Junior college self-appraisal techniques should involve research and should be conducted within the academic, vocational, and adult education programs of the college. This report considers appraisal of specific areas, such as admissions, counseling and student personnel services, placement in classes, and program planning and evaluation. Sixteen…

Because of the pressure towards immediate implementation of innovative educational programs, evaluation emphasis has been put on the overall effectiveness of these programs. This type of research yields only yes-no answers about general effectiveness without probing into the process of education itself. More research is needed on the factors that…

The term evaluation is used here to mean either the procedure of gathering pupil data to use in planning and monitoring individual programs or the procedure of gathering and analyzing data in such a way that it leads to improvements in materials and in the instructional system. The author reviews the Winnetka Plan and the Eight-Year-Study. He then…

Most of the evaluation activity associated with the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) Project is formative evaluation, that is, evaluation that provides feedback for indicating areas or operations where improvements are needed. This paper describes the program for formative evaluation and presents some data obtained in some representative…

Intended as an aid to school systems in planning and executing evaluation of educational projects and programs, this handbook presents the technical aspects of evaluation in a practical way. The chapters of the handbook are: 1. Assessment of Needs; 2. Establishment of Objectives; 3. Measurement of Objectives; 4. Dissemination of Evaluation; and 5.…

Current approaches being made to program evaluation are examined, and some of the implications for academic programs in higher education are considered. The conceptual shifts that are involved in the changing demands placed upon educational evaluation are summarized as: (1) an increasing emphasis on the use of tests and measurements for feedback…

The potential social impact of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), originator of Sesame Street, the Electric Company, and other innovative educational ventures, and the fact that it is supported largely by public monies are strong reasons for examining the full implications of the workshop's achievements. This study was designed to identify…

Evaluation in its true concept should be a process for collecting information to make better decisions. The author discusses in detail four planning stages to evaluate programs. The first stage of the process is to ascertain the decision areas of concern. In the second stage, the evaluator must select the appropriate information-gathering…

Part 1 of this monograph discusses the status of educational evaluation and describes several problems in carrying out such evaluation: (1) defining the educational setting, (2) defining decision types, (3) designing educational evaluation, (4) designing evaluation systems, and (5) defining criteria for judging evaluation. Part 2 proposes an…

There is a definite need to establish a framework and a set of procedures for evaluating school psychological services. Studies reported to date tend to be fairly molecular and difficult to relate to program changes. The model proposed, a model of system evaluation, has the advantage of looking at the "Gestalt," of concerning itself with ways in…

This evaluation of Northeastern State College (N.S.C.) concerns the faculty, research, publications, and in-service activities. Research covered a) evaluation of graduates who teach in northeast Oklahoma public schools, b) a survey of training needed for business education intern teachers in terms of equipment, c) an evaluation of the speech…

The Illinois system has been designed to continuously evaluate the total occupational programs of its LEAs. Consisting of three phases, the system involves local planning, state review and evaluation of local planning documents, and on-site visitation to the LEA conducted by a team of individuals from outside the agency. The structure of the…

Designed as a reference to contemporary evaluation approaches, this monograph brings together a variety of old and new frameworks and ideas about evaluation and shows how they are related to one another. Section I provides an overview of the contemporary evaluation scene. Section III presents summaries of over 50 approaches to evaluation from a…

The use and acceptance by Navy personnel of sixteen major training devices were studied in relation to: situational factors affecting training; simulation characteristics of the trainer; instructional characteristics of the trainers; reliability of the trainers; formal and informal communications regarding trainer capabilities, and level of…

A teacher preparation evaluation model was developed at Western Kentucky University. A total of 18 secondary and 20 elementary student teachers participated in the study. Instrumentation and records used for data collection consisted of five general types: a questionnaire, a personality scale, rating scales, direct classroom observational systems,…