Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, module 6 is designed to introduce administrators to the Career Education Inventory, which has been developed specially for Hawaii, and which deals with techniques to develop…

This volume compiles technical reports of Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act project evaluations conducted during the 1976-77 academic year in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The reports include rationale, expected outcomes, mode of operation, previous evaluative findings, current implementation, and attainment of…

This paper presents a discussion of evaluation methods which can be used in preschool programs and emphasizes the importance of considering both outcome and process variables. Emphasizing the limitations of research which utilizes only outcome measures, the paper focuses on the benefits of an analysis of ongoing processes and interactions within…

This module on evaluation models is one of a set of five on evaluation and research and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following the module objective and…

An evaluation was conducted on seven career education projects in seven Minnesota school districts. Formative and summative evaluation methods were used to assess teachers' and directors' project implementation and the impact on students' (grades 1 to 9) cognitive achievement. Self evaluation forms were used to obtain information from and to…

To achieve economy in the teaching of earth sciences, an audiovisual-tutorial program was designed in the pattern of a simulated field trip. Twelve weekly exercises combining slides, filmstrips, and audiotapes were produced and tested on an experimental group of 50 students, who also received one lecture a week. The program was evaluated and…

Marcy Open School has developed an educational reality where students are given freedom to be creative within a structured curriculum. Reflective of this philosophy are the three priority goals developed by Marcy staff and parents which are: (1) We want girls and boys to speak, listen, write, read, and deal with mathematical concepts effectively…

The report discusses the status of career education programs sponsored by the Office of Education (OE) and the National Institute of Education (NIE) and points out needed improvements. The first of its four chapters briefly summarizes the concept of career education, legislation related to it, OE and NIE project objectives, funding, and the…

A fundamental distinction is made between basic research which seeks out new, generalizable knowledge, and administrative research which provides information useful to decision makers who have a task to perform. Attention is then given to four types of administrative research: background research, formative research, summative research, and policy…

The followup study on program articulation in Hawaii public secondary and postsecondary educational institutions examines articulation in the subject areas of auto mechanics, business education, drafting, and food service. It contains seven general recommendations regarding articulation for the State Board of Vocational Education, the Board of…

Project Advance is a cooperative project between Syracuse University and school districts throughout New York State, supported by the state education department. Field-tested in the 1973-74 academic year in nine schools, the project expanded in 1974-75 to over 40 schools with an enrollment of over 2,000 students. This report provides a background…

Finding himself in the midst of a stressful and ambiguous evaluation process, one evaluator reviewed how he played a variety of professional and interpersonal roles while evaluating problem-oriented, team-taught courses at the Center for International Studies, Cornell University. Attention was given to how various interpersonal factors facilitated…

Evaluation roles used in the Department of Research and Development in the Cincinnati Public Schools are identified and described. These include: project evaluator, local-school evaluator, independent program evaluator, external evaluator and external auditors. The merits of each evaluation role will be discussed as to its relationship with…

End of budget period reports are presented for an experimental and demonstration program aimed at increasing the learning process and achievement of K-4 children and to effect internal and external change in teachers' attitudes and behavior. The program, instituted in a rural, low income area, consists of an Orff music program and a theater…

Five educational experts in educational change and diffusion research presented papers at the annual summer Research Conference in Instructional Systems Technology. The papers included a review of the general status of the field, a discussion of the need for further developing applied behavioral science and applying it to the problems of education…