Reports on the evaluation of an advocacy program to promote preschool education for Arab children in Israel. Used a quasi-experimental repeated-measures design to assess outcomes through collection of archival data for 10 years in 45 Arab towns. Findings indicate the success of the program. (SLD)

Describes a method that uses program participants' compliance with program instructions as a means of classifying participants and in that way obtains a randomized control group for a subset of participants. Illustrates two variations of the method through a large smoking-intervention project. (SLD)

Examines the problem of attrition from therapeutic treatment programs, discussing the scope and limitations of research about the causes of subject attrition. Examines the applicability of proposed methodological remedies for assessing and countering attrition. Such research often suffers from inadequate conceptualization and weak design. (SLD)

Uses the University of North Carolina (Charlotte) to illustrate one method for linking the campus strategic planning process with collection and use of assessment information and annual reporting procedures. Stresses the importance of requiring objectives and goals to be explicitly enunciated and the collection of outcome indicators in a…

The Independence Programme (TIP) assists young people with physical disabilities in meeting the challenges of adult roles and responsibilities. An evaluation of one summer's program including 4-month follow-up of 10 youths showed clinically important changes in their performance of and satisfaction with daily living skills. (JOW)

Surveyed 39 practicing school counselors concerning their support for basic tenets of person-centered counseling. Participants revealed support for essential counseling values, such as genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. However, counselors doubted whether the counseled would progress without the counselor's interpretations,…

Examination of how (and whether) particular types of institutional performance measures can be beneficially used in making resource allocation decisions finds that only easily verifiable "hard" statistics should be used in classic performance funding approaches, although surveys and the use of good practices by institutions may…

Assessed the effectiveness of an intense, year-long experience of course work, research, and personal development for underrepresented minority students before medical school. Program participants demonstrated competency in the first year of medical school consistent with traditional students even though they had lower MCAT scores and college…

Used data from a classroom-based performance assessment to document the impact of participation in a short-term educational program, the LinkUP! program. Participants were students in 32 classes in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. The study provides an example of the use of classroom-based performance data for program evaluation purposes. (SLD)

Used multiple sources of data, including archival material, focus groups and questionnaires, to evaluate a renewal effort that involved a university school of education and human services and three diverse school systems: urban, suburban, and rural. Findings indicate the consistency of efforts to bring about positive change. Makes seven…

Conducted a formative evaluation of an osteoporosis prevention health education program using several methods, including questionnaires completed by 256 women, and then compared formative evaluation results to those of a summative evaluation focusing on the same target group. Results show the usefulness of formative evaluation for strengthening…

Provides an overview of the various integrated environmental studies programs operating in Ontario secondary schools. Highlights student perspectives and concludes by discussing the promises and limitations of these programs. (Contains 38 references.) (DDR)

Introduces the Delaware Technology Innovation Challenge (DTIC) project which aims to increase parent involvement, generate more time for learning, and improve student achievement. Investigates whether evaluation findings of the project are reflective of the program's implementation or rather reveal a limitation of the technology. (Contains 20…

Describes the use of administrative data in support of a project to develop outcome measures for the Children and Youth Division of the Department of Human Services in Philadelphia, focusing on safety and permanency indicators for the in-home services program. Considers issues of data file construction and analysis, baseline results for in-home…

Introduces the Outcome-Asset Impact Model, a tool that combines elements of client-centered outcomes and asset orientations with a systems approach. The application of this model to the evaluation of program interventions is illustrated through three case studies: (1) a multiple objective urban revitalization initiative; (2) an early intervention…