Until very recently the study abroad programs that approximately 32,000 American students a year participate in have not been properly evaluated as to the merits to be gained from studying in a foreign culture. Thus, the Federation of Regional Accrediting Commissions of Higher Education (FRACHE) established a Committee on Foreign Study to…

A survey questionnaire of the daily activities and attitudes of instructors participating in demonstrations of the University of Illinois and MITRE computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems is provided. The first section of the questionnaire concerns the instructor's background, present status, and teaching practices. The second section asks for…

This evaluation report of the Advisory and Learning Exchange (ALE) is divided into four sections. The first section explains the purpose of the evaluation as being to determine (a) what effect workshops have on participants, (b) what types of workshops are attended by which groups of people, and (c) to what extent and by whom the ALE is utilized…

This three-part report presents the results of an analysis of data collected in the first year of a two-year Teacher Corps study. The study attempts to answer management-oriented questions regarding the development of effective Teacher Corps projects and the assessment of quality and effectiveness of the projects. The report (a) provides an…

The Occupational Training Information System (OTIS), which is in operation in Oklahoma and in a developmental stage in Kentucky, was evaluated. The principle objective of OTIS is to provide the information necessary to formulate educational, manpower, and economic development plans and policies. OTIS consists primarily of a manpower demand…

This evaluation report is one of 17 planned for the longitudinal pilot study of the implementation in kindergarten and grade 1 of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). In this report, the purpose and design of the classroom observation phase of evaluation are described; schedules of observation and a sample observation form are…

This evaluation report is one of 17 planned for the longitudinal pilot study of the implementation in kindergarten and grade 1 of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). Kindergarten and first-grade teachers using the CSMP curriculum were asked, at mid-year, to evaluate the content and instructional materials by rating several aspects…

This evaluation report is one of 17 planned for the longitudinal pilot study of the implementation in kindergarten and grade 1 of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). Teachers using the CSMP curricula in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms were asked to complete questionnaires concerning implementation problems, timing and…

This evaluation report is one of 17 planned for the longitudinal pilot study of the implementation in kindergarten and grade 1 of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). Pilot teachers using the CSMP curricula for kindergarten and first grade were asked to keep weekly logs on forms provided. The logs returned were analyzed to help…

This study presents some guidelines for program innovating systems based on the experiences of those currently involved in program change. A search was conducted through recent publications to identify institutions currently involved with innovative programs in teacher preparation. A questionnaire was constructed to yield information concerning…

The definition and purposes of evaluation are explained in this booklet addressed to members of boards of education. Evaluation provides information to the school board enabling them to make decisions about goals, personnel, administrators, and programs. Some guidelines are offered regarding responsibility in personnel and student evaluation. (SM)

A guide for developing educational criterion measures is presented. Subjective evaluations are at best highly variable and conflicting. Specification of objectives precedes selection of criterion measures. The criterion measures presented are intended for evaluation of programs, not pupils. Frequently multiple criterion measures are necessary to…

The meaning of evaluation and the steps necessary to implement it are explained to parents in this booklet. The purposes and methods of evaluating student progress, teacher capability, programs, and school and community goals are related to improvement of the educational experience as a whole. Decision making is always a result of the data…

The major aim of this project was to develop dissemination packages for reading programs that had demonstrated effectiveness in improving reading achievement. The search involved a review of past research studies, computer stored abstracts, and library materials, as well as the obtaining of nominations from experts in the field and from the staff…

This supplement to the final report, "Identifying, Validating, and Multi-Media Packaging of Effective Reading Programs," was prepared for Right to Read for use in developing an effective plan for interesting potential users in examining and possibly adopting the validated, packaged programs. The six chapters in the document address key…