In order to implement the major objective of the project--to develop an evaluation system for vocational teacher education programs--four components of a system were developed: (1) existing situation, (2) resources available, (3) process evaluation, and (4) product evaluation. Product (graduate) evaluation was heavily emphasized. A total of 76…

Evaluation of an ESEA Title III project, "An Inter-Disciplinary Problem Solving Approach to Environmental Education" located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, is offered in this interim report. The report is primarily concerned with the degree to which operational and management process objectives are being achieved in each of four…

An evaluation is provided of ten fundamentally different techniques applicable for choosing instructional media for proposed Navy training programs. The evaluative method used employed six training system designers, each of whom applied the chosen techniques to a sample of seven representative training tasks. The results of these applications were…

Recognizing the necessity for procuring substantive data (rather than merely professional opinion) upon which to base meaningful and relevant changes in teacher education, Fairmont State College designed and carried out a graduate assessment program in 1971 referred to as the Graduate Assessment Record. The Graduate Assessment Record, as initially…

Administrators of adult basic education programs are asked to provide information concerning program administration, funding, program expenditures, staffing, methods for establishing and improving classes, program eligibility requirements, and the adoption of innovative methods and materials. There are 40 items in the interview guide. For related…

The contents of this report are organized in five parts, as follows. Part One, "Title I: The Cornerstone of Compensatory Education," is a discussion of Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act (PL 89-10): its purpose, the scope of Title I programs, the selection of target areas, aid to nonpublic school children, the…

This report, prepared by the staff of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs of the U. S. Senate, is intended as a profile of the "half-full, half-empty plate which the Federal food programs represent to the nation's poor." The report focuses on various aspects of poverty and hunger such as: (1) poverty in the nation--the poverty line,…

As an aid to Adult Basic Education (ABE) practitioners in planning and conducting effective program evaluation activities, this monograph provides for a broader approach than is typical of ABE program evaluation. The monograph is organized around the following major elements of program evaluation: context, outcomes, inputs, processes, judgments,…

Given the current, apparently favorable, climate for introducing and implementing program evaluation schema, the author questions factors mitigating against success, and variables relevant to program evaluation. He cites two types of problems: technological or instrumental problems of methodology and measurement, and evaluation process into…

Project PRIDE (Probe, Research, Inquire, Discover, and Evaluate) is evaluated in this report to provide data to be used as a learning tool for project staff and student participants. Major objectives of the project are to provide an inter-disciplinary, objective approach to the study of the American heritage, and to incorporate methods and…

The teacher and administrator perceptions of various aspects of guidance services were examined by means of a questionnaire given to 145 administrators and 863 teachers. The questionnaire contained 50 items based on counselors' rationale and their specific functions. The first 21 items were rated on a seven-point scale; in the remainder, the…

This document presents both a descriptive and evaluative report of a postbaccalaureate internship program. The stated objective of this program was to prepare baccalaureate graduates in fields other than education to become elementary school teachers. It is indicated that the program was characterized by formal course work in methods and…

Oregon's educational needs were identified through 120 in-depth interviews with the general public, educators, students, and dropouts. The result of these interviews was a list of 27 critical needs. An interview instrument was developed around these critical needs, and was administered to a statewide sample of the population of Oregon who…

Two studies were conducted to evaluate a fixed-wing instrument procedures training device and to develop a training program for use with it. In the first, a group of trainees who received synthetic instrument flight training with the new device were compared with a control group who did not. Men trained with the device performed more…

The orientation program of the Colorado Cooperative Extension Service was evaluated over a year and a half period focusing on revision of the Supervisor's Guide [CE 000 395] and development of the guide for new employees [CE 000 394). Among the findings were that the supervisor's use of the Guide was directly proportionate to his willingness to…