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Corrin, William; Zhu, Pei; Shih, Miki; Brown, Kevin Thaddeus, Jr.; Teres, Jed; Darrow, Catherine; Nichols, Austin; Lack, Kelly – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2022
These are the appendices for the report "The Effects of an Academic Language Program on Student Reading Outcomes." This study investigated WordGen Elementary, a program designed to improve fourth- and fifth-grade students' ability to understand and communicate academic language and their general reading skill. The program provider…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Bork, Rachel Hare; Mayer, Alexander K.; Pretlow, Joshua; Wathington, Heather D.; Weiss, Madeline Joy – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2012
Developmental summer bridge programs are a popular strategy for increasing college readiness among recent high school graduates. Aimed at providing an alternative to traditional developmental education, these programs provide accelerated and focused learning opportunities in order to help students acquire the knowledge and skills needed for…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, High School Graduates
Skeans, Sharon S.; Smith, Robert G. – School Administrator, 2011
Educational evaluation in too many states and school districts, if done at all across an institution, has been reduced to crunching test scores in only the subject areas and grade levels tested. While measuring student achievement in reliable and valid ways is an important part of the mission of education, it is not enough. What's also needed is a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, School Districts, Program Descriptions
Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Good evaluation requires that evaluation efforts themselves be evaluated. Many things can and often do go wrong in evaluation work. Accordingly, it is necessary to check evaluations for problems such as bias, technical error, administrative difficulties, and misuse. Such checks are needed both to improve ongoing evaluation activities and to assess…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Definitions
Ansah, Francis – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
A study was conducted to design valid and reliable self-evaluation instruments for periodic evaluation of academic programmes of Bolgatanga Polytechnic in Ghana, using evaluation experts and relevant stakeholders of the polytechnic. This paper presents some of the challenges, including those of institutional support, the technical demands of…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Groups), Program Evaluation
Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
This report provides an overview of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the author's plan for evaluating it over a five year period. It also presents a brief summary of the main findings of the four distinct topical reports that the author and his colleagues have completed for 2006-07--the baseline year of the evaluation. Those four…
Descriptors: School Choice, Longitudinal Studies, Research Reports, Program Evaluation
Holland, Sherry – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1985
Information that describes a program's implementation and client audience can help the evaluator tailor the study to the constraints of particular settings and increase the likelihood that the evaluation can be implemented as planned. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, National Programs, Planning, Program Descriptions

MacKay, A. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1976
Intends to identify some of the problems associated with evaluation of a province-wide program, to describe how these problems were dealt with in the particular case under review, and to suggest how evaluators and their clients might approach problems of a similar nature. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Program Descriptions
Eylon, Bat-Sheva; Razel, Micha – 1984
Described are the accomplishments of Project Agam during its first 6 months of operation. Discussion focuses on curriculum materials project staffing, program implementation, related research and evaluation plans, and teacher training. An outline of the projected work plan, including a pilot study and restricted and larger-scale experimental runs,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Hill, Robert E., Jr. – 1966
This report describes and evaluates the Advanced Educational Research Institute held from June 20 through August 12, 1966. The primary objective of the institute was the further development and extension of the research competencies of the trainees. The 23 participants were primarily faculty members in institutions of higher education across the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Fellowships, Institutes (Training Programs)
USITALO, RICHARD J. – 1967
THE TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE PROGRAM WERE TO IMPROVE TEACHER ATTITUDES AND THE CHILD'S SELF-CONCEPT THROUGH THE TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP. THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF THE PROGRAM VIEWED GUIDANCE AS A PART OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS, EMPHASIZING PREVENTIVE COUNSELING INSTEAD OF REMEDIAL…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Schlegel, Ronald P. – Evaluation Quarterly, 1977
An eighth grade alcohol education program and its evaluation are described. The design and methodology of this evaluation, and of program evaluation in general, are also discussed. The results are not presented. (CTM)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Data Collection, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Calhoun, Emily F. – 2001
Staff members at the Iowa Department of Education are involved in a 3-year initiative (1998-2001) to strengthen school improvement efforts at the local school, district, and intermediate service agency levels. Papers presented at a symposium of the American Educational Research Association annual meeting describe the multiple purposes and design…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Abram, Marie J.; And Others – 1979
A cooperative program to improve education in the public schools involving the combined resources of the state department of education, a state university, and the local school districts is described. This Professional Development Center Network (PDC) conducts research to produce decision-making information to upgrade inservice programs in the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education
Penn, Helen; Lloyd, Eva – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
This article explores how the evidence base for aspects of early childhood has been explored using systematic research synthesis methods developed at the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre). Three early childhood systematic reviews have been carried out using EPPI-Centre procedures and tools. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inferences, Early Childhood Education, Action Research