The design and findings of a statewide program review of the information services at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota are discussed. The review prompted clearer objectives and program revisions. (Author/SF)

Discusses such potential uses for the computer in employee training programs as management support for training and performance, training project control, improved design and development methods, training program implementation and delivery, and program evaluation, revision, and maintenance. (JEG)

Discusses the evaluation process for school media programs: (1) what is evaluation, (2) why evaluate, and (3) how to evaluate. (Author)

Emphasizes the potential use of a district-level evaluation of school media programs as an aid in planning and decision making. Quantitative and qualitative measurement of media program components are considered. (JD)

Beginning teachers evaluate their training in the light of their first year of actual experience. (JD)

The problems and successes of a community immunization program for childhood diseases are described. (JD)

Outlines a method of outcome evaluation which allows for a client to be tracked throughout a treatment episode, so that a client's behavioral status can be assessed while remaining in treatment. (Author)

Male work releases receiving life-career management skill training exhibited substantial and significant pretherapy-posttherapy gains in all skill areas. Subjects receiving this intervention training with significant others achieved even greater gains. (Author/BEF)

The study explores the psychosocial problems and treatment needs of 50 children (6 to 12 years old upon entering placement) who remained in foster care for five years. The results raised questions about the appropriateness and adequacy of foster care and residential placement for this vulnerable group of children. (Author/SBH)

The core of adversary evaluation is the existence of opposing viewpoints, not adherence to existing formats for presenting them. Suggests that evaluators develop adversary methods more appropriate for education. (Author/MLF)

Program directors evaluating their own programs must use techniques that are already available or easily accessible. (Author)

Discusses standards and methods for evaluating graduate programs in speech communication, with emphasis on doctoral programs. Includes a discussion of characteristics of program quality and suggestions for internal and external review. (JMF)

The article summarized the current literature on therapeutic camping, including the nature of existing programs (such as the wilderness camp), rationales for the superiority of camping as a therapeutic program, and evaluation of existing programs for treatment of the emotionally disturbed child. (Author/SBH)

Drawing on H.R. Davis' A VICTORY model of factors associated with organizational change, the article argues that accepted models of educational evaluation will be most useful with programs for mainstreaming handicapped children when they are expanded to include critical factors associated with organizational acceptance and successful…

A successful school program evaluation is re-examined to determine what made it successful. Suggestions for future evaluations include: (1) observe the political context of the program; (2) select a useful research design; (3) be sensitive to the subjects; and (4) discuss preliminary findings and be open to rebuttals. (JKS)