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Download full textCurry, Donna; Kirk, Nancy – 1991
Intended for use in conjunction with guidance and instruction from a teacher or tutor, this guide provides an overview of the philosophy of quality as well as some tools used in business and industry today. Each of four sections consists of a teacher explanation of the topics followed by student worksheets with annotated teacher keys. The first…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Arithmetic, Corporate Education
Nespoli, Lawrence A. – 1987
An examination is presented of the progress of Maryland's Joint Coordinating Committee for Occupational Education Programs in developing a systematic procedure for the evaluation of the quality of occupational programs in Maryland's community colleges. After presenting the 1976 resolution which established the joint committee, the fiscal year 1987…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Black, Harry; And Others – 1989
The Scottish Vocational Education Council's National Certificate has its origins in the Scottish Education Department's (SED's) decision to rationalize the provision of certification for non-advanced further education in Scotland under one body. This report presents case studies of assessments of students performed by colleges in Scotland, based…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Communication Skills, Educational Assessment
Spanbauer, Stanley J.; Hillman, Jo Ann – 1987
A description is provided of the implementation at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC), Wisconsin, of the Quality First Process Model, which was adapted from a model commonly used in manufacturing and service industries. The model uses private sector quality and productivity procedures and new management styles to serve students more effectively,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Educational Improvement
Bradley, Valerie J.; And Others – 1989
This study examined the impact of deinstitutionalization of the mentally retarded on their communities, the extent of availability of support services, and the extent to which the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation assures adequate quality of support services and day programs for people with mental retardation living in community…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Case Studies, Community Programs
Jones, Peter – 1989
This self-instructional unit for supervisors and managers in the British hotel and catering industry is intended to consolidate work covered in a 1-day course. The unit covers the key management functions needed to implement an effective purchasing and supply policy. The document begins with an introduction and advice on how to use the unit. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration Education, Dining Facilities, Equipment Standards
Yap, Kim Onn – 1984
Two separate sets of minimum standards designed to guide the evaluation of bilingual projects are proposed. The first set relates to the process in which the evaluation activities are conducted. They include: validity of assessment procedures, validity and reliability of evaluation instruments, representativeness of findings, use of procedures for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Holler, Michael – 1989
Defining and developing a quality control technician curriculum for an associate degree program is a difficult and puzzling job. There are as many definitions of quality control and curriculum ideas as there are educators asked. However, one could start by dividing the field into its major areas--heavy manufacturing, maintenance, research, and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Certification, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Fonseca, James W., Ed. – 1984
Six papers on adjunct and nontraditional college faculty are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) annual conference on nontraditional interdisciplinary programs. The papers and authors are as follows: "Educational Orientation and Role Perceptions of Adjunct Faculty" (William McAfee, Lewis Smith); "Quality Teaching…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Education, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
A manual of quality control (QC) techniques is presented for financial aid and fiscal administrators. Steps for establishing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a QC program are outlined including the following: obtaining institutional commitments; developing the QC team; determining priorities for development; determining functions to be…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Administrators, College Students
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
Edits that can be performed by the processor who applies for federal campus-based student aid programs are discussed, along with a longer-term approach to assessing the efficacy of recommended edit checks. Attention is focused on the accuracy of data submitted by institutions on the application portion of the Fiscal Operations Report and…
Descriptors: Computation, Data Collection, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods
English, Fenwick W. – 1980
This document discusses the need to control curriculum quality and describes two methods to assess school districts' efforts at curriculum quality control. Exercising such control means effecting a congruence between what should be taught (the school district's objectives), what is taught, and what students learn. In the first method of assessing…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Queeney, Donna S.; And Others – 1981
This report is the most current installment in the series on professional and occupational practice requirements in the state of Pennsylvania. It is part of a study of licensing and continuing education requirements of 75 occupations. All information on the professions and occupations addressed earlier has been revised as necessary to reflect…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Continuing Education, Credentials
SMITH, ROBERT G., JR. – 1965
THE NEED FOR A QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM IN A MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE METHODS OF ESTABLISHING SUCH A UNIT ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE PURPOSE OF QUALITY CONTROL IS TO INSURE A SATISFACTORY STANDARD OF COMPETENCE AMONG THE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE, TO MAINTAIN THIS QUALITY BY A CONTINUOUS MONITORING PROCESS, AND TO IMPROVE…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Military Training, Multiple Choice Tests
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
