The future of work is changing, providing opportunities for new careers and novel ways of working. Changes to the world of work will be driven by long-term trends such as technological and demographic change as well as the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future skills requirements will increasingly emphasise interpersonal, higher-order…

Program evaluation is important for assessing the implementation and outcomes of local, state, and federal programs. The Program Evaluation Toolkit provides tools and resources to support individuals responsible for evaluating and monitoring local, state, or federal programs. The toolkit comprises eight modules that cover critical steps in program…

The "Roadmap for Educator Preparation Reform" is a planning framework intended to guide and support educator preparation programs (EPPs) to integrate evidence-based and high-leverage practices within and across coursework and field experiences. The roadmap highlights the major guidelines that EPPs should consider throughout the reform…

This publication offers SEAs and LEAs steps for evaluating a Request for Proposal (RFP) that allows input from a wide range of participants and specific subject matter experts, permits flexibility and weighted scoring in appropriate areas and provides an objective and defensible process for determining the vendor finalist.

"Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications" is designed for evaluators and students who need to develop a commanding knowledge of the evaluation field: its history, theory and standards, models and approaches, procedures, and inclusion of personnel as well as program evaluation. This important book shows how to choose from a growing…

This monograph is intended as a guide to support self-evaluation of truancy reduction and prevention programs by those involved in their ongoing operations. It is one of four in a series addressing various aspects of truancy, was published by the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University with support from the South Carolina…

Six steps are described which can be used to evaluate a section of an extension program (e.g., the extension agent may have a corn program promoting a new variety and wants to know how many farmers are planting that variety). The steps are (1) state your objectives, (2) identify source of proof, (3) choose a representative sample, (4) use…

This booklet has been prepared to guide the implementation, operation, and evaluation of the field tests of the Creating a Career program. This field test guide describes the preparation needed for a field test, (acquiring materials, choosing the instructor, registration, scheduling the field test, preparing the classroom, orientation of other…

A model for the evaluation of educational programs is presented, consisting of a seven-step procedure for determining objectives, developing the assessment data, analyzing the data, and presenting it in a meaningful format. The first step is to determine the objectives for the program and enumerate them in a meaningful, measurable fashion; second,…

This booklet identifies basic techniques and methodologies for evaluating training and development programs. It also examines a selected number of methodologies that appear to be applicable to evaluating the results of program performance and achievement in many social and economic programs. Section 1 provides general information on evaluation and…

The objective of this research is to provide an outline of evaluation by objectives for a conference entitled Project Evaluation. As far as processes are concerned, this evaluation will result in a session-by-session evaluation form and transparencies to accompany the session-by-session evaluation form and to reinforce the main points under…

In this book, educational consultant James Cox offers a smarter way to look at data, putting test scores in context, not in isolation. Rather than focusing on last year's findings for school improvement, educators can learn how to evaluate the processes and practices that lead to those data by using a user-friendly, three-pronged framework for…

This California Evaluation Improvement Project (EIP) Program Evaluation workbook has two purposes. It can be used as a learning and instructional aid while one masters the procedures, techniques, and methods of program evaluation. Used this way, it helps the practitioner summarize and put into practice the subject matter presented in the EIP…

Presented is an evaluation of the first annual Northern Virginia Conference on Gifted/Talented Education held April 30 - May 1, 1976. Listed are details of the agenda, keynote speakers, mini-lab leaders, mini-lab sessions, conference participants, budget, and geographical areas represented. Evaluation information is provided on specific program…

This document was compiled for the Participative Management Program at St. Louis Community College. It is composed of four parts, each dealing with an aspect of evaluation of objectives. Part 1, An Introduction to Evaluation, discusses the difference between measurement and indication, the three general evaluation types (internal data, surveys,…