During 1971, Carl Goebel prepared for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) a report entitled "Evaluation of the WICHE Intern Program in the State of Oregon." In this evaluation he pointed out a number of the deficiencies, as well as the strengths of the program. In concluding, Goebel made a number of suggestions…

In this document, the author lists nine things that he would look for in a performance-based teacher education (PBTE) program requesting funds for implementation. The nine items are: (a) in addition to a brief statement of rationale, a fairly explicit statement of total program goals including competencies a teacher candidate would be expected to…

This guide to inservice teacher education in developing countries is the product of a 1-week, 1968 workshop in Nairobi (Kenya) which focused on the problem of African Member States regarding inservice training programs. The introduction provides information on those problems: difficulties pertaining to the general culture and those related to…

General guidelines are provided for planning and conducting study discussion groups. First, the value and the importance of discussion are asserted, followed by a consideration of how leadership, individual needs, and program content affect participation. Problems in communication, and those relating to the strategy and tactics commonly used in…

A 1-year (1972-1973) program for 40 gifted children in grades 1-6 involved identification, implementation, and evaluation. On State (California) mandate for initiation of an enrichment program for the gifted, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale was used to identify students with IQ scores of at least 130. Program development (limited by funding…

This presentation identifies one of four kinds of evaluation--impact evaluation--existing today for career education programs. Impact evaluation provides four essential sets of information: (1) all data necessary to determine if a program should be continued; (2) a determination of which alternative program achieves the greatest gains at a given…

Focusing on the Right to Read program in Arizona for the 1970s, sections in this pamphlet concern the national Right to Read effort, the history of Right to Read in Arizona, the reality of the reading crisis, specific activities comprising Arizona's program, the proposed plan of action, the twenty local education agencies identified as Arizona's…

Given the current, apparently favorable, climate for introducing and implementing program evaluation schema, the author questions factors mitigating against success, and variables relevant to program evaluation. He cites two types of problems: technological or instrumental problems of methodology and measurement, and evaluation process into…

Two studies were conducted to evaluate a fixed-wing instrument procedures training device and to develop a training program for use with it. In the first, a group of trainees who received synthetic instrument flight training with the new device were compared with a control group who did not. Men trained with the device performed more…

As the need for manpower research and demonstration efforts increases, and technical demands on these programs rise, the necessity of a comprehensive monitoring and technical assistance project becomes apparent. This project attempted to develop monitoring and assistance mechanisms, and management information systems for 12 programs under Office…

Presented by the Technical Assistance Development System are a planning model for the specification of problems and an evaluation strategy for information collection to implement decision making in the First Chance network of programs for preschool handicapped children. The first chapter offers a planning model in terms of measurable goals,…

While the values derived from institutional self-evaluation efforts are fairly well understood, external evaluation is an important process in aiding an institution in the achievement of its goals; it supplements and complements, but does not supplant self-evaluation. Common functions of the external evaluation component of the Advanced…

This is one of a series of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses how to select a statistical technique that is appropriate to the objectives of a particular research or evaluation effort. Short sections focus in turn on classifying a study,…

Nineteen evaluation viewpoints arising out of theoretical innovation approaches are presented. Three concepts were used to ascertain these nineteen viewpoints: the Generative Frame System, an instrument for planning, realization and evaluation of innovations; four types of evaluation, combined as process innovation; and a system of organizational…

Presents a communication model for planning, implementing, and evaluating nutrition education programs. The theoretical underpinnings of this conceptual model contain elements from four perspectives: (1) individual differences; (2) social categories; (3) social relations; and (4) pragmatics. The model's components and its applications for…