Potential sources of invalidity relevant to evaluation approaches are identified, described, and categorized. The evaluation focus covered is the determination of a program's worth, not the determination of the presence of cause-and-effect relationships. Concern has been expressed by evaluators about the presence and effect of biases and their…

Among seven hypotheses developed from a sociological study of implementing two federally funded early intervention programs for delayed or handicapped children are that the more centralized the program administration, the less the program will be responsive to traditional or changing community needs; and the local allocation of early intervention…

The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, under the direction of Daniel Stuffelbeam, completed standards for the practice of evaluation. Little is known about the extent of congruence between evaluation practice and the ideal as represented by the standards. The purpose of the study was to obtain information regarding how…

The benefits accrued through the use of triangulation as both a design strategy and an analytic tool cannot be overstated. Triangulation allows for the clustering and organizing of disparate yet related data. Finding out what the data have in common and how the data are different allow the researcher to eliminate (or reduce) the number of…

This manual briefly reviews the major guidelines for a Title I evaluation plan using the norm-referenced evaluation model, Model A-1. Designed to help local school district personnel responsible for Title I evaluation activities, the manual can be used as a quick check of present evaluation activities or as a planning guide for future activities.…

The evaluation literature suggests that evaluation studies may be underutilized by policy makers. This possibility has stimulated a good deal of evaluation use research. However, most of the research has not been theoretically grounded. This paper reviews the key propositions of communications theory and related previous research, as they are…

Program supervisors for Business and Office Education (BOE), State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education completed a second year evaluation of Model Business and Office Block Program for rural schools. Data analysis and report writing were completed by a private consultant. On site visits were conducted and performance tests were…

The third and final volume of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based facilities for status offenders describes an approach to evaluating existing programs and proposed new ones. Instructions are given for collection of data on service resources through completion of worksheets specifying information on such topics…

A survey of 105 graduates of the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) from 1971 to 1977 was conducted. Although the majority of the graduates were single, earlier classes tended to have greater numbers of married graduates than the more recent classes of 1976 and 1977. Approximately 70% have attended or are now attending postsecondary…

Evaluation of parent involvement in the following ten early childhood programs in the Philadelphia school district is presented: (1) Child Care (CC); (2) Head Start (HS); (3) Parent Nursery (PN); (4) Get Set (GS); (5) Durham Child Development Center (DCD); (6) Preschool Child Development Project (PCD); (7) Original Follow Through (OFT); (8) Follow…

Leisure education is the focus of accreditation standards for agencies serving blind and visually handicapped students. A self study format is used to examine standards in the following four areas: planning and organization, personnel, leisure education programs, and program evaluation. (CL)

Evaluation of library service effectiveness is defined in terms of providing objective information to library policy makers and program managers on the effectiveness and cost of alternatives, as well as existing programs and services. The elements of policy and program evaluation are discussed and the need to view evaluation as a continuous…

This study examines Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) program operations related to school desegregation in New York and New Jersey. Included are brief discussions of application submission, grant competition, and project monitoring and technical assistance. Information presented is based on Federal and State data, program records, interviews, and…

The purpose of this paper, one of three related documents, is to present hypotheses about the causes for the success of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. The fund's success is demonstrated by the following achievements, all discussed indepth: diversity among the fund's applicants and grantees, multidimensional projects,…

Aspects of monitoring and evaluating programs for visually handicapped students are examined. The certification/accreditation program evaluation design is considered in terms of advantages and disadvantages. Roles of governmental (state and federal) and voluntary agencies are discussed. The functions of the National Accreditation Council of…