A case history of the elective English program at South High School in Minneapolis. (DD)

The article concerning the mini-course program in Iron Mountain (EJ 067 651) has prompted the author, a principal at a middle school, to relate the experiences of Mount Vernon, Iowa in the same area. (Author/RK)

Reports on survey of 28 federal and military executives drawn from participants in seminar workshops in organizational development through team building. Participants reported improved ability to resolve interpersonal conflict, reward employees, confront unacceptable performers, motivate and communicate with subordinates, build trust, manage time,…

The Assessment Program Tool is a method of evaluating instructional programs in institutions for the retarded. (DB)

Found that in news-editorial programs, the greatest differences between accredited and non-accredited programs occur in the social and behavioral sciences and the journalism theory and history subdivisions. (KS)

Provides a general explanation of zero-base budgeting and offers case studies of its applications in both the public and private sectors. Suggests that it must be applied more extensively before accurate and fair appraisals of the process can be made. (Author)

Areas of evaluation are identified in which the formative/summative distinction appears inadequate: (1) knowledge-generating evaluations aimed at conceptual use; (2) developmental evaluation; and (3) use of evaluation to support intervention or empower participants. An argument is also made for the effectiveness of feedback that cannot be…

The viewpoints of contributors to the forum are reviewed. Many of the disagreements represent fundamental differences in what constitutes evaluation. All four authors agree that the formative/summative distinction is useful and will continue to be an important concept in program evaluation, although the distinction needs greater clarification.…

The Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) welfare-to-work program in California was evaluated by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC). The evaluation relied on involvement of stakeholders, examination of program implementation, flexibility, the adaptation of evaluation questions and designs during the study, use of random…

Examines the role of sport in prison life using data from a survey of 1,770 state prison inmates. Results indicate that few inmates participate in recreational activity and the activities that prisoner do participate in are generally passive rather than active. Findings question the usefulness of recreation in prison. (RJM)

Illustrative case studies support a contingency approach to mixed-method evaluation in which the evaluation team bases its selection of methods on the information to be provided, the availability of data, and the degree to which the program environment is an open or closed system. (SLD)

Case examples in the articles in this volume are analyzed in the mixed-method conceptual frameworks presented in the early chapters. The richer understanding derived from these approaches support the call to advance mixed-method inquiry beyond models and toward inquiry attributes that can be combined. (Author/SLD)