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Hunter, William J. – CEDR Quarterly, 1979
Separate selection and pretesting of students eliminate regression effects in the pre-post achievement gain measured in the RMC Model--A method of program evaluation. (CP)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Data Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textDeVito, Pasquale J.; Long, John V. – 1977
The impact of achievement testing on a Spring-Spring vs. a Fall-Spring basis in evaluation of compensatory education programs is examined. The effects of the summer vacation period and crossing test levels were examined. Significant decreases in achievement test scores were found, at all grade levels, between Spring and Fall test administrations.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Yap, Kim Onn – 1979
The accuracy with which regression models estimate treatment effects is dependent upon a number of conditions. The stability of the regression line (a function of sample size and correlation between pretest and posttest) is said to be the most important of these conditions. The utility of regression models is proportional to the size of the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Richards, James M., Jr. – 1974
Recent research results strongly suggest that the theoretical problems of change measures have limited practical significance for measuring individual growth, and it is important to determine whether this is also the case for measuring school impact. Accordingly, in this study artifical data were used to assess the correlation between several…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Computer Programs, Educational Change, Educational Programs
Teachey, William G.; Carter, Joseph B. – 1971
After outlining the advantages of individualizing instruction through the use of learning laboratories, this book describes the physical facilities needed in a laboratory and stresses the crucial role of the laboratory coordinator, who must be a counselor, test administrator, tutor or teacher, supervisor, bookkeeper, and curriculum specialist. A…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Coordinators, Educational Testing, Facility Requirements
Ball, Samuel; And Others – 1973
An evaluation of the first year of "The Electric Company" is provided. Volume 1 is comprised of the following chapters: I. Introduction; II. Preparing for the Evaluation (Research Design and Sampling Procedures; Field Operations; The Treatment--the in-school viewing treatment, the at-home viewing treatment, and the content of The…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Television, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationBorhani, Rahim – 1976
This is the final report of a Kansas state project which had four purposes: (1) Involvement of teacher training institutions with the unified school districts' career education program in order to gather information needed to provide realistic experiences for inservice education of future career education teachers, (2) involve the community in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Education, Consortia
