The structure and foundations of educational evaluation activities are explained. Evaluation theories are divided into descriptive or empirical, and normative. Descriptive theory is defined as explaining phenomena, rather than being based on normative premises. It is referred to as educational evaluation analysis and is classified as a social…

This Stufflebeam-Guba CIPP type model for the evaluation of innovations in education attempts to maximize the effectiveness of critical decisions through the timely reporting of relevant information in a useful form to appropirate levels of decision making. Evaluation is thus seen as the combination of effective decisions based on timely, relevant…

The history of the efforts of the U.S. Congress to obtain evaluation data and reports for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I, projects is one of delay and frustration. Prior to the 1974 amendments to the ESEA, evaluation was negligible, not clearly defined, and not comparable across school districts. The Education Amendments of…

The report presents an evaluation model for early childhood programs for mildly and moderately handicapped children. The document examines the following four areas of early childhood special education programs: (1) methods of assessment, educational planning, and pupil evaluation; (2) program influence on five interrelated areas of development…

This report is an evaluation, using randomized experimental/control design, of a program involving negotiated contractual agreements (MAP) between prisoners and parole boards for specific parole dates contingent on performance in work, training and treatment activities. Contracts were generally for less than six months. Both feasibility and…

Summarized are activities of the Wausau District Public Schools (Wisconsin) toward developing a model for cost efficiency analysis in special education. The model links input-output analysis and task analysis features. Introductory information includes varying impressions of cost efficiency concerns and the current status of project development.…

The principal concept of the Curriculum of Attainments (COA) is that college degrees are awarded on the basis of demonstrated competencies without regard to the amount of time required to attain them. The method of curriculum reform advocated in the COA project is the establishment and expansion of small pilot programs within existing departmental…

In March 1974, the Regents approved for planning purposes a new University Academic Plan for 1974-78. That plan contained significant changes from the prior University Academic Plan of 1969, primarily because of the substantial downward shifts in state and national population growth rates. Hundreds of individuals--faculty members, students,…

A response is made to a special report "An Assessment of the Michigan Accountability Program" prepared by a committee composed of Drs. Ernest House, Wendell Rivers, and Daniel Stufflebeam under contract with the Michigan Education Association (MEA) and the National Education Association (NEA). The three-men panel was to evaluate the…

This book-length study justifies, describes, and gives an initial evaluation of the general education model developed at Los Medanos College (California). The opening chapter presents a detailed philosophic argument in favor of general education as a principle, and in support of the innovative aspects of the Los Medanos model. The argument is for…

An external audit of East Los Angeles College's Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Program brought the inadequacies of the planning and evaluation model currently utilized for developmental programs to the attention of academic planners. In response to this, a two-level decision-making model was developed to aid in identifying and…

The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) peer instruction model is presented, providing information for teachers on how to design and implement such a teaching system within Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs. The model presented requires that students meet specific performance criteria before they teach others, and that formats or…

This publication is part 2 of a two-part paper that presents design specifications for the Wisconsin System of Instructional Management (WIS-SIM), a computerized management system designed for instructional programs that are compatible with the Individually Guided Education model. WIS-SIM incorporates processes for placement testing, performance…

This paper describes the construction and use of a set of evaluative instruments to aid in the planning of in-service programs. The four instruments constructed used Stufflebeam's four evaluative strategies: context, input, process, and product. They were designed to provide rating which could be compared in regard to personnel group and local…

Where research activities operate under "fixed" budgetary and resource conditions, allocations of funds must be carefully planned for effective program implementation. Although relatively little information is available on how small research units could use the principles of programed budgeting, a technique for ascertaining program…