The special projects for improvement in nurse training listed here were funded by the Division of Nursing for the period June 1965 to June 1978. The list is arranged alphabetically by state, city, institution, and project. Each entry includes the following: grant code number, project period, institution name and address, project title, project category, and a brief project description. The project categories are as follow: career development, curriculum revision, expanded clinical role, faculty...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Directories, Federal Legislation, Nursing, Program Descriptions, Program Improvement,...
The perception of the senior year as a wasted year is a symptom of the disconnect between American public schools and what follows, whether postsecondary education or employment. Students may encounter four different sets of requirements to graduate from high school, to be admitted to college, to enroll in nonremedial college courses for credit, and to get a more than minimal job. The student who does not choose the college preparatory courses, starting with choices made as early as middle...
Topics: ERIC Archive, High School Seniors, High Schools, Program Improvement, Student Needs
This document reports on the activities of educational consultants involved in the appraisal of the Evaluator Development Program. Included are (1) consultant suggestions for program improvement, (2) a tabulation of consultant responses to task items on the consultant form, (3) a list of consultants, and (4) materials used during the evaluation process. (LLR)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Consultants, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Task...
The purpose of this guide is to assist school districts that might wish to form a consortium in understanding how to do so, how to decide which activities to undertake, and how to ensure success for the consortium. The ideas and suggestions contained in the guide come primarily from the 17 program improvement consortia in operation during the 1978-79 school year and from the state department of education and county office staff members who worked with them. The program improvement consortia are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Improvement,...
The result of extensive research addressing the unique needs and problems of American Indians, the report concludes that a singular solution to the multiple educational problems of the Indian is precluded by variances in location, tribal size, politics, and language and cultural disparities. Giving an overview of Indian education and problems, 7 recommendations are also listed: (1) Indians must be given full control of their schools without further delay; (2) all programs must respect Indian...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Needs, Program Development, Program Improvement, Rhodes, James A., And Others
This booklet provides guidelines for administrators, curricula directors, mathematics coordinators and supervisors, mathematics department chairmen, and classroom teachers for the orderly evaluation of improved mathematics programs. The purpose of the booklet was (1) to identify the kind of organization that enables the implementation, coordination, and administration of good mathematics programs, (2) to outline general principles of curriculum planning and revision, and (3) to define the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Evaluation, Guidelines, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Program...
This report contains a summary of a survey of violence prevention programs and a conference on the state of the art in evaluating such programs, as well as conclusions and recommendations. The survey of 51 violence prevention programs focused on evaluation activities. Analysis of the data indicated: frequently the goals have not been used to refine objectives that can be used in evaluation design; there have been few attempts to employ multiple measures of impact; and there has been little...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Intervention, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement,...
This paper presents the results of a survey of 51 violence prevention programs around the country, including detailed case studies of a select sample, reviews of the evaluations of these programs, and recommendations for next steps to be explored during the conference. Part I discusses the survey of violence prevention programs. It describes a survey of state-of-the-art violence prevention programs (N=51). The survey results are discussed in the areas of geographic distribution, founding dates,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Case Studies, Intervention, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Program...
In 1998, the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services assumed responsibility for the Milwaukee County child welfare system. The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has undertaken a multi-year, qualitative research project to monitor the state takeover. The three questions that this project seeks to answer are: (1) What parts of this new system, the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (BMCW), are working well? (2) What problems exist? and (3) What can be done to make...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Welfare, Program Attitudes, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, State...
A task force discovered that the guidance and counseling program in the Boston Public Schools is designed to be preventive and developmental and that the program is goal-directed to assist students in the development of life skills at each level. However, over the past several years the guidance program has been driven by the budget which has resulted in staff reductions, staff inequities, and the elimination of guidance technology services. In addition, decentralization has created a dichotomy...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Counseling Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Improvement, School...
Derived from a study by Whitebook and others (1982), this ERIC Short Report presents findings, recommendations, and other information on staff burnout in child care settings. Child care staff were found to be underpaid and overworked. Differences in working conditions among centers and job satisfaction among staff appeared to be related to such factors as job title distinctions, funding sources, and length of program day. According to Whitebook and colleagues, tackling burnout by reassessing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Etiology, Program Improvement, Satisfaction,...
There has been a growing but begrudging recognition that better teacher education is necessary both to carry out other education-related reforms and to provide knowledge for shaping the reform agenda. Without fundamental changes in the ways that teachers teach, changes will not occur in the learning outcomes of a particular lesson or class or school. Pervasive and widespread change in teacher education has already occurred. These changes include: raised admission criteria; more rigorous exit...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Higher Education, Institutional Role, Preservice Teacher...
