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Integrity versus Pragmatism: Planning the National 4-H Evaluation.
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Meyers, James M. – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Discusses the experience of the 4-H program with the challenging Federally mandated evaluation. Explores how tensions around both design integrity and practicality were manifested and how this conflict affected a large scale evaluation. Also describes the design that 4-H employed to respond to the Congressional evaluation mandate. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Extension Education
The Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP): A Realistic Assessment.
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Campeau, Peggie L. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1983
Describes an assessment procedure used by the American Institutes of Research in a management-oriented evaluation of the Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP). Also summarizes findings of the assessment and recommendations in the context of WEEAP's legislative mandate and equity issues. (GC)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination
Recommendations To Congress and Their Rationale: The Holtzman Project.
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Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
Recommendations are made to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about evaluation procedures and practices, and the use of evaluation results. The recommendations are directed toward improving the quality and…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
A Mandated Appraisal of Evaluation Practices: Digest of Recommendations to the Congress and the Department of Education.
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Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1981
Summarizes a report from Northwestern University that reviewed Federal evaluation practices of federally supported educational programs at the national, state, and local levels. Considers: (1) evaluation purposes and methods; (2) evaluators' capabilities; (3) use of evaluation results; and (4) ways that evaluation procedures/practices can be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Federal Legislation
High Potential Consequences of the 4-H Program.
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Scriven, Michael – Education and Urban Society, 1980
To promote effective evaluation of the 4-H program, develops a matrix that identifies unintended and intended consequences of the program. After discussing objectives and activities of 4-H, concludes that the program has effectively incorporated good delivery modes and appropriate selection of materials to make an important contribution to…
Descriptors: Activities, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Indirect Costs of Health Research--How They are Computed, What Actions are Needed. Report by the Comptroller General of the United States.
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
A review by the General Accounting Office of various aspects of indirect costs associated with federal health research grants is presented. After an introduction detailing the scope of the review and defining indirect costs and federal participation, the report focuses on the causes of the rapid increase of indirect costs. Among findings was that…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Computation, Costs, Educational Finance
Explanation and Analysis of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982.
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
The Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 continues a long-standing federal commitment to help disadvantaged persons prepare to obtain employment. The legislation works primarily through a locally based program delivery system to provide remedial education, training, and employment assistance to low-income and long-term unemployed youth and adults.…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Business Responsibility