The design and findings of a statewide program review of the information services at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota are discussed. The review prompted clearer objectives and program revisions. (Author/SF)

Discusses such potential uses for the computer in employee training programs as management support for training and performance, training project control, improved design and development methods, training program implementation and delivery, and program evaluation, revision, and maintenance. (JEG)

The core of adversary evaluation is the existence of opposing viewpoints, not adherence to existing formats for presenting them. Suggests that evaluators develop adversary methods more appropriate for education. (Author/MLF)

Discusses standards and methods for evaluating graduate programs in speech communication, with emphasis on doctoral programs. Includes a discussion of characteristics of program quality and suggestions for internal and external review. (JMF)

Drawing on H.R. Davis' A VICTORY model of factors associated with organizational change, the article argues that accepted models of educational evaluation will be most useful with programs for mainstreaming handicapped children when they are expanded to include critical factors associated with organizational acceptance and successful…

A successful school program evaluation is re-examined to determine what made it successful. Suggestions for future evaluations include: (1) observe the political context of the program; (2) select a useful research design; (3) be sensitive to the subjects; and (4) discuss preliminary findings and be open to rebuttals. (JKS)

An evaluation of the in-service education and training (INSET) of teachers in Britain is based on careful analysis of the characteristics of the evaluation task, target, and agent and, more specifically, upon the way in which these three factors interact in any one cell of the model. (JMF)

Suggestions for evaluation of school health programs are offered including specific steps--define objectives, appraise the present progress, evaluate the findings, and make recommendations. (JMF)

Arts-In-Education programs are among those curricula currently being evaluated in a day when all expenditures in education are being challenged. There are different ways to evaluate programs and no one way is the right way. Focuses on the responsibility of the evaluator and on how evaluation can effectively perform a service. (Author/RK)

Reports on developments in the evaluation of nontraditional learning forms, with emphasis on the extended campus program. Developments within the North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education were described, and developments within other agencies were noted. (Author/RK)

For the most part, American television has failed to provide realistic programming about our many cultural groups for children. "Rebop", a weekly half-hour Public Broadcasting System program that has been airing around the country recently, introduces children from many diverse cultural backgrounds, young American people and the stories…

Provides abstracts of eight selected ERIC documents, each of which presents a model for community college program evaluation and includes a rationale and procedures for conducting the evaluation. (JG)

Provides an annotated bibliography of eight recent Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) documents on program accreditation and evaluation in the community college. (JDI)

The formative/summative evaluation dichotomy suggested by M. Scriven is challenged, and a conceptual typology is presented that crosses improvement and assessment evaluation functions with process and outcome program stages for four basic types of evaluation. This framework accommodates mixed types of evaluations. (SLD)

Fostering self-determination is the defining focus of empowerment evaluation, but this type of evaluation overlaps participatory, collaborative, stakeholder-involving, and utilization-focused approaches to evaluation. It becomes critical to distinguish empowerment evaluation from other approaches as the field debates its boundaries and…