Systematic observations of classroom behavior of both teachers and pupils are effective measures of process in education. Until a few years ago, the classroom process--what actually does and does not happen as a result of instituting a new program--went unmeasured for want of tools and techniques to do that job. In this article, examples of…

Presented is a paper on a strategy for in-house evaluations in the context of an educational research and development facility. The obstacles in conducting an evaluation of colleagues' programs are discussed, and a strategy is proposed which places the evaluator in the role of a coordinator, facilitator, and synthesizer of several separate…

Evaluation procedures based on a systematic evaluation methodology, decision-maker validity, new measurement and design techniques, low cost, and a high level of cooperation on the part of the school staff were used in the assessment of a public school mathematics program for grades 3-8. The mathematics curriculum was organized into Spirals which…

Elementary school principals and guidance personnel are being called upon more frequently to evaluate the efficacy of educational goals and the means for attaining these goals. This article presents alternative methods to standardized testing for garnering significant information about the school environment. Three broad categories presented are…

Independent study or distance education courses were established in 1973 at five universities in Sweden. Evaluation of the project was planned to include: (1) a description of the student population, (2) a study of the students' use of and attitudes toward distance-bridging aids such as examinations and methods of instruction, (3) a special study…

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…

In the nine years following the passage of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA), several models have been developed to attempt to remedy the deficiencies in existing educational evaluation and decision theory noted by Stufflebeam and co-workers. Compilations of evaluation models have been undertaken and listings exist of models available…

The study compares two methods of evaluating vocational programs in Tennessee: an on-site instrument used by the Tennessee State Division of Vocational Education and a self-evaluation method using Ray's Self-Checklist of Quality Vocational-Technical Programs. The study evaluates vocational programs in office occupations and distributive,…

This publication offers a brief description of the content and instructional methods used during the three years of the Educational Management Project's inservice programs for educational administrators in the Tucson Public Schools. The discussion is organized into three sections that focus in turn on the activities and results of each of the…

Described is the system of evaluation used to monitor and assess the effectiveness of community service/continuing education programs in Florida funded through Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. It is necessary to first describe the State Agency's understanding of program evaluation and indicate the influences that contribute to that…

The path from a collection of observations and measurements to a set of warranted conclusions is fraught with hazards. This chapter describes the path and offers some guidance on how to negotiate it. It also discusses presenting results in a way that can be understood by nontechnically trained persons. It should enable the reader to better…

For four years the California State University and Colleges attempted to encourage new approaches to instruction that would provide students with increased options in their educational programs and opportunities for faculty to test and develop their ideas for improving the quality of instruction. A number of different learning and teaching…

The two-part paper describes the PASS (Program Analysis of Service Service Systems) evaluation method and its use in assessing a local school district federally funded project for mainstreaming elementary-level handicapped children. It is explained that PASS is an approach based on normalization and accountability principles applicable to a…

This document contains an interim report on the Head Start/Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Collaborative Effort, a demonstration program that was initiated by the Office of Child Development in 1974. The report is primarily a presentation of the data collected from February 1975 to June 30, 1975, concerning…

This newsletter comprises four sections: (1) the educational philosophy and objectives of Shanti, a public alternative school in Hartford, Connecticut; (2) Rosen's statements about the difficulties of finding an evaluation model for alternative schools and the implications of the methodology that he later used in evaluating the Shanti school in…