A successful data collection system used to gather evaluative information about agricultural technician programs involves five components: an enrollee's report, second year student report, survey of early leavers, employer's report of graduates, and a graduate survey. A schematic diagram of the data collection process is included. (KP)

Reviews basic issues confronting current training programs and offers an analysis of their strengths, weaknesses, and limitations. (JM)

Needed evaluation of programs can be achieved by applying to the guidance process the learner based evaluation procedure being developed for use with classroom instruction: (1) evaluation of outcomes; (2) informed selection of materials; (3) subsequent identification of process variables related to goal achievement. Presented at APGA, Las Vegas…

Adult vocational education is expanding at an accelerated pace. It appears that the individuals with the most pressing needs are not adequately being served. (Author)

Author urges new materials for reading programs be studied over several months before selections are made. To strengthen present programs, material should be suitable both to school's particular pupils and teachers, help towards reaching program's goals and, perhaps by utilizing different methods than those in use, stimulate interest in learning.…

The evaluation plan described in this article provides a means of obtaining information which can be used as the basis for statewide improvement of secondary occupational home economics education programs. The procedures used in the plan's formulation and implementation in Wisconsin should also be appropriate for use in other states. (Author/CT)

An evaluation methodology based on problem-solving techniques which can be effective and efficient in defining and analyzing problems which impair program performance is described. The model provides a potentially unique cost/benefit methodology for estimating the potential worth of improving program performance. (Author/RL)

Objectives of Title I evaluations are to document: (1) use by local staff and parents; (2) other types of information used by local staff and parents in judging and in improving their program; and (3) implications of these findings for the current Federal Title I evaluation strategy. (Author/RL)

Describes the rationale, structure, and operation of a new evaluation procedure in which pro and con presentations are made to a hearing panel that recommends action on the question posed. Suggestions are made for further improvement and development of this new procedure. (Author)

There is room to invigorate community colleges to meet continuing education needs of today and tomorrow. Community colleges will need to review their success in such an ever-growing, ever-changing endeavor. (Author)

Describes a project conducted to develop standards and guidelines for the improvement of industrial arts programs that fulfill the objectives of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, as amended by the Education Amendments of 1976. (LRA)

This paper reports the use of multi-attribute utility analysis for evaluating the goals and services of a state vocational rehabilitation agency. Uses included: (1) identification and clarification of agency goals and services; (2) engagement of stakeholders in the determination of measurable attributes of these goals; and (3) use of…

Substitute teachers are often not as effective as they should be, considering that they generally oversee 5 solid months of a typical student's K-12 education. The Ashland (Ohio) City Schools developed a questionnaire to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their substitute teacher program. The result was an in-depth manual and improvement of…

Discusses the complexity of the process needed to effect renewal and improvement in adult literacy and basic education. Suggests that various stakeholders hold their own sets of interests and that, to implement changes effectively, these groups need to negotiate and construct a conception of quality that all can accept. (JOW)