A review of recent studies shows that although significant advances have been made in assessing the degree of implementation of Project Follow Through (a developmental/experimental project), evaluations have not systematically accounted for implementation data. Such data measure the contextual and strategic influences on implementation and would…

Describes an evaluation of the effectiveness of simulations developed to teach and assess nurses' clinical decision-making skills. Includes recommendations for using this method of evaluation and for improving nurses' judgment skills. (Author)

Describes the six-year evolution of a comprehensive evaluation plan used to enhance a nursing program. Includes the plan with specific questions, deadlines, and documentation procedures. The plan provides a rational basis for improvements, orients newcomers, and lets everyone know what their evaluation responsibilities are. (JOW)

New, simple methods for applying benefit-cost analysis in situations where the variables are nonmonetary are discussed. The approach involves handling nonmonetary variables by converting the problems into questions regarding whether a nonmonetary return is worth more or less than a given dollar cost. The article codifies what good decision makers…

The author reviews types of measures for assessing the educational outcomes of gifted programs including questionnaires and checklists, norm-referenced achievement tests, criterion-referenced measures, and constructive-response and selective-response tests. (SW)

Provides an expanded analysis of rigor and relevance in the context of program evaluation. Epistemological rigor, epistemological relevance, methodological rigor, and methodological relevance are defined and illustrated in the literature on vocational education evaluation. (Author/SK)

The assumption of equal treatment implementation is questioned. Through the reanalysis of data from a nutrition supplementation program evaluation, the power of the analysis of treatment effects is shown to increase when data on the level of treatment implementation is included. (Author/CM)

Longitudinal designs and follow-up studies are characteristic of evaluation of vocational education programs. The most commonly used statistical techniques encountered in such designs are described and examples presented using a design setting typical for vocational education. Assumptions and limitations are discussed and references to relevant…

The question of how close a recreation program approximates the original objective of the programer can only be answered by extensive evaluation. The true value of the total recreation program may be determined by evaluating the benefit of a recreation program to the participant. (JN)

This article describes the potential measurement problem in analyzing costs and benefits of vocational education so that policymakers and educators can distinguish between proper use and misuse of this evaluation technique. (Author/CT)

Identifies six "back-to-basics" factors that can have a positive effect on future industrial arts education program development: the instructor, students, objectives, content, methods and techniques, and evaluation. (CT)

It is widely believed that evaluations can deliver certain, definitive, and absolutely convincing assessments of social programs. It would be wise to insist only that evaluation findings be credible rather than certain, arguable rather than definite, and persuasive rather than absolutely convincing. (CJ)

The evaluation plan of Massachusetts' plan to evaluate its right to education law for the handicapped (Chapter 766) is outlined. (DB)

A model is presented to link the evaluation and treatment processes in vocational rehabilitation of severely handicapped persons. The model is explained to include task analysis, functional anslysis, and ecobehavioral approaches and incorporates them within a database. (CL)

Meltsner classified evaluators as technicians, politicians, entrepreneurs, or pretenders, based upon differing expectations norms, training, and motivations. This role-perception study of evaluators in a large urban school district supported Meltsner, although few technicians or politicians emerged. (CP)