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Payne, Holland I. – 1981
The report describes evaluation data on the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program for the Sacramento City Unified School District. Parents of elementary, junior high/middle, and senior high GATE students completed questionnaires regarding their children's reactions to GATE, staff answered surveys, and GATE's advisory committee responded to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Nontraditional Education, Parent Attitudes
Holstein, Karen E. – 1987
In response to the rising costs of health care and large increases in insurance premiums, a study was conducted at Lakeshore Technical Institute (LTI) to investigate the feasibility of using a self-funded health insurance plan at the college. Data were obtained through a literature review; telephone and on-site discussions with a personnel…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Health Insurance
Watras, Joseph; Lasley, Thomas J. – 1987
Although educational reform for teacher education has been called for in many recent reports, educational reformers typically do not take time to define exactly what is to be changed, why, and how that change can be evaluated. Many of the conceptions for change are narrowly defined and vary among reports. Seven recommendations made by the National…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Anderson, Charles J. – 1987
Results of a survey concerning accreditation are presented based on 374 responses provided by chief executive officers and other college officials. The findings, which were statistically adjusted to produce national estimates, provide information on: respondents' experience with the accreditation process; issues concerning institutional…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Teacher Center Program (Washington, D.C.) provides an environment where teachers may come to work on materials or projects for their classrooms, take courses for recertification credit, college credit, or enrichment, and take graduate level courses. Chapter one of this evaluation report on the Teacher Center Program describes the background of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Kirby, Douglas – 1984
This document is the first volume of a six-volume report on sexuality education. This volume summarizes the structure and content of sexuality education in the United States, reviews the literature on the effects of sexuality education, describes the evaluation methods, provides a description of and the evaluation data for each program, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Parent Child Relationship, Program Effectiveness
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
To help raise the reading scores and attitudes of selected "at-risk" students from Thomas Jefferson, Springfield Gardens, and Franklin D. Roosevelt High Schools in New York City, a pilot study daily provided students with individual copies of the "New York Daily News" and integrated the use of the paper into regular…
Descriptors: High Schools, Newspapers, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Ayers, Jerry B. – 1986
A report is given of the results of the 13th evaluation study of graduates from Tennessee Technological University College of Education. The specific objective for the use of this longitudinal model was the evaluation and subsequent modification and improvement of the teacher education programs. The sample size by year of graduation was: 1983--16,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
Schumacher, Sally – 1985
Evaluation processes and procedures for a collaborative teacher education program are contrasted to those typically used in a cooperative teacher education program. The research method used to set generic collaborative preservice teacher objectives in professional knowledge and educational beliefs is described. The two-year design will use pre-…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Participative Decision Making, Preservice Teacher Education
Haile, Penelope J.; Richards, Angela J. – 1984
A study was conducted of the use of a computer teleconferencing system developed by Participation Systems Inc. (nicknamed PARTI) as enhancement for two independent study credit courses in the behavioral sciences, Introduction to Effective Communication and Introductory Psychology. An earlier study in the spring and summer of 1983 had tested the…
Descriptors: College Students, Computers, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Gagnon, Renaud – 1985
A case study of an educational action research oriented project in Quebec--a continuing education project at the elementary level (EPEL)--is described to show the contributions of the case study method to human development, needs assessment, curriculum development, and innovative teaching. The case study method is suggested as a means to pinpoint…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Hadley, Marilyn B., Ed. – 1985
The guide is designed as a tool that can be used to write a proposal for funding from Public Law (PL) 89-313 (which amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965). Grant awards under PL 89-313 are available to eligible State-operated and State-supported agencies serving handicapped children. After an overall needs assessment, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Grantsmanship
Zeichner, Kenneth M. – 1979
This paper examines beginning teacher induction programs in both the United States and Great Britain. Descriptions are given of the scope and activities in 11 selected programs in the United States: (1) the NASSP Project; (2) Washington State; (3) Oswego, New York; (4) Hawaii; (5) Wheeling, Illinois; (6) Wilmette, Illinois; (7) New York City; (8)…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Mentors
Dennis-Small, Lucretia; Washburn, Kerry – 1985
Reported are findings of an impact evaluation of the Family-Centered Home-Based Intervention Project for Protective Services Clients, a joint venture of the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) Region 11 (Houston) and the DePelchin Children's Center. The project demonstrated a model of intensive intervention with families who had been referred…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cost Effectiveness
Berkeley, Terry R. – 1986
This paper details the pathway of development of early intervention program evaluation research along with the often-enumerated problems with research results. Early intervention evaluation, which was initiated in 1969, involves those organized efforts designed to remediate and/or reconcile developmental disabilities in young children up to the…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Federal Aid
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