The state's strategy for stimulating constructive change is to help clarify objectives, develop analysis techniques, and stimulate self-renewal. Each of these elements is considered in some detail. The problem of clarifying goals and objectives involves three contexts: the content, the level of specificity, and the individuals or groups to whom it…

Looks at the future prospects for teachers' centers. (Editor)

Discusses elements of an implementation methodology for the removal of poverty in India. Includes background, methodology, aggregation of demands, economics of the strategy, complementary activities and infrastructure, mechanics of implementation, and monitoring. (CT)

How to compare the costs of activities you are responsible for with the benefits resulting from those activities. (Author)

Concerned with the problem of determining program costs as part of the evaluation process, this article helps the practitioner arrive at useful conceptions of the term "cost" and procedures for assessing the costs of an educational program. Its purpose is to help design costing procedures for evaluation situations that are commonly encountered. An…

This report attempts to assess the economic benefits and costs of the PACE (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education) Early Identification and Intervention Project. The report is structured to provide an indication of impacts generated by the Project, with some estimates of its direction and relative magnitude. The first section on impact…

This paper provides cost-effectiveness measures that can be used for analyzing secondary vocational programs in terms of program effectiveness against cost-efficiency. (Author/IRT)

Article described a new organization, Agency for Instructional Television, explored the quality and cost of its programs, and its organization, offering it as a model for the production of educational materials, a model that produced better materials at lower costs. (Editor/RK)

This article provides some insights into the nature and variety of teacher centers proposed and how some were selected for funding over others. (JD)

The costs of evaluation are affected by program characteristics and the extent to which it is important to be confident about proof and causality. They are also affected by decisions about issues, resources, evidence, data gathering, data analysis, and reporting. (CT)

Since 1977, Project Sol-fa, funded with an ESEA Title IV-C grant has provided Harrison County primary teachers with inservice training in the Kodaly method of music education. This article provides information on program funding, costs, and accomplishments. Evaluation forms and the inservice syllabus are appended. (SJL)

The guide describes Project IMPACT (Implementing Mainstreaming Programs through Active Cooperative Training), an approach involving teachers, parents, and support personnel in Mainstreaming Planning Committees (MPCs) to consider general issues and procedures. Based on experiences over a 2-year period (September 1, 1979-February 28, 1982) of pilot…

Evaluation data are presented for the Open Door infant, toddler, and preschool programs (Las Cruces, New Mexico) for handicapped young children. Effects of intervention are reported in terms of learner gain for each child, mean gains for each child across developmental areas, mean gains for groups within each developmental area, subsequent…

Ten projects which used mathematics as a major element to infuse career education into the regular school curriculum are presented in the reivew. The projects generally include programs for grades K-12. The report analyzes the ten projects from the standpoint of whether or not mathematics was involved as a subject area and, if so, to what extent.…

Administrators of adult basic education programs are asked to provide information concerning program administration, funding, program expenditures, staffing, methods for establishing and improving classes, program eligibility requirements, and the adoption of innovative methods and materials. There are 40 items in the interview guide. For related…