Examines evaluation in continuing education in the health professions as defined as impact on health care provider competence and performance or patient health status. Includes a literature review, case studies, and evaluation instruments. (JOW)

An examination of recent trends in program evaluation suggests that such developments seem to arise from an expanding view of the role of program evaluation in educational improvement. The paper traces the impetus behind the evolving methodologies of program evaluation and examines the perspectives of evaluation under which they operate.

Illustrates how program evaluation can be used to increase the impact of continuing education on performance. (JOW)

Studies designed to assess the efficacy of interventions with organically impaired infants in terms of how well the experimental designs used controlled for threats to interval validity were analyzed. The use of methodologically more rigorous designs in evaluation studies is recommended to prevent or ameliorate the adverse effects of…

The evaluation process of gifted programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District has evolved from a city-wide effort to measure cognitive and affective achievement through standardized tests to a more decentralized approach in which individual schools determine evaluation methods. Plans call for computerized data analysis. (CL)

Meaningful program evaluation is essential to interagency collaboration for handicapped persons. A team approach to developing an evaluation strategy must take into account factors within four stages of the evaluation process: 1) focusing, 2) planning, 3) implementing the evaluation, and 4) disseminating results and assessing the evaluation…

Vocational education in the past has not met the needs of students with limited English proficiency (LEP), critical elements in evaluating vocational education for LEP students include job placement rate, staff competence and dedication, and program organization and management. Related issues for the future, including methodology considerations,…

The Delphi technique was used to ascertain the relative importance of evaluation standards for vocational/technical programs in Missouri. The rank ordering of the standards provides a framework for deriving the overall quality rating of programs and institutions. (SK)

Discusses the need to develop an appropriate pedagogy for cooperative education to integrate the educational outcomes from the work and classroom experience. Suggests that the model should structure, guide, and provide for the systematic evaluation of the learning resulting from the cooperative education assignment. (JOW)

Evidence shows that evaluation practice is limited to direct support within training: little action takes place with other organizational units. Evaluation must have a significant role in the overall human resource function of an organization and must be a part of the planning function. (JOW)

Describes the Ventura Restitution Project which is aimed at making juvenile offenders understand the ramifications of their behavior and making it clear that they have a direct responsibility for their actions. Journal available from National Office for Social Responsibility, 208 North Washington, Alexandria, VA 22314. (CT)

The best methods of using mass media to create desirable behavior changes in extension education clients can be documented by records of requests for information; continued availability of mass media time or space; voluntary testimonials of viewers or readers; and information provided by retailers within the mass media area. (CT)

A model for annual evaluations of a school system's gifted programs is presented. The evaluation should address objectives in five program goal areas: identification, curriculum, staff development, parent and community involvement, and the evaluation process itself. (DB)