Information from (1) questionnaires completed by present and former students, parents, educators, and business men, (2) government agency reports, (3) school records, and (4) agricultural employer surveys in 24 geographic areas which included all the counties (1) determined the need for additional occupational training, (2) identified major occupational education courses in terms of employer needs, (3) determined interest in types of trainings and work situations, (4) measured the adequacy of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Attitudes, Educational Needs, Financial Support, Program Improvement,...
This review of a research institute's evaluation of the national Follow Through program asserts that both the contracting office and the research institute failed to adequately specify the kind of study intended and the functions which it proposed to serve. One of several kinds of evaluation studies might have been undertaken: (1) a research study, demonstrating relationships between variables to provide hypotheses for program approaches, (2) a summative evaluation of the national program, (3)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compensatory Education, Evaluation Methods, Objectives, Program Evaluation, Program...
The evaluation of the free public library service of Vermont resulted in the following conclusions: (1) further basic professional assistance by the regional library staff is needed at the local library level; (2) financial aid is needed by many small local libraries to improve salaries, add books and library material, purchase supplies and equipment, provide telephone service and in some instances, permit renovation of the library building; (3) better definitions of free public library service...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Services, Library Surveys, Library Technical Processes, Program...
The definition of evaluation as a process of delineating, obtaining and providing information useful for making decisions and judgments about educational programs and curricula highlights the function of evaluative information of assisting decision-making. It reflects the concept of the role of evaluation in informing action at discrete decision points. It is important to recognize that a curriculum program and its evaluation are highly interactive throughout the curriculum development process....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Foreign...
The process of revising the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Program Classification Structure (PCS) is now completed. This document is being distributed to inform NCHEMS constituents about the final revisions to the PCS and to describe the reasons why each revision was made. The revision process began in early 1974 when a large cross-section of NCHEMS participating institutions and agencies were asked to suggest changes they felt should be made in the PCS. In...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Classification, Data Analysis, Educational Planning, Higher...
The primary function of Hawaii's Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education is to evaluate the State's total vocational education effort and to publish and distribute the results in the form of an evaluation report. After a summary of 22 recommendations, the first section of the report gives the highlights of vocational education for fiscal year 1973. These highlights are the outcomes reported by the Department of Education and the Community Colleges for the objectives put forth in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Program Evaluation,...
This directory contains 355 discretionary projects addressing the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that received funds in 2004. It was compiled from 4 volumes separately published by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). The Research to Practice Division of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) administers the discretionary programs authorized by the 1997 Amendments...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Disabilities, Technical...
Noting that young children under age five are still without comprehensive public policies to protect or enhance their status, this issue of the NCEDL Spotlights excerpts an article proposing a quality support system for early childhood education programs. The components of a quality support system are highlighted: (1) personnel preparation; (2) technical assistance; (3) applied research and program evaluation; (4) communication; (5) demonstration; (6) data systems; (7) comprehensive planning;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Strategies, Educational Quality, Preschool Children, Preschool Education,...
This document presents the assessment instrument used in Glendale Community College's (California) instructional program review and improvement self-study report. This document contains the following chapters: (1) response to demand, which looks at demand, offerings, and scheduling in the areas of enrollment, FTES by course/program, number of majors, reasons for taking courses, number of sections, number of sections added/deleted/cancelled, fill rate, and student satisfaction with scheduling;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Self Evaluation...
A study was conducted to assess the current attitudes and beliefs of advisors to Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/HERO) in Michigan and to identify a future direction for the organization. A 51-item survey was developed and mailed to 134 past and present FHA/HERO advisors in the state. The questionnaire consisted of 50 objective items pertaining to school demographics and advisors' attitudes toward certain aspects of the program, and an open-ended item asking...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Faculty Advisers, Home Economics, Program Improvement, Secondary Education, Student...
This directory contains 338 discretionary projects addressing the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that received funds in 2005. It was compiled from 4 volumes separately published by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). The Research to Practice Division of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) administers the discretionary programs authorized by the Individuals with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Disabilities, Technical...
This handbook lists the International Reading Association's 10 recommendations for improving the standards set by Congress' latest reauthorization of Title I, a program that uses federal funds at the local school district level to improve the performance of students in the early elementary grades who are at risk of school failure. Each recommendation is stated and briefly described; supporting evidence is outlined for the recommendation; and references and annotated suggested readings are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Literacy, Program...
This handbook, one of five local handbooks developed to support specialized implementation of the National Career Development Guidelines, presents guidelines for developing comprehensive programs for adults who are served by community and business organizations. Part I describes the need for guidelines and standards in career development, defines career development programs within the context of education and training, and discusses national, state, and local roles in establishing and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Programs, Adults, Business, Career Development, Career Planning, Program...
