To evaluate the effectiveness of the teacher aide training program of the St. Bernard Parish Public School System in Louisiana, a research design based on the project's five objectives was formulated. The participants were tested to determine their gains in the acquisition of knowledge in the areas of child growth and development, media…

This document clarifies the concepts of Performance Based Teacher Education, examines their potential, and identifies problems and questions. Five essential elements are identified: 1) teaching competencies to be demonstrated are role-derived, specified in behavioral terms, and made public; 2) assessment criteria are competency-based, specify…

The presentation encompasses a conceptualization of what is meant by evaluation and what is involved in evaluating training programs which prepare special educators. Specifically, evaluation is differentiated from research; Stake's general framework for evaluating educational programs is summarized; and a number of factors involved in…

The questionnaire developed for the present and past instructional staff groups is provided. The staff questionnaire contains, in addition to 20 item rating scales covering a wide variety of aspects of the program, requests for suggested changes. (For related documents, see TM 002 391-396, 398, 399.) (DB)

A questionnaire for current Governor's Honors Program (GHP) students was administered approximately three days before the close of the program to all students. In addition to 15 general questions to be rated, a set of 11 questions asked students to make comparisons between GHP and their regular schools. This appendix is a copy of the…

A questionnaire mailed to 500 former students in the Governor's Honors Program is provided in this appendix. The questionnaire is composed of 26 items, of which 12 provide for suggested changes to the program. (For related documents, see TM 002 391-398.) (DB)

Resource teacher systems serving learning disabled children are discussed in terms of the varying dimensions of type of service (direct versus indirect), diagnostic/prescriptive orientation (ability versus skill), and delivery (resident versus itinerant). Individual resource programs are thought to vary on the dimensions due to intransigent…

Questionnaire responses of 71 parents of 80 students enrolled in an alternate program at McBride School, Vancouver, are summarized. (For related documents, see TM 002 487, 488.) (DB)

While school systems most often use achievement test results for individual appraisals, increasing attention to program evaluation and accountability requires that test results be used for institutional appraisals as well. When institutional test results are desired--that is, results for schools or school districts--not all pupils need be tested.…

Suggestions for program administrators and training program directors to develop comprehensive plans based on principles of community involvement, education, administration and finance, and the disciplines being taught are broadly outlined. Three accompanying charts illustrate approach to evaluation planning. (NF)

A conceptual framework developed from a review of literature, program planning experiences, and trial and error is presented. The model is presented for discussion. The framework utilizes a simple linear flow of events, which is generally only a forward, sequential flow. Optional routes or phases, and possible recycling routes are given. (CK)

Responses to questionnaires completed by participants in a conference and three workshops on Connecticut cable television provided data on: (1) how respondents were informed of the conference; (2) fulfillment of expectations; (3) whether respondents would attend additional workshops; and (4) reactions to individual components of the conference and…

A review of the Environmental Education (EE) program for the first four years of Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) identified a number of things: (1) despite national guidelines, EE programs varied greatly from camp to camp in both quantity and quality; (2) many camps needed some assistance to help them translate their somewhat vague EE goals into a…

These appendixes contain (1) correspondence related to selection of exemplary cooperative education programs for study in developing guidelines for planning, managing, and evaluating such programs and (2) materials collected from the programs identified relating to project management, objectives, program evaluation, and followup. (Volume I, the…

The paper offers a brief definition of open education from a framework which is designed to be descriptive rather than proscriptive, and then considers the problem of how educators can evaluate the effectiveness of open educational practices. Open education policies are looked at from a historical and philosophical perspective, a psychological…