In this brief discussion of the evaluation of compensatory education, the author analyzes why it has been difficult to discover whether compensatory education has succeeded; in addition, why the causes of success or failure are difficult to assess. In particular, the author points out that the political and economic circumstances of programs make…

This is the NSF 1970 Summer Institute Participant Questionnaire, consisting of seven sections with a total of 105 items, and its covering letter. (For related documents, see TM 002 379, 382.) (DB)

Secondary evaluations, in which an investigator takes a body of evaluation data collected by a primary evaluation researcher and examines the data to see if the original conclusions about the program correspond with his own, are discussed. The different kinds of secondary evaluations and the advantages and disadvantages of each are pointed out,…

A discussion of PERT is presented. PERT is an acronym for Project Evaluation and Review Technique. The first step in a PERT analysis is to list every activity required to accomplish the project. This is accomplished in three stages: (1) listing of major tasks, (2) assigning dates to each of these tasks, and (3) listing activities which must be…

This is the fourth in a series of reports comprising a nationwide review of the Teacher Corps program; it assesses the program at the University of Southern California and participating schools in Los Angeles and Riverside counties. The program focused on the special educational needs of Mexican-American and black children living in the Los…

This report provides information and data to school decision-makers, emphasing the identification of promising practices, major contributions of personnel, and weaknesses of the Follow Through program in Atlanta. Much o f the information presented is in a question-answer format and is based on both hard and soft data. Suggestions for improving the…

This report describes a study of the relationship of instructional process and program organization to pupils' learning in Title I compensatory education projects, as measured by the Stanford Reading Test. This is the first attempt to apply economic input/output methodology to compensatory education. Personnel in 42 projects in 37 California…

Designed to aid educators in organizing and conducting evaluation programs for local vocational and technical education, this pamphlet discusses ten steps on guidelines to be used in the procedures. In the order of their use, they are: (1) contacting the state vocational education department, (2) deciding how much to evaluate, (3) selecting the…

The Exemplary Rehabilitation Certificate (ERC) program of the Department of Labor was established to provide special help at public employment offices to ex-servicemen with other than honorable discharge. If such an ex-serviceman can establish good conduct for three years prior to application, he may obtain an ERC which is supposed to entitle the…

This speech discusses the planning for and the implementation of the O.E.O. performance contracting experiments. The author argues that it was not performance contracting, but the O.E.O. experiment which failed. The author blames this failure not so much on the poor evaluation design, but rather on the number of interface problems which arose…

Historical and realistic bases account for hostility to the concept of evaluation on the part of nursery school teachers. The nursery school is primarily a middle-class institution and as such does not attempt to provide an intellectually stimulating environment, since that is already available at home. Other sources of opposition to evaluation…

Regardless of what method of educational accountability one feels is best to strengthen our schools, it is likely to be fraught with difficulties. A particular problem of any accountability system seems to be the emphasis on measurement and evaluation with an ensuing loss of quality of teaching and learning. Literally, some accountability schemes…

Assessment and evaluation of the current 2- and 4-year programs in engineering technology education was the major purpose of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in authorizing the present study. The study was implemented primarily through a series of conferences involving engineering educators, engineering technology and junior…

The evaluation of an educational program by portrayal of the program rather than the focus of the program is discussed. It is suggested that the program evaluator limit his evaluation aims to what he can do and to what the client needs most. It is believed that the first duty of the evaluator should be to offer the client a comprehensive portrayal…

Seven current elementary science programs were compared on the basis of curriculum and instructional characteristics and practicality. The Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) was found to rank highest. (CP)