Effective strategic planning has clearly become a skill that is essential to the survival of managers in public and private sector agencies alike. While sometimes thought of as being an overly quantitative and excessively time-consuming activity, strategic planning does not need to be characterized in these terms. In its simplest and most straightforward form it can be a highly qualitative, highly participative, and very worthwhile activity. One model of strategic planning involves a four-phase...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines,...
This annual report of the Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association (GMDCA) details the accomplishments of the organization for 2000-2001. The report begins with a letter from the executive director focusing on the need to change our thinking about the care and education of young children, then describes components of quality child care and how the GMDCA support quality child care. The report next describes the MetroKids childcare program in Minneapolis, asserts the GMDCA support of the Infant...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Child Care, Infants, Organizations (Groups), Program Descriptions,...
This report is one of a series by the General Accounting Office that summarizes major policy, management, and program issues facing agency heads in the Bush administration. Many concerns have been identified, some new, others long-standing. This report on the Department of Agriculture describes concerns about the following six issues: (1) improving the effectiveness and reducing the costs of farm programs; (2) reducing the cost of Farmers Home Administration loan programs; (3) finding long-term...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agriculture, Farmers, Insurance, Policy Formation, Program Improvement, Public...
On March 28, 2003 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a report titled "Race-Neutral Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative Approaches to Diversity." The purpose of this report is to describe a number of race-neutral approaches that postsecondary institutions across the United States are using. This staff assessment by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights examines "Race-Neutral Alternatives" in light of the Commission's prior analyses, findings, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Preparation, Financial Support, High School Students, High Schools, Higher...
In order to improve the policies governing the El Camino College (California) Peer Tutoring Program, a survey instrument reflective of potential policy issues and concerns was constructed and then administered to the entire population of tutors (n=75) in order to learn their opinions concerning seventeen policies and conditions. The study design assumed that 51% or more of the tutors were in agreement with a given item on the survey, such would indicate that the policy issue reflective of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Program Improvement, School Policy, Tutoring,...
Leading a series of in-depth technical assistance papers on improving the quality in early care and education programs, this brochure is designed to help local communities consider the most effective strategies in designing and implementing programs that improve child care quality. A quality enhancement approach is taken whereby communities begin with the basic components and revise the program at certain intervals to incorporate lessons learned as well as expanded components to improve the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies, Child Care, Early Childhood...
A report is given of a major study on effective staff development and its role in school improvement efforts. A review of research literature identified key process variables that foster effective staff development activities within successful school or district change efforts. Questions guiding the review of research included: (1) What processes (factors) were described and discussed in research studies on staff development and school improvement? (2) How were such factors significant in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Strategies, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program...
The Job Training Reform Act Amendments were introduced in the House of Representatives to amend the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to improve the delivery of services to hard-to-serve youth and adults and for other purposes. This report summarizes this proposed legislation, which was recommended for passage by the Committee on Education and Labor, and provides a rationale for its becoming law. The report contains the following 13 sections: introduction to the bill; purpose and summary;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job...
The Cooperative Extension Service has become the largest adult education and human service program in the United States. It makes use of about 1.5 million adult volunteers who spend an average of more than 100 hours each conducting Extension programs under the guidance of extension personnel. Volunteers play a variety of roles including policy formation, teaching and coordinating Extension activities, training volunteers, supervising projects, supporting Extension programs, and providing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Educational Needs, Extension Education, Program Administration, Program...
This manual contains the complete course plans designed to prepare an individual to participate in an onsite survey. It provides an introduction to the major phases of the survey process: (1) planning for an onsite survey; (2) conducting the opening conference; (3) onsite factfinding; (4) problem identification and analysis; (5) problem solving and improvement planning; (6) preparing the written report; (7) conducting the closing conference; and (8) followup and impact assessment. Upon...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Guides, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Personnel Management,...
The University of Southern Queensland's Centre for Further Education and Training, which offers distance teaching and training courses to a wide range of mature students, developed a quality assurance framework to guide its efforts to improve the quality of its distance courses for teachers and trainers with little or no training in educational theory or practice. The following elements were selected for the framework: commitment (the intention of all staff to deliver efficient and effective...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Distance Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Models,...
To promote and assist the development of quality state and local occupational education programs, and to help assure accountability of federal and state funds allocated to local programs, the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education launched a 3-phase evaluation study of its existing system. Visitations were made to 71 Local Education Agencies including comprehensive high school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. Evaluations were made with respect to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Career Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, State...
This paper explores how the 4-H youth development program is based on and conducted in a manner consistent with the philosophy of experiential education and Dewey's (1938) principles of interaction and continuity. The paper presents the history of 4-H relevant to an exploration of Dewey's influence on the program, asserting that it is within the context of the 4-H club, and especially within the 4-H project group, that the components of experiential education and Dewey's principles of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, History, Program...
