This final report describes the review and evaluation of 10 years of Pennsylvania's 310 special projects in the areas of program promotion, program linkages, and staff development. Three major selection criteria were effectiveness, innovative qualities, and adoptability. Of some 97 projects reviewed, 21 were deemed exemplary. A reader survey of…

This guide provides a brief overview of the issues involved in the validation process. It was developed for evaluators of adult education projects, such as 310 projects. The guide is organized in three sections. The first section discusses the rationale for validation. The second section describes the characteristics of validation models. The…

An examination of the Hartford Graduate Center was the focus of a workshop designed to: (1) study its goals for continuing education programs for working professionals, (2) analyze a proposed approach for accomplishing these goals, and (3) assess how the knowledge and resources of continuing education can be most effectively used. Participants…

This is the second of three reports in a series of theoretical and empirical investigations of program evaluation. A questionnaire survey of 200 adult, technical training programs and their evaluations was conducted. This was followed up by site visits to 14 of them for indepth study. The 200 programs were divided equally among Department of…

Guidelines basic to the foundation of a new program of informal, continuing adult educational services have been taken from an analysis of the literature in the field of adult education and presented in this document. The areas covered are: steps in initiating the program, organizational structure (including the state and local governing boards,…

This article describes an 18-month study of programs for adults with less than high school educations. Project outcomes include a listing of programs, abstracts of selected programs, case studies of selected programs, guidelines for developing or evaluating programs, and a publication discussing issues related to cooperative adult education…

Evaluation should be an integral part of curriculum development rather than an after-thought toward the end of the program. (GB)

Includes a suggested ranking order'' of nine priorities. (Author)

To assist adult educators in finding meaningful ways to measure the effectiveness of instruction, this monograph provides selected illustrations of specific methods used by adult education instructors to verify student learning. Obtained from teachers in the field, the examples are from programs in (1) dental assisting, (2) instrument pilot ground…

This handbook, a how-to-do-it summary, explains the needs assessment in adult education programs. It contains workshop materials necessary for developing an organized needs assessment. Needs assessment, a systematic method of identifying what needs to be done in a given area, is operationally analyzed according to symptoms, problems, diagnosis,…

A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TO DETERMINE FACULTY ATTITUDES TOWARD THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ITS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SUCH CONSIDERATIONS AS THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN THE DIVISION'S CREDIT COURSES, THE RIGOR OF GRADING, AND THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENT IT SERVES. FACULTY MEMBERS WERE ALSO QUERIED AS TO THEIR…

AN OBSERVATION TEAM OF SPECIALISTS VISITED SITES OF 35 SEPARATE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN MANY STATES. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND ILLITERATES. MATERIALS WERE EXAMINED, CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS WERE OBSERVED, OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OF TEACHER AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR, AND ANALYSES WERE MADE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS…

This monograph is based on the authors' visits and communications with directors and staff, and presents an analysis of adult counseling programs operating in many sites around the nation. General characteristics of adult counseling centers are assessed in terms of start-up and funding, public relations and referrals, location, hours of operation,…

Three evaluation studies are used to illustrate the notion of an eclectic approach to adult education evaluation. The first study, Credit and Non-Credit Offerings in a Federal Penitentiary, evaluated the learning climate in this educational setting using data collected from participating inmates (Questionnaire), non-participating inmates…

The author answers the question where does adult education fit into the social and economic ferment rampaging convulsively throughout the north?'' (MS)