The Multi-Attribute Utilities Theory (MAUT), a model for the evaluation of public postsecondary programs, is presented and is applied to a study of WINNERS (Women's Inner-City Educational Resources Service) with an analysis of the effects of the model on the program. The first chapter provides an overview of the MAUT approach, outlining 16 steps…

Clearly defined goals are described as the first component of a program evaluation. The goals of this booklet are: to demonstrate the need for clearly written statements of goals, outcomes, and objectives; to provide examples; to provide a method of deriving goals from already published materials; to demonstrate the relationship between writing…

Funded by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), a television series on high school desegregation, "As we see it," was developed by the Chicago, Illinois public television station, WTTW-TV. The series was intended to improve understanding of social issues relating to desegregation among racially and ethnically diverse groups, and was developed with…

A model for planning and evaluating community education programs--Stufflebeam's context, input, process, product (CIPP) evaluation model--was described and field-tested with the community education programs in Lakewood, New Jersey. Community education was defined as a concern for everything that affects the well-being of all citizens within a…

The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) of 1972 authorizes grants or contracts to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support the LEAs' efforts to desegregate or to reduce minority group isolation or its effects. The NPO program is a small component of ESAA which provides financial assistance to community…

Nineteen Wisconsin counties were the site of the four-year Rural Development Demonstration Project, one of five such projects in the nation. Among the project's objectives were to accelerate sound economic, social, cultural and environmental development and to provide alternatives for living in non-metropolitan areas while providing greater…

This report is a study conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research to evaluate the influence of science material resources, provided under the Australian Science Facilities Program, on science education in Australia. Under the Australian Science Facilities Program some $123 million was spent, between July 1964 and June 1975, on…

Use of client records and census data as a research methodology can provide mental health planners with information on community needs as well as the adequacy of existing programs. Three ways of analyzing client records in conjunction with census data are: (1) tract by tract, comparing client geographic distribution with census characteristics;…

An approach and methodology for the systematic measurement of the impact of employment-related social programs is presented in this primer. Chapter 1 focuses on evaluation as the third step (the first two being planning and operation) in the process of program implementation. Chapter 2 examines the impacts of social programs. Topics include…

Reported is a comparative study evaluating the effectiveness of an experimental teacher education program in developing knowledge of the processes of science and changing instructional decision behavior with preservice and inservice elementary school teachers. In general the program was successful with both groups, and it was concluded that…

A survey of a number of small elementary schools in the Nevada Western States Small Schools Project (WSSSP) provides a descriptive review of promising teaching practices and an assessment of additional needs. Promising practices observed include high teacher interest and pupil involvement; creativity; individualized instruction; and use of…

In this inservice training seminar for correctional administrators, the major focus was on the definition and the objectives of inservice training, selection of training techniques and methods, and the evaluation of training programs. The intent was not to develop specific content, but to suggest general training principles and guidelines for…

The Technical Assistance Unit (TAU) is one of six work components in the Field Relations and Dissemination Work Unit (FRDWU) of the Improving Teaching Competencies Program (ITCP) of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). TAU established the following objectives: (1) to provide technical assistance for any interested users of ITCP…

This 1977 supplemental update of "Operation Resource: Abstracts of Current Curriculum Development Activities in Industrial Arts Teacher Education," (ED 126 265) contains twenty-six two-page abstracts, each including title of activity, department/division, institution/organization, city and state, director(s) of activity, dates initiated and…

The study reported here was performed to develop the Productivity Measurement System (PMS), a method for measuring the productivity of State employment service agencies (SESA) that utilize other productivity measures besides placements, which is the measure used in the current system, Research Allocation Formula (RAF). Chapter 1 covers the purpose…