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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
Dillon-Peterson, Elizabeth; And Others – 1980
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education and the Lincoln, Nebraska, Public School System undertook a cooperative project to raise teachers' awareness and use of the ERIC data bases. The report describes project background and planning, project execution, and evaluation. Suggestions for future replication are also provided. Appendices provide a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
David, Jane L. – 1978
A survey of administrators, teachers, and parents in 15 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I school districts indicated that evaluations are used locally to meet federal and state requirements, to inform parents and staff, and to confirm positive attitudes toward a program. Standardized achievement tests, the backbone of Title I evaluations,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Decision Making, Educational History
Ozsogomonyan, Ardas – 1980
A follow-up study was conducted by Skyline College (SC) to determine the effectiveness of an "economically depressed area" project undertaken by the college in Spring 1979 to promote SC's programs among low income area residents and to provide information to this group on consumer-related issues and community service agencies. During the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consumer Education, Course Descriptions, Economically Disadvantaged
Mills, Craig N.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1979
The literature related to reporting, interpreting, and utilizing test results for norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing is reviewed; and the prerequisites and other important characteristics of a good report are described. Guidelines are also provided for the development or evaluation of reporting systems for criterion-referenced tests…
Descriptors: Administrators, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
HEILPRIN, LAURENCE B.; SOPHAR, GERALD J. – 1967
THE RESEARCH IN THIS REPORT IS CONCERNED WITH TWO AREAS--(1) STUDY OF THE COPYRIGHT PRACTICES OF LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR PHOTODUPLICATION SERVICES AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE "FAIR USE" ASPECT OF COPYRIGHT LAW IN PROVIDING SERVICE TO THEIR CLIENTS, AS WELL AS A STUDY OF WHAT FEDERAL STATUTE AND CASE LAW ACTUALLY…
Descriptors: Books, Clearinghouses, Copyrights, Costs
Eagle, Norman – 1980
A study was conducted at the Bronx Community College to: (1) test the hypothesis that instructors' knowledge of their ratings by students and of their relative standing among their colleagues in terms of these ratings is sufficient to produce a significant change in ratings over time; and (2) correlate the effects of instructor age, sex, tenure…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, Behavior Change, College Faculty
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Inst. for Research and Development in Occupational Education. – 1979
A prototype manual Instructional Support System for Occupational Education (ISSOE) student reporting system (SRS) developed in 1977-78 (see note) was field tested to determine the feasibility of collecting data on student progress from teachers, processing it at a central location, and returning student informational forms to teachers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Competency Based Education, Data Processing
Wood, Rulon Kent – 1976
This study was designed to arrive at a possible consensus of expert opinions as related to teacher use of library media centers in American public education, and to analyze the essential teacher skills and knowledge suggested by the experts through this systematic methodology. This provided a national needs assessment to serve as a basis for…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Educational Development, Facility Utilization Research, Information Utilization
Radnor, Michael; Hofler, Durward – 1977
Part 2 of a two-part series, this volume presents five separate policy studies done using a contextual research, development, and innovation (RD & I) analysis framework developed by the authors. The studies are intended to demonstrate the requirements and possibilities for policy analysis in the RD & I arena and the utility of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Research, Energy Conservation
Micek, Sidney S.; Lenning, Oscar T. – 1979
Projects of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) conducted to develop techniques and strategies for describing and analyzing outcomes are discussed. It is suggested that the information will assist decision-makers in understanding and using outcomes information in their planning and management decisions. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Colleges, Decision Making
Coles, Gary J. – 1979
The improvement and standardization of quality Title I evaluations at the local, state and federal levels is the intent underlying the development and dissemination of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Evaluation and Reporting System. Even if the current suggested procedures were technically perfect, implementation of any…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Lee, Arthur M. – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper deals with the nature and extent of use of evaluative data by administrators in vocational education. First, the following conditions which govern the use of the data are described: availability, reliability, credibility, utility, and consistency. Since the legitimacy of most…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs
Gurin, Patricia – 1968
This report presents the results of a dissemination project, the objectives of which were: (1) to conduct a set of conferences at several predominantly Negro colleges for the reporting of research results from a study in which these schools had previously participated, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of these conferences with respect to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Conferences
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Office of the Legislative Analyst. – 1975
A centralized evaluation unit within the California State Department of Education is responsible for evaluating programs administered by the state. Focusing on these educational program evaluations, the principal objectives of this study were to: (1) Describe the major components of the current program evaluation system; (2) Examine the planning…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
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