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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1985
This training manual consists of two major sections: a "Handbook for Conducting an Elementary Program Review" and the "Elementary Program Quality Criteria" document. The handbook is designed to assist a program review team in (1) judging the effect of curriculum, instructional methodologies, and effectiveness strategies on…
Descriptors: Criteria, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1984
After outlining the 1984 activities and results of the Center for the Study of Evaluation's (CSE's) Evaluation Productivity Project, this monograph presents three reports. The first, "The Administrator's Role in Evaluation Use," by James Burry, Marvin C. Alkin, and Joan A. Ruskus, describes the factors influencing an evaluation's use…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Tittle, Carol Kehr – 1978
There is a continuing need in evaluation research for the establishment of a relationship between evaluation findings and decision making. A method is proposed for a particular situation: annual funding decisions for projects in a large grant program in vocational education. Outcome and predictive impact variables were ranked by three groups of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
Backman, Margaret E. – 1977
Traditionally, most rehabilitation centers have evaluated a clients' vocational skills on an individual basis. Individually administered work samples, however, may not provide as much individual attention to the assessment process as is usually assumed. Two types of group work sample evaluation systems have been developed: the Valpar Work Sample…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Problems, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness
Lewis, Anne C. – 1982
Evaluation of educational personnel presents problems to both the evaluators and those evaluated, maintains this publication. In spite of these problems, respondents from more than 400 school systems replying to a survey indicated that their systems had evaluation procedures. The author suggests that the true challenge to school administrators is…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Maling-Keepes, Jillian – 1976
A set of 13 key characteristics is presented as a framework for educational evaluation studies: (1) program's stage of development when evaluator is appointed; (2) program's openness to revision; (3) program uniformity from site to site; (4) specificity of program objectives; (5) evaluator's independence; (6) evaluator's orientation to value…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Felix, Joseph L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Evaluation procedures and programs in the Cincinnati, Ohio school system, the role of local school evaluators, and the models for school evaluation--based on high, moderate, or low trust--are described. Evaluators serve local schools in formative and summative evaluation projects, in assessing needs, and in meeting them. (MH)
Descriptors: Credibility, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators
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Rockwell, S. Kay; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
An analysis of the use of a survey on a state-level conservation tillage program was conducted to assess the effects of personal influences. Personal factors influenced timeliness, user's desire for and ownership of information, interaction among decision makers and the evaluator, methodological appropriateness and quality, and use planning. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Conservation Education
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Stymne, Ingrid – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1992
The efficacy of small groups in performing school task work was studied for eight groups of Swedish ninth graders (n=35) videotaped in class. Three judges ranked the groups' cooperation. Videotape transcripts were analyzed for directional factors. Three groups functioned well. Directional factors resulting in good group functioning are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
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Kuligowski, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1993
Evaluation procedures used in teacher performance assessment systems in 12 states of the Southern Regional Education Board area are described. Twenty-two trained evaluators from 10 states viewed videotaped lessons and applied their own evaluation standards to enable comparison of outcomes of evaluation. Similarities and differences are discussed.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Heller, Joan I.; Shiengold, Karen; Myford, Carol M. – Educational Assessment, 1998
Analyses of 10 raters' reasoning during think-aloud interviews provided evidence to support a model of the fundamental processes involved in rating standards-based, nonprescriptive portfolios. This process model provides a framework within which to conceptualize sound-rater reasoning and to identify reasoning that distorts the meaning of scores.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Interviews, Performance Based Assessment
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Hyland, Ken; Anan, Eri – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
This study investigates raters' identification of errors in the writing of an EFL student. Drawing on data collected from a correction task and a questionnaire, we examine the beliefs and practices of three distinct groups of 16 participants in each: native English speaking EFL teachers, Japanese speaking EFL teachers and educated native English…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Identification, English (Second Language), Evaluators
Caldwell, Joyce Y.; Davis, Jamie D.; Du Bois, Barbara; Echo-Hawk, Holly; Erickson, Jill Shepard; Goins, R. Turner; Hill, Calvin; Hillabrant, Walter; Johnson, Sharon R.; Kendall, Elizabeth; Keemer, Kelly; Manson, Spero M.; Marshall, Catherine A.; Running Wolf, Paulette; Santiago, Rolando L.; Schacht, Robert; Stone, Joseph B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2005
This article describes the collective experience of a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and program evaluators who support appropriate research and evaluation methods in working with Native peoples. Our experience underlines the critical importance of culture in understanding and conducting research with the diverse…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Alaska Natives
Linn, Robert L.; And Others – 1991
The New Standards Project is a joint effort of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) and the National Center on Education and the Economy toward creation of a national examination system based on performance assessments. This study explored the feasibility of comparing performance on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1993
This booklet is designed to assist General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQ) coordinators, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) coordinators, staff development managers, enterprise unit managers, and assessor training coordinators in ensuring that sufficient numbers of staff members at British further education colleges are trained and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Delivery Systems, Evaluators
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