This document consists of worksheets used by the California Right to Read program. The worksheets include "Student Performance Data by Class,""Student Performance Data" (for a given grade), "Summary: Data on Reading Program,""Summary: Reading Methods,""Teacher Skill Assessment Form,""Skill…

This is the report of a survey conducted to determine what journal literature resources were available in 178 institutions of higher learning offering graduate training programs in reading. A survey questionnaire was developed which listed 47 journals, tabbed in an earlier study as highly productive reading research journals. The questionnaires…

The National Institute of Education (NIE) funded 18 school districts to implement programs that were to result in 'holistic' change. Two kinds of data were expected --those generated to measure the impact of the Experimental Schools Program and those generated by field studies, which were discussed in other symposia. In measuring impact by the…

This paper asks whether all the current attention being given to educational evaluation and all the activity going on indicates real progress in the output of evaluation and its use in the policy process. The paper reviews the brief history of educational evaluation and gives a qualified "yes" as an answer to the question, noting: significant…

The Right to Read Needs Assessment Package (NAP) is designed to assist individual schools in evaluating their current reading program, personnel, and achievement in a relatively short period of time as a prelude to planning a more effective approach to reading instruction. The contents include instructions and suggested forms for the collection of…

This evaluation report of preschool programs for the hearing impaired reviews the field in terms of two basic educational philosophies: (1) home centered socialization and (2) child-centered, cognitive-academic approaches. Related research literature is reviewed, although it is stressed that dissapointingly little comparative data could be found.…

An evaluative symposium conducted during the 1971 Annual Meeting of the AERA offered the following critiques on "Educational Evaluation and Decision Making," a book prepared by the Phi Delta Kappa Study Committee on Evaluation: "A Critique of the Report of the Phi Delta Kappa Study Committee on Evaluation" (Henry M. Brickell); "A Critique of the…

This publication reports conference discussions covering some specific problems that confront education, several general and specific problems within research and evaluation, and several organizational and functional characteristics of the research community and the National Institute of Education that may be expected to affect the quality of…

This document presents the Ohio Education Association's teacher evaluation policy and procedures. The first section sets forth the policy on teacher education and discusses the responsibilities of the profession as state or local level responsibilities. The second section points out limiting factors that often influence teacher evaluation. The…

Describes a process for the objective evaluation of teaching personnel with emphasis on teacher effectiveness, student-teacher communication and interaction in the classroom and academic results. A list of aims and principles of the evaluation, the criteria used and the questionnaire for such a survey are included. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

An appraisal of this Unesco project and description of its organization are outlined: purpose, background, results achieved, other study topics, program planning, methods and materials, evaluation, organization, application and selection for participation, and countries participating in the project. (ND)

Both the need for, and the difficulties of, school effectiveness evaluation are examined, especially the setting of useful and objective performance standards. Several potential indicators and evaluation methods are reviewed. (SJL)

This paper examines the conditions under which it is appropriate to use a productivity framework for evaluating education and human service programs. It also discusses three specific limitations on the applicability of productivity analyses. (Author/AM)

The authors discuss approaches used in the evaluation of continuing education for nurses, defined as planned learning experiences beyond a basic nursing program and excluding academic credit courses. A framework for evaluation of continuing education is offered. (MF)

Six deficits of this model are discussed: disparity in proponent prowess, fallible arbiters, excessive confidence in the model's potency, difficulties in framing the proposition in a manner amenable to adversary resolution, "a cat's-paw for biased decision makers," and, excessive costs. (Author/JM)