The General and Vocational Work Experience Education Programs management system is designed to assist the local school teacher/coordinator in the organization and management of the programs. The system defines and describes the accountability line from the Work Experience Education teacher/coordinator, through the Career Planning and Placement…

Educational planning involves both the notions of ordering any unordered educational system and that of replanning an institutional and policy framework according to new criteria. Planning refers to that situation where there are relatively few or no constraints on the planning process from existing educational institutions or current policy…

This report evaluates the Grand Rapids Public School (GRPS) experience with performance contracting. The report describes the first two years of the GRPS performance contracting experience, assesses the accomplishments of those two years, and describes the third year (1972-73) program. The author concludes that the contracts were successful and…

This study was conducted to provide recommendations necessary for the implementation of a coordinated educational data processing system and to compare operational costs and selected resources in five public junior colleges in Illinois. Possible uses include: (1) identifying students served and services rendered, (2) determining costs for state…

A total of 126 leaders in vocational and technical education from 44 states and the District of Columbia participated in a 3-day seminar conducted to focus attention on the concepts of evaluation and accountability in graduate programs in vocational education. Reaction panels and discussion groups were stimulated by these major presentations: (1)…

In this paper, the author proposes a simple classification of objectives-based evaluation systems in terms of two inherent characteristics or functions they might serve. These functions are (1) evaluation scope, and (2) program generality. According to the author, the development of multipurpose, multiprogram evaluation systems in a broad variety…

The determination of what data are available for evaluation and accountability, and what further data are needed are the aims of the educational research survey reported. The results are presented in four chapters dealing respectively with Measures of Educational Outcome, Teacher Effects, Instructional Effects, and Student Characteristics.…

This paper considers the narrow goals characteristic of most accountability programs, discusses methods for transcending these limited goals (linking goals to broad society values), and suggests steps that supervisors can take to implement accountability in an open system. The author argues that students, administrators, and teachers must be…

Hearings on child care are presented. Goals of this care include enabling mothers to take jobs by which they can support themselves and their children and improving the first five years of life for many children. Various aspects surrounding the setting up of a government support child care program include time factors, cost, standards and…

This review examines the various undergraduate study abroad programs and the problems involved in evaluating the programs for the granting of transfer credits. The five major factors influencing the credit evaluation decision are enumerated, and their importance is discussed. (MML)

The Joint Committee on Educational Goals and Evaluation was created in 1970. In 1974 the committee was authorized to continue its study for three purposes: (1) to identify the goals and priorities of public elementary and secondary education as developed by local educational agencies; (2) to assist local educational agencies by recommending…

James A. Hazlett, NAEP Administrative Director, discusses the National Assessment program as an accountability tool. The strengths and weaknesses of the program as an evaluative method in the cognitive areas are discussed at length. (MPJ) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description (Historical Background).

This paper examines school productivity research--research regarding school effects on students, divided into two broad classes according to whether the dependent variable is (a) later life consequences or (b) immediate student outcomes. The discussion is organized in four sections. First, six major issues in the methodology of school productivity…

Based on the results of past studies, neither a wholly revised curriculum plan nor a new scheme of school organization is sufficient for successful implementation of proposed reforms. Each must be coupled with a strategy for change built on knowledge of the schools and in collaboration with them. (Author/EB)