The conceptual model for evaluation of continuing nursing education discussed in this article has not yet been used extensively. The model appears to provide a useful framework for assessing the various types of evaluation currently being conducted in continuing nursing education. (SSH)

A developmental testing phase preceded validation testing of materials for the eighth grade students at Rock Creek School. The resulting program was able to help 90 percent of the students meet the course objects with 100 percent accuracy. (JY)

The guidelines suggested in this article have evolved from the development of nationally distributed instructional systems over the past seven years at SWRL, a National Institute of Education-sponsored educational research and development laboratory. (Author)

This report describes the implementation of the DC 21st Century Community Learning Center (DC 21st CCLC) After-School Program between October 1999 and May 2000, as well as the implications of current implementation for continued evaluation of the program. The report is also designed to inform Children and Youth Investment Partnership Investment…

The "CSE Program Evaluation Kit" is a series of nine books intended to assist people conducting program evaluations. This volume, the first in the kit, provides an overview of evaluation activities and a directory to the rest of the kit. Chapter 1 explicates the evaluation perspective that grounds the kit and describes the role of evaluation in…

This volume is the third in a projected six-volume series called "Agenda for Excellence at the Mid-Level." It describes a process that school administrators can use to conceptualize, plan, execute, and utilize the results of a school assessment, allowing them to take a snapshot of their school. It outlines a set of alternative procedures to be…

This document gives an overview of the "Calling the Roll" program, a two-state study-circle program. Study circles employ a public-engagement model that fosters dialogue among diverse individuals and groups. This report explores how participation in study circles affects the education policymaking process, and it examines the process of…

The action evaluation process at a mediation agency in Dayton, Ohio, that offers the services of trained volunteers is described. Action evaluation is an integrated research and intervention methodology for helping to define, promote, and assess success in an endeavor, while using evaluation as a bridge between research and practice in ways that…

Some related mathematical models are presented of the bargaining process between an employer, or a group of employers, and a labor union. Its novelty is in the formulation and use of "reactive functions" to explain the attitudes of the respective parties at each stage of the negotiation process and its consequent time-path. (Author)

Major drawback of traditional evaluation is its emphasis on outcome" or terminal performance; what is needed are more process-oriented methods of assessment. Author describes Program Analysis" as a possible model. (Author/MB)

Discusses the design of effective questionnaires based on the concept of a hierarchical classification of Levels of Information: global (Level I), general concept (Level II), and specific (Level III). By tying question types to the information desired, the entire questionnaire can be improved. (JJD)

Designed to guide project evaluators in determining the type of evaluation appropriate to projects; explains formative and summative evaluations, gives examples of each, and explains the evaluator's role in each method. (Journal availability: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, 5151 State University Drive,…

Study describes the use of learning environment data to evaluate the effect of new curriculum at the formative stage of development. Results support the use of learning environment data as a diagnostic instrument in formative evaluation of curriculum development efforts. (Author/DS)