Districts and schools are receiving once in a life-time funding through the American Recovery Plan (ARP) to address the learning needs of students over the next few years, especially those who have been most impacted by a year of remote or hybrid learning. State education agencies (SEAs) including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, outlying…

The President of the University of Cincinnati charged the Academic Coordinating Committee (ACC), a universitywide governance body, to conduct a comprehensive review of degree programs by designing a process with multiple outcomes: building an academically stronger university; ensuring consistency with the institution's capacity and academic…

A considerable amount of time, effort, and other resources go into the development and implementation of education projects. Quite obviously, the goal is to create effective projects that can serve as models of excellence. Whether the project is an hour-long endangered species talk, a family festival, a severe weather awareness workshop, marine…

Examines strategic, tactical, and operational levels of educational planning. A model includes components for planning process strategy, data information systems, goal formulation, sub-optimizing'' means of goal achievement, synthesizing plan alternatives, implementation, and adjustment and reassessment. A practical illustration of the planning…

A guide designed to assist any California community college in objective self-appraisal of its occupational education programs is presented. It is divided into two volumes. This volume provides the data necessary for an understanding of COPES, the procedures for its application, and time guidelines for scheduling its use. COPES is an acronym for…

Examines the current status of library technical assistant (LTA) programs in North America, lists the programs, and describes their major features. Makes suggestions for future directions, including distance learning, specialization within programs, continuing education, articulation agreements with bachelor's degree programs, and an increase in…

Speech delivered to a 1974 Society for College and University Planning workshop on the need for more useful techniques for evaluating educational programs in American postsecondary education. (JG)

A program was proposed and initiated to involve teachers and administrators of the Smyrna (Delaware) School District in a thorough assessment of their reading programs. Using "Standards of Excellence for Reading in Delaware" and its accompanying checklist as the assessment instrument, committees in each building met with members of the…

Math in Common® (MiC) is a five-year initiative that supports a formal network of 10 California school districts as they implement the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M) across grades K-8. In spring 2015, WestEd administered surveys to understand the perspectives on Common Core State Standards-Mathematics (CCSS-M) implementation…

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO SCHOOL PLANNING TO PROVIDE A GENERAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE MOST REASONABLE MANNER. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS METHODS INTEGRATE THE DIFFERING VALUES OF EDUCATORS INTO COMMON OBJECTIVES. SUCCESSFUL USE OF PROGRAM BUDGETING DEPENDS ON (1) PLANNING, STRUCTURAL DESIGN, AND…

The future of higher education institutions rests on the extent to which they meet the needs of society. A systemic mode of planning provides an ongoing mechanism that assures an institution's responsiveness to society's changing needs. Achieving consensus by appropriate groups regarding environmental assumptions that affect an institution is an…

This document contains the final progress report and final internal evaluation for PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. The first section describes the project's major activities leading to development of a master plan for education in Fresno, California. Significant modifications of operational plans are described and supplementary…

Preliminary information about a model system by which state vocational education agencies may conduct periodic program evaluations is presented. Another facet of the system is the facilitation of programmatic decision making through the incorporation of information about national and state interests, student benefits, and manpower requirements.…

This paper suggests that while evaluation means different things to different people, the focus is characteristically on what has been, or is being done. It is proposed that evaluation also be applied to things not yet done; that evaluation has a significant and continuous role in planning any educational program. Evaluation is seen as…