A survey of teacher education evaluation practices was conducted to cover areas not addressed in previous studies. The initial survey form was reviewed by college administrators at Western Kentucky University, revised, and later reviewed by selected members of a group of professional educators across the nation. A questionnaire, developed to…

From 1980 through 1983, 41 articles in selected professional journals dealt with summative evaluation of training and development efforts in business and industry. All of the standard components of program evaluation were addressed either directly or indirectly in them, in varying degree and depth. Although one must contact the primary audience to…

Project Follow Through has not yet been properly evaluated by researchers guided by appropriate assumptions. Tests used in the basic Follow Through evaluation had no clear relationship to most Follow Through programs. Still, conclusions of the evaluation have been presented with certainty and lead to the judgment that Follow Through does not work.…

As part of the follow-up of the reform in Swedish higher education and as a complement to regular program evaluation, a program of follow-up studies within the framework of the research and development activities has been undertaken. Main problem areas include: the institutional organization of higher education; social effects; and the content and…

The various needs for evaluating evaluators and their efforts are discussed in this paper. The argument is presented that evaluators should not themselves carry out summative evaluation on their own efforts. Several possible purposes of evaluation of evaluation staffs and products are pursued, and the methods and persons most appropriate to each…

An explanatory model of evaluation research is presented from a psychological perspective that incorporates concepts of internal and external validity, formative and summative evaluation and points toward the roles in which psychologists trained in more traditional areas can contribute to this enterprise. While the classical experimental approach…

The Reality-Based Evaluation (RBE) Portfolio was produced to assist postsecondary educators in the conduct of local program evaluation efforts. The content of the portfolio is not subject-matter specific in order to be applicable to the widest variety of educational programs and projects. The rationale and model for program evaluation as it…

The Reading Improvement Through Art (RITA) project is designed to improve the reading and comprehension abilities of teenagers who are at least two grades below normal reading level. In RITA, reading specialists and art teachers trained in the language experience approach collaborate to implement studio/craft art projects. During this…

TO MEASURE SCHOOL QUALITY, GOALS MUST FIRST BE SPECIFIED, APPROPRIATE CRITERION MEASURES DETERMINED, AND RELEVANT STUDENT AND SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS CONTROLLED. AT PRESENT, LITTLE ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE REAL EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT OF THE SCHOOL, THE LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE STUDENT. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY ITS…

The issue raised by this paper is whether the site administrator needs to have formal evaluation skills. These skills are not necessary when there is a competent administrator and a competent evaluator who uses his or her skills within the context of a harmonious relationship with the school staff. However, the rarity of such a relationship,…

Guidelines are given for program testing and verification to ensure quality software for the programmer working alone in a computing environment with limited resources. The emphasis is on verification as an integral part of the software development. Guidance includes developing and planning testing as well as the application of other verification…

The study was conducted to determine whether a non-governmental Foreign Credential Evaluation Service (FCES) should be established and if so, what services it would provide, what the demand for these services would be, and what financial resources it would require. A survey of admissions officers at 223 educational institutions and representatives…

An evaluation committee of Minneapolis Board of Education Title I principals initiated the Minneapolis Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I Principals' Building Level Evaluation Project. The purpose of the project was: (1) to help the committee assess the evaluation needs of Minneapolis Title I principals; and (2) to study the…

About 960,000 U.S. civilian employees have received about 45 million hours of training, costing the Federal Government about $216 million. To find out how the Civil Service Commission and the Federal Executive department measured the effectiveness of this training, fulfilled the evaluation requirements of the Government Employees Training Act of…

A National Institute of Education-sponsoring project investigated how evaluations of nontraditional programs could be performed to maximize the utility of evaluation findings. This led to a conceptual model of the evaluation process which included the following elements: (1) identification of information needs; (2) design, collection, and analysis…