Barriers to evaluation of prevention programs arise from (1) attitudes that people have about such programs; (2) conceptual difficulties (lack of theory, difficulty in choosing criteria of success, lack of control over implementation strategies); and (3) methodological difficulties (monitoring program integrity over time, measuring program…

Serious delinquent youth who attended a moderately confrontive juvenile awareness program at San Quentin Prison showed an improvement in attitudes. Behaviorally, however, the program did not reduce delinquency overall. The only finding in favor of experimentals (N=53) showed those to be arrest-free longer than controls (N=55) in the study.…

A review of recent studies shows that although significant advances have been made in assessing the degree of implementation of Project Follow Through (a developmental/experimental project), evaluations have not systematically accounted for implementation data. Such data measure the contextual and strategic influences on implementation and would…

Describes an evaluation of the effectiveness of simulations developed to teach and assess nurses' clinical decision-making skills. Includes recommendations for using this method of evaluation and for improving nurses' judgment skills. (Author)

Describes the six-year evolution of a comprehensive evaluation plan used to enhance a nursing program. Includes the plan with specific questions, deadlines, and documentation procedures. The plan provides a rational basis for improvements, orients newcomers, and lets everyone know what their evaluation responsibilities are. (JOW)

Raises fundamental questions regarding student recruitment: (1) why recruit students into nursing? (2) what are the issues that determine whether a school should have a nursing program? and (3) what are students being recruited into? (JOW)

Discusses fairness in evaluation of nutrition education programs in terms of (1) proximity of outcomes or the degree to which outcomes are temporally and conceptually near to or distant from the program instruction and (2) conflicting program expectations of policy makers and program developers. (Author/DC)

New, simple methods for applying benefit-cost analysis in situations where the variables are nonmonetary are discussed. The approach involves handling nonmonetary variables by converting the problems into questions regarding whether a nonmonetary return is worth more or less than a given dollar cost. The article codifies what good decision makers…

Provides information and examples to help in the development of effective computer-generated evaluations of developmental programs. Offers a line-by-line description of six possible sections of a computer-generated evaluation report. Reviews the procedures involved in cost-benefit analyses. (DMM)

The report looks at the implications of National Assessment of Educational Progress results for teaching science to secondary gifted students. Results of the national status studies of K-12 science programs are briefly summarized, and recommendations for providing science programs for the gifted are offered. (SW)

The author reviews types of measures for assessing the educational outcomes of gifted programs including questionnaires and checklists, norm-referenced achievement tests, criterion-referenced measures, and constructive-response and selective-response tests. (SW)

The authors outline steps in the Student Self-Documentation Process Model, an evaluation system designed to compare the program objectives with the actual activities, as documented by the gifted student, and to assess the relationship between planned and actual program outcomes. (Author/SW)

Based on the "Guidelines for Energy Education in Social Studies" developed by the National Council for the Social Studies in 1981, this checklist will enable curriculum planners to weigh their ideas and proposals against carefully developed statements of principles and standards. (RM)

Describes the procedures of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Also examines advantages and disadvantages of accreditation. (PD)

Provides an expanded analysis of rigor and relevance in the context of program evaluation. Epistemological rigor, epistemological relevance, methodological rigor, and methodological relevance are defined and illustrated in the literature on vocational education evaluation. (Author/SK)