A research study attempted to identify necessary components of a strong corporate wellness training program and to establish a sound research base from which valid curricular decisions could be made concerning program design. Responses from a 52-item questionnaire were received from 248 corporate wellness professionals. Results indicated that the respondents felt the five most important areas of knowledge for their work were: (1) principles of exercise and conditioning; (2) exercise...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Industrial Personnel, Physical Fitness, Program Content, Program Improvement, Well...
This document reports a revision study of the California Alcohol Services Reporting System (ASRS), a system which consists of a structure of definitions and categories of services, a budget form of planned alcohol services, instructions for the county plan, and the report of expenditures. The study problem is that the ASRS structure of definitions, categories and forms may be too restrictive and inadequate to accurately reflect the current diversity of publicly funded alcohol programs and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Alcoholism, Community Services, County Programs, Program Administration, Program...
Constructed for use by individuals analyzing the status and problems of local reading programs and systematically seeking and developing solutions, this handbook is a programed self-study guide which may be used by a committee or task force to collect data and make decisions. The handbook contains eleven charts which may be used to summarize committee conclusions, to make a display, and to share findings and reporting recommendations. It also contains an appendix, which includes a summary of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Program...
In 1992, a nationwide poll of active forensics programs concluded with an open ended question of how to increase participation in NDT (National Debate Tournament) debate that yielded four goals. The first goal, re-emphasizing communication skills, arose because NDT has emphasized rapid delivery above all else. NDT needs to be more entertaining to the listener, and this can only be accomplished by decreasing the emphasis on extensive research and increasing the emphasis on basic communication...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication Skills, Debate, Debate Format, Higher Education, Program Improvement,...
The purpose of this planning project is to develop policies, plans, and procedures to improve higher education in Wisconsin. To achieve this goal, attention was concentrated in the following areas: (1) budget analysis, (2) fund disbursement, (3) distribution of costs among students, local, state, and federal governments, (4) projections of space needs for land and buildings, (5) revision of existent programs, (6) development and extension of public services, (7) individual opportunity in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Higher Education,...
Improving the inferior image that marketing education has developed can only be accomplished through the professionalism and dedication of each marketing education teacher and through efforts of marketing officials to upgrade program quality at every level. Eight suggestions are offered to stimulate ideas: (1) get students involved in fund-raising activities and community organizations such as the local public television station during its fund-raising campaigns; (2) update offerings at the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Business Education, Marketing, Postsecondary Education, Program Improvement, Public...
While Follow Through programs over the past 12 years have been committed to meeting the expectations of government officials and other concerned citizens, the program now must document what is expected of the project and how those expectations will be measured. If this major deficiency is not addressed immediately, the program probably will end. Because no study to date has recommended the establishment of national expectations and national criterion-referenced measures, this paper attempts to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Educational History, Expectation, Primary Education, Program...
The use of evaluation findings for program improvement and decision making was explored with the philosophy that different levels of information use occur--from altering perceptions of a program, to influencing major decisions about it. The strategy of deliberately involving potential information users such as clients, sponsors, and other audiences in an evaluation study was employed. A brief discussion is presented on the viability of user participation as an evaluation strategy, with special...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation Utilization, Information Utilization, Participative Decision Making,...
The treatment and care of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled is now and has been the subject of volatile public debate. This paper is the result of an attempt by the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities to reorient public focus to concentrate on the major issues involved in delivering effective treatment and care. The department felt that if its motives, policies, plans, and actions were laid out and examined in a rational context, mental health...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Delivery Systems, Human Development, Mental Health, Objectives, Program Descriptions,...
This pamphlet takes a tested Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program from the recent past and relates it to today's circumstances and contexts. The MAT program recruits outstanding liberal arts graduates who have completed little or no undergraduate course work in education and places them in a graduate program that requires the successful completion of advanced study in the academic discipline to be taught, professional education classes, and a clinical-internship program teaching experience....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Degrees, Program Effectiveness, Program...
To help teachers and administrators evaluate and improve their reading programs, standards of excellence are presented for seven program components: administration and organization, student assessment, instruction and management, instructional materials, evaluation, staff and staff development, and community involvement. Procedures are suggested for reaching each of the standards, and the person or group with primary responsibility for carrying out these procedures is given. (Author/AA)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Program Evaluation, Program...
Several tools exist that school districts can use to help solve current or potential problems in compensatory programs. The school district should begin by conducting (1) a study to determine the extent to which students are served by multiple compensatory programs, (2) on-site observations of the programs, and (3) a review of the curriculum and instructional planning for both regular and compensatory programs. After examining the data, the district might decide to make any of the following...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Strategies, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program...
