Ten concerns encountered in the evaluation of career education programs as seen from the viewpoint of local practitioners are discussed pertaining to program definition, program evaluation instruments; measurement techniques, and student evaluations. Remedies for the areas of concern are briefly presented. (BP)

Evaluation, the author says, is too often based on careless use of value judgments. He describes here one method of evaluating high school programs that meets more specific criteria. (Editor)

This document describes part of the evaluation of a six-week reading institute for 69 K-3 teachers from the Raymond School, Model School Division (MSD), Washington, D.C. and thereby provides an evaluation model for schools to use in their own inservice training programs. Two evaluation instruments developed by an MSD innovation team in cooperation…

One phase of program evaluation in vocational education may be thought of as an appraisal of the operational procedures and the resources available. If program improvement is accepted as one area of evaluation, then more attention should be given by local vocational personnel to setting objectives, identifying evidence of attainment, and inferring…

Article evaluated the weaknesses in the WISC because it is used to make far reaching decisions about the educational programs of children. (Author/RK)

The measurement of client change attributable to the receipt of vocational rehabilitation services has been limited to the simple criterion of employed-unemployed or to subjective evaluations. The authors discuss alternative statistical and methodological strategies for the use in measuring client gain. (Author)

A project was conducted to adapt or develop and field-test an evaluation model for competency-based education, using Florida's Approach to Competency Based Individualized Teaching (FACIT) teacher-training materials for model development and field testing. Because of problems with the production of the FACIT materials, the field test of an…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEVELOP TWO FORMS OF A SELF-EVALUATIVE CHECKLIST--ONE FOR EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL MEDIA PROGRAMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AND ANOTHER FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE PROCEDURES USED IN THE STUDY WERE DEVELOPMENTAL IN DESIGN. THEY REQUIRED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA UPON WHICH TO BASE AN EVALUATIVE…

Described is an evaluation instrument designed for individual or group use for assessing an overall science curricula. Specific items within seven broad topics (foundations for local planning; curriculum; teaching-learning; staff; facilities, equipment, and materials; evaluation; and finances) are scaled zero (totally lacking) to four (excellent).…

This article briefly presents eight basic methods of residence program evaluation. Some of the evaluation methods presented lend themselves easily to process, and others lend themselves to outcome; some are applicable to both. (Author)

Participation in the Head Start program has had a favorable effect on the program participants in all of the major areas of development covered by the pupil rating instrument used in this assessment. (Author)

THE CLOZE READABILITY PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING THE COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTY OF WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WAS STUDIED. RESEARCH BEARING ON THE VALIDITY, THE FORMAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND THE APPLICATION OF THE CLOZE READABILITY PROCEDURE ARE REVIEWED. THE RESEARCH ON VALIDITY IS ARRANGED UNDER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--MEASUREMENT OF POST-READING…

Discusses the evaluation process for school media programs: (1) what is evaluation, (2) why evaluate, and (3) how to evaluate. (Author)