions of two educators who are presently involved with investigations into competency-based education (CBE). It sets forth the assumptions underlying competency-based education that have been interpreted from statements in literature, from research reports, from observation, and from its proponents and opponents.…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles
Schmidt, Leo J.; And Others – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine if students presently attending continuation schools believed that their classes have helped them to achieve educational objectives specified for continuation education in California. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Continuation Education, Data Collection, Educational Objectives, Nontraditional Education
Black, James; Georgiades, William – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1973
A search for a method of measuring progress in a system of individualized instruction became the basis for the rating profile described in this article. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Olsen, John C.; Wood, Jean Terry – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1975
In an attempt to reduce the impact of a child's disabilities the Master Plan was developed in order to equalize opportunities for all children in need of special education services. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Equal Education
Lewenstein, Morris R. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1975
Author described competency based education-oriented academic programs and the planning for their implementation. His general purpose was to defend the use of CBE through an effective evaluation effort that would show the program was succeeding. (RK)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
