Evaluation in its true concept should be a process for collecting information to make better decisions. The author discusses in detail four planning stages to evaluate programs. The first stage of the process is to ascertain the decision areas of concern. In the second stage, the evaluator must select the appropriate information-gathering…

This annotated bibliography on student evaluation of faculty contains articles published between 1965 and 1970. The 107 articles are divided into the following categories: surveys; factor analytic surveys (usually authors of these studies address themselves to different questions than do authors of non-factor analytic surveys); experiments (in…

"Teaching the test" has been defined in terms of teaching those particular content knowledges or skills needed to answer the test items correctly. Evidence of several sorts examined in this paper clearly indicates that New Century was teaching students in Providence, R.I., the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, which was used to assess their…

The work reported in this book represents the first attempt to explore systematically the feasibility of applying military training experience to civilian education. In the U.S. Air Force, vocational-technical training has for years been geared to "learning outcomes." The Air Force training establishment is accountable for producing…

The purposes of this project were to develop a profile of the individual physician's practice, test the physician in the major areas of his practice, and provide educational consultation according to practice profile and test results. A test bank of 1,800 5-option multiple choice questions was classified into 18 categories based on classification…

Criteria for measuring teacher effectiveness include the prognostic type, teacher observation, student achievement, and communication variables. A paradigm based on communication variables consists of: (a) Discriminate observable communication climate variables (devise method of observing and measuring communication variables); and (b) Determine…

The objectives of this study undertaken for the National Library of Medicine were to develop a list of issues and criteria that relate to the problem of measurement of medical library effectiveness. The procedure employed was to review the literature on the subject of library evaluation. Each criterion or measure of evaluation encountered was…

Part 1 of this monograph discusses the status of educational evaluation and describes several problems in carrying out such evaluation: (1) defining the educational setting, (2) defining decision types, (3) designing educational evaluation, (4) designing evaluation systems, and (5) defining criteria for judging evaluation. Part 2 proposes an…

This paper identifies some manifestations of "access" and also examines certain barriers to college admittance that have been significant in the past and, in certain instances, continue to the present. Accordingly, the first section traces the history of enrollment growth and notes that: (1) access to given institutions of higher education has…

The outline presented is an evaluation model which spells out guidelines for conducting an evaluation of special education programs and services. The guidelines define the duties of a full-time project coordinator or administrator, who provides the leadership for all the plans and procedures developed to conduct the evaluation. His…

In Part I of this paper certain epistemological considerations are reviewed as a source of suggestions on bases that might be used in classifying research, and the problem of validity of knowledge is discussed. In Part II the attempt to apply these bases and the attempts to answer the particular questions concerning clinical intervention are…

Defining the purpose of evaluation as "to provide data for decision making," a methodology for educational evaluation was developed. The criteria of efficiency, completeness and focus (on the decision maker's priorities) were used. The elements of the methodology are: (1) negotiation of the contract; (2) design of the evaluation; and (3)…

This report studied the selective processes and criteria for admission of undergraduates to teacher education programs in 180 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) member institutions. A questionnaire of Criteria for Admission to Teacher Education was the basis of the survey. The questionnaire contained alternative…

This guide was developed to help improve the decision-making ability of educators who evaluate innovations. It suggests evaluative criteria for assessing an educational innovation. The format allows the evaluator to analyze the benefits and costs of an innovation step-by-step by providing information for the applicable innovation characteristics.…

This report presents an evaluation of the in-service workshop for elementary teachers operated by the Clarion School District, Pennsylvania, under the 1971-72 ESEA Title III project. Four chapters cover an overview of the program, consultants in the in-service program, in-service evaluation collection of data, and an analysis of data. Appendixes…