The British have used the Industrial Training Act of 1964 to develop a dynamic training policy; and this is seen as a major factor in an economic growth strategy. (EB)

The activities in an infant school in Great Britain are conducted in an unorganized fashion on the theory that children will learn best when they are learning what most interests them. (CK)

Clarifies concept of evaluation as inherent part of all purposeful activity, briefly analyzes health service processes, and constructs evaluative model applicable to health service systems in general. (Author)

The 31 journal articles selected for this annotated bibliography fall into two categories: 1) articles which are prescriptive in nature, where a theoretical rationale is developed for the designing and implementation of centers, and 2) articles which describe learning centers now in operation. (Author/JB)

The authors respond to Ruppert's criticism of their earlier article assessing the effectiveness of the "Labor Market Orientation Program. " (GC)

Developing instructional programing priorities and planning program improvements require an understanding of how effectively program objectives are being met. A formalized process for evaluating programs has been developed at Vancouver Community College as an aid in these and other aspects of instructional planning. (SSH)

Goal attainment scaling (GAS) is a useful approach for evaluating special education services at the local education agency (LEA) level because it allows for individualization of program goals for a range of special education service programs.

Evaluation models have been taken as methodologies for actually conducting evaluations, instead of as persuasions or frameworks within which more specific constructs and methods must be placed. Although evaluation models do not provide methodologies, they do provide a guide for thinking about how an evaluation could be conducted. (Author/LC)

Points our the reasons speech communication is particularly fortunate among academic fields today. Reviews criteria that will ensure the preservation of college programs: (1) quality of research; (2) interrelationship with other disciplines; (3) a balance between competence instruction and theoretical instruction; and (4) a public constituency.…

It is argued that the information needs of stakeholders should be incorporated directly into the formulation of evaluation objectives, and the design of the evaluation. The paper presents a rationale for the stakeholder survey, describes its major components, and reports on the application of the approach in a large program evaluation. (Author/BW)

Discusses eight steps to be used in evaluating vocational education programs in correctional institutions: (1) determine purposes, (2) identify desired outcomes, (3) determine questions that need to be answered, (4) select methods, (5) identify staff, (6) collect data, (7) analyze data, and (8) report results. (JOW)

A discussion and demonstration of social comparison as a means of assessing programs for mentally retarded children is presented. The position is taken that the social validation method of norm peer comparison might be helpful in determining whether certain handicapped children should be moved to a less restrictive environment. (Author)