With widespread adoption of computer-based distance education as a mission-critical component of the institution's educational program, the need for evaluation has emerged. In this research, we aim to expand on the systems approach by offering a model for evaluation based on socio-technical systems theory addressing a stated need in the literature…

This manual on teacher evaluation is limited to selected aspects of instruction that are evident in classrooms, including teaching behaviors, pupil perceptions about instruction, classroom transactions involving pupils and teachers, and evidence of short- and long-term planning. The focus is upon those aspects of instruction that research has…

Sharing explicit grading criteria with students does much to facilitate both student and teacher growth. (JH)

The development of some psychometric indices of performance rating quality based in judgement is traced. The conceptual and analytical confusion that characterizes contemporary research in this area is described. The operational definitions of several criteria of rating quality, including leniency and severity of the rating effect, halo effect,…

Performance contracting offers advantages over traditional grading in that it provides for individualization of instruction, provides for measureable goals and objectives, and allows for individual growth rates. Two methods of performance contracting are possible; the first type calls for the student to determine what grade they desire for the…

Three principal uses of composite variables in the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) are examined in light of four basic methodological issues: (1) the criterion used in constructing the composite; (2) the likely reliability of both component and criterion variables; (3) the form of the relationship between components and criterion;…

This monograph contains a set of criteria to be used in helping program planners and administrators define competency based teacher education (CBTE) in the contexts of their situations. The criteria are the result of the collective work of individuals at 12 institutions of teacher education, and have been used: (1) by individuals in operational…

Work samples are job tasks used as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of vocational rehabilitation clients. The manual was developed to provide a standardized format for the construction, administration, and interpretation of necessary information from work sample assessment techniques used by vocational evaluators. The outline is divided into…

The structure of an organization plays a vital role in the evaluation of the organization. Social science researchers often assume that controls inherent in the physical sciences are as applicable to human subjects. Evaluation of Head Start is an example of the social relation of investigator to subject matter and of the variables introduced by…

This book presents the proceedings (speeches, discussions, and results) of the New York State Symposium on Evaluation in Education. The underlying purpose of the meeting was to respond to the State's proposal that the present approach to teacher certification and education be abandoned as ineffective and inappropriate, to engage in a deliberate…

Questions are reaised in making performance-based teacher education (PBTE) a more humanistic enterprise. A definition of the term "humanistic" could include such qualities as freedom, uniqueness, creativity, productivity, wholeness, responsibility, and social humanization. As to freedom, a humanistic approach to PBTE would encourage people to act…

This document briefly states the purposes and scope of and the procedures for administrator evaluation within the context of immediate and future educational goals. Appendixes present administrator evaluation instruments designed to measure professional growth and service in meeting the stated goals. (RA)

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)

Simple directions for developing skill in setting performance goals in trade and industrial education. (MU)