This report evaluates the implementation of the PUSH for Excellence program (PUSH-EXCEL) from September of 1979 to March of 1980. PUSH-EXCEL operated in 39 schools in six cities. For evaluative purposes, 11 schools were studied, seven of them intensively. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and examination of archival records.…

This Personalized Activity Kit presents a new dimension to staff evaluation. Staff appraisal becomes a procedure that promotes the human and professional growth of staff members. An alternative approach to implementing management by objectives in a large school system is also suggested. Finally, there is a summary of the management role, with…

Iowa legislators responded to the national accountability trend in 1975 by mandating a statewide needs assessment. This paper examines the activities of fifteen selected districts in terms of: (1) a statistical analysis of community, teacher, and student rankings of eighteen cognitive and affective educational goals; (2) statistical analysis of…

Education is often referred to as a business and expected to follow standard business practices. An examination of the schools shows that they resemble natural monopolies and service enterprises. Although they have administrative management, they do not have a parallel to production management. When education is viewed as a business, it becomes…

This booklet is about what people say and do with regard to citizen participation. Explanations and key resources are provided for eleven techniques to obtain citizen participation: Alinsky Organizations, charrettes, citizen advisory committees, community audio and video access, community development corporations, community resource/information…

In 1976 the Schools Commission (Australia) commenced a program of evaluation of its specific-purpose programs in order to obtain objective assessments of the impact of these programs and to determine ways in which they might be improved. One of the programs chosen for evaluation was the Development Program. This report discusses the design and…

To establish a better knowledge base concerning the role of developing nation paraprofessionals in facilitating rural poor access to public services and in order to identify problems that arise in developing these patterns of service, an extensive literature search and compilation and analysis of over 50 health projects and 30 agricultural…

This evaluation attempted to determine if the Eugene, Oregon School District 4J community schools program was accomplishing its goals. Researchers completed interviews with 770 community residents, 46 community school teachers, 45 noncommunity school teachers, 14 principals, and 154 agencies. Researchers found that no community school had carried…

This annotated bibliography grew out of the need to extract information and opinion about educational policy-making boards in rural areas from the mass of governing board literature, since rural education institutions have distinct differences from urban ones in terms of financial support, student numbers, isolation, and resources. Annotated…

Program development and evaluation procedures of a project involving faculty, students, and community in a continuous curriculum development project are reported. Objectives, project design, and development stages are discussed. Exhibits illustrate the activities and evaluations of workshops, community involvement, the student advisory committee,…

Declining enrollment means that school districts must engage in thoughtful, thorough planning to cope with this trend, according to the author. His paper outlines a process for school closing, including ways to involve the community in the decision-making process, thereby reducing the likelihood of community conflict and preserving the school…

The purpose of this project was to plan and implement an educational delivery system capable of reaching an entire community and willing to respond to its specific educational needs. Participating institutions included the members of the consortium and cable television and newspaper resources. The general goals of the project were (1) to attract…

This paper discusses the issues involved in achieving a balance between a child's rights to protection and adequate care and a family's rights to privacy and autonomy. The paper advocates a shift from the current norm of privacy concerning parents' child rearing practices towards increased openness and freer community-family communication. In view…

This publication describes over 100 activity-oriented programs in which students learn through a combination of direct experience and associated instruction or reflection. Students are involved in cross-age tutoring, community services, on-the-job work experiences, foreign or domestic travel with an organized group, political campaigns, field…

These criteria for determining excellence in reading programs were designed to focus attention on the substance rather than the form of reading instruction in Pennsylvania. School district evaluators are directed to apply an evaluation scale of zero, indicating an item is not applicable, to five, indicating a high score, to the criteria. Criteria…