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Baum, Douglas L.; Smith, Bill J. – 1978
Described is the use of the goal attainment scale in evaluating and monitoring programs for the handicapped in local Texas school districts. It is explained that current and anticipated functioning levels are plotted for 11 weighted components, including assessment, diagnosis, placement, teacher planning, phyiscal arrangement, and quality and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Program Development
Proger, Barton B. – 1978
Two models for program evaluation as related to decision making of routinely operated special education programs are discussed. One model deals with judgmental data collected from staff members once a year and ways to insert that data into the budget planning and program change processes. The other model deals with inclusion of student performance…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Download full textJohnson, Dorothy H.; And Others – 1970
Reported are the evaluation results on the 1969-70 segment (the first project period) of the Special Education Music and Dance Program in Shoreline School District 412 (Seattle, Washington), an ESEA Title III project. The program, which is presented as a pilot attempt to develop functional program objectives and evaluation tools, provides music…
Descriptors: Dance, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Brehman, George R.; And Others – 1976
Described is the development of an instrument to evaluate the relationship between expenditures and effectiveness of special education programs. It is explained that the quality indicator instrument, developed through the Delphi process and refined through item analysis, consists of 38 items in seven areas, including instructional setting,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Expenditure per Student, Handicapped Children
Senf, Gerald; Anderson, David – 1974
Intended for directors of special education projects, the manual provides guidelines for program evaluation. It is explained that the manual developed out of the experiences of the staff of the Leadership Training Institute in Learning Disabilities which provided technical assistance to 43 state projects. The manual's eight major sections focus on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedHauser, Carl – Journal of Special Education, 1979
Drawing on H.R. Davis' A VICTORY model of factors associated with organizational change, the article argues that accepted models of educational evaluation will be most useful with programs for mainstreaming handicapped children when they are expanded to include critical factors associated with organizational acceptance and successful…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Conceptual Schemes, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
Described are two new models for educational evaluation with emphasis on special education: the Consumer Model for Program Evaluation and the Synthesis of Abilities Model for Pupil Information. It is explained that the Consumer Model for Program Evaluation covers the governance structure of education and emphasizes the pupil as the focal point…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedCalrk, Ann D. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Lolis, Kathleen – 1975
This document describes and evaluates the Evaluation and Placement Program initially funded in 1971 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. In the 1973-74 year a unit operated in each of the five N.Y. city boroughs. The present study surveyed the centers to determine the number of children processed, the speed of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Hogan, Michael F.; Bernstein, Jean C. – 1976
The two-part paper describes the PASS (Program Analysis of Service Service Systems) evaluation method and its use in assessing a local school district federally funded project for mainstreaming elementary-level handicapped children. It is explained that PASS is an approach based on normalization and accountability principles applicable to a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedEdgar, Eugene; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1977
Analyzed were the results of 18 extended school year programs in the state of Washington.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Extended School Year, Handicapped Children
Hanson, Marci J.; Bellamy, G. Thomas – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977
Standardized assessment instruments provide data less useful for decision making in infant intervention programs than continuous assessments of progress by which infants' responses to specific treatment cues or situations are monitored daily. (GW)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Edinger, Dennis; And Others – 1977
The eighth in a series of booklets on the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers focuses on the project's accountability efforts. The first paper presents an accountability instrument which includes descriptions of location, contacts, and activities (system entry, direct services,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Alvir, Howard P. – 1979
The paper examines ways to choose appropriate objectives for program evaluation in the education of the handicapped. Section I discusses how too much pressure can distort priorities (alignment of short-term objectives with long-term objectives), and lists six steps in determining priorities. Section II applies the principles to learning disabled…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Handicapped Children
Crowder, Jeane – 1978
The paper focuses on the evaluation of training programs for educational personnel, particularly those dealing with special students; and conceptualizes such evaluation as a process requiring three stages. Many elements of the Three-Staged Evaluation which were carried out in the development of a paraprofessional aide training program are briefly…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Higher Education, Paraprofessional Personnel
