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Ball, Carrie R.; Christ, Theodore J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Within an RtI problem-solving context, assessment and decision making generally center around the tasks of problem identification, problem analysis, progress monitoring, and program evaluation. We use this framework to discuss the current state of the literature regarding curriculum based measurement, its technical properties, and its utility for…
Descriptors: Identification, Theory Practice Relationship, Adaptive Testing, Decision Making
Churchman, David; And Others – 1975
One part of the work being done at the Center for the Study of Evaluation has been the development of kits to assist the staffs of elementary schools wishing to conduct evaluations. The third kit in the series provides specific techniques for conducting a formative evaluation, which includes verifying the extent to which a program has been…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Stevenson, William W. – 1979
Sixteen vocational education evaluation problems which indicate the present situation in the states are discussed, and alternative solutions to them are suggested in this report. Each problem represents a situation that should be remedied or a need that must be met and was found to be common to a number of states attempting to develop or improve…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization
Patton, Michael Q.; And Others – 1975
Research on the utilizations of evaluations was based on a followup of 20 Federal health program evaluations to assess the degree to which the evaluations had been used and to identify the factors that affected varying degrees of utilization. Interviews were conducted with project officers or people they identified as decisionmakers who would…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Government Employees, Health Personnel
Van de Riet, Vernon; Resnick, Michael B. – 1972
This report describes and evaluates a sequential Learning to Learn Program (L.L.P.) for four- and five-year-old children. The long-term plan was for these children to be kept in a continuous sequential program through the first grade. Since another aspect of this project is a systematic attempt to learn how differing lengths of exposure to the…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Dillon-Peterson, Elizabeth; And Others – 1980
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education and the Lincoln, Nebraska, Public School System undertook a cooperative project to raise teachers' awareness and use of the ERIC data bases. The report describes project background and planning, project execution, and evaluation. Suggestions for future replication are also provided. Appendices provide a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Scott, Marie; Guy, R. Meade – 1983
The major purpose of Project CAUSE (Collaborative for Alabama Urban School Educators) as explained in section I of this report was to get educators in the Birmingham and Mobile school systems, in the Alabama State Department of Education, and in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory to (1) collaborate in identifying and solving problems; and (2)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization
Taylor, Celianna I.; Magisos, Joel H. – 1971
The State Research Coordination Units (RCU's) are in an optimum position to provide linkage between the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and its users as part of a comprehensive vocational-technical education information dissemination system. Realizing this, the Center for Vocational and Technical Education developed this guide with…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Resources, Information Dissemination
Glennon, Thomas K., Jr. – 1973
The dilemmas faced by the educational research community generally raise important implications for the new National Institute of Education. Pressing social problems require immediate solution, however, demands for immediate results in the complex problem areas of education may lead to incompletely conceived programs and sloppy scholarship.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Fouts, Jeffrey T.; Stuen, Carol – 1997
The Copernicus Project is a multi-district effort designed to incorporate technology, specifically the laptop computer, into the instructional and learning process of the public schools. Participants included six school districts in Washington state, the Toshiba and Microsoft Corporations, and parents. The project called for a 1 to 1…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Kean, Michael H. – 1975
Throwing the proverbial monkey wrench into the machinery "on paper" before a system begins functioning seems to be essential to program evaluation. This activity should be performed by the "resident skeptic" who is familiar with past resistance to change and who, being familiar with a program, is able to foresee theoretical and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Sollie, Carlton R.; Howell, Frank M. – 1981
The public service role of universities and components of a knowledge transfer model are considered, and two case histories of university response to public client systems are presented. In addition, the community services office is described as one strategy for a university desiring to improve its public service role. It is suggested that the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, City Government, College Role, Community Change