Designed as a guide for reading program evaluation by a teacher, a school, or a school district, this booklet presents definitive objectives that may serve as guidelines for effecting change. It includes an evaluation scale in four major areas: environment, program management, learner, and school/community relations. Several evaluation criteria…

The users of online retrieval systems can and should provide feedback to the system operators or vendors to influence them to make changes and further improvements, or to reinforce operator's decisions to make changes in the systems. All members of the database chain--database producers, processors, search service brokers, searchers, and end users…

THIS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CHILD PSYCHIATRISTS DEPARTS FROM TRADITIONAL APPROACHES BY EMPHASIZING THE USE OF ALLIED MENTAL HEALTH DISCIPLINES, EXPERIENCE WITH FAMILY CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND A THOROUGH FOUNDATION IN NORMAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT. RESIDENTS BEGIN BY OBSERVING CHILDREN IN NURSERY SCHOOLS, DAY CAMPS, HOSPITAL NURSERIES, PEDIATRIC WARDS,…

THE CALASANCTIUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE TEACHING METHODS AND CURRICULA FOR GIFTED CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. THROUGH A CHALLENGING PROGRAM, ACADEMICALLY TALENTED CHILDREN ARE ASSISTED IN DEVELOPING THEIR TALENTS, PREPARING FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT IN COLLEGE, AND DEVELOPING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. COURSES INCLUDE…

REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM ALL COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS FROM GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DROPOUTS AND A RANDOM SAMPLING OF CHARACTERISTICS OF SENIORS WERE OBTAINED. PUPIL ACCOUNTABILITY WAS SEPARATED INTO TWO ASPECTS, SUMMER DROPOUT AND UNKNOWN WITHDRAWALS. CONFIRMATION WAS FOUND IN THE RESULTS THAT…

This paper reports on an investigation of the preferences of 50 parents of kindergarten children for various types of report cards and proposes a method of reporting that conforms to the parents' preferences. A general opinionnaire plus a Report Card Evaluation form were designed for the study. Parents were found to prefer (1) a reporting method…

This study assesses the activities of the Ohio Library Association (OLA) an the Ohio Library Trustees Association (OLTA)--the formal and informal relationships with the State Library, promotion of libraries throughout the state by these organizations, and participation and attitudes of the organizations' members. Data for the study were collected…

This review of the current status of program evaluation in vocational rehabilitation focuses on: (1) describing current motivation for conducting program evaluation in state rehabilitation agencies; (2) identifying the current status of program evaluation in state agencies; (3) reviewing existing program evaluation models; and (4) defining…

This survey is one of a series conducted by The Drug Abuse Council, Inc. to explain the efforts of the public sector to control and prevent drug abuse. The survey attempts to document the involvement of the states in drug abuse prevention, treatment and control by undertaking a census of existing programs and expenditures, as well as a review of…

The treatment and care of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled is now and has been the subject of volatile public debate. This paper is the result of an attempt by the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities to reorient public focus to concentrate on the major issues involved in delivering effective treatment…

The 71 workshop participants represented vocational and correctional organizations from 41 States, Washington, D.C., and Canada. This report describes the background and proceedings of the workshop and contains the formal presentation papers. As an introduction, the history and background of the project are presented, and a brief description is…

During 1971, Carl Goebel prepared for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) a report entitled "Evaluation of the WICHE Intern Program in the State of Oregon." In this evaluation he pointed out a number of the deficiencies, as well as the strengths of the program. In concluding, Goebel made a number of suggestions…

These guidelines are designed to make research a more effective instrument in the management and improvement of the correctional sub-system of criminal justice. The Guide emphasizes that: (1) the correctional administrator has several responsibilities to fulfill if he is to benefit from research, and, (2) the researcher must command a variety of…

This monograph analyses the functions of the prosecutor in the juvenile system. The authors examined in detail the existing prosecution system in the Boston Juvenile Court and surveyed procedures in a number of other cities. The findings show a wide disparity in practice and in the quality of justice dispensed. For example, in the Boston sample…

This manual contains the complete course plans designed to prepare an individual to participate in an onsite survey. It provides an introduction to the major phases of the survey process: (1) planning for an onsite survey; (2) conducting the opening conference; (3) onsite factfinding; (4) problem identification and analysis; (5) problem solving…