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Peer reviewedPiland, William E.; Wentling, Tim L. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1981
Reviews methodology and findings of a study comparing the locally directed evaluation (LDE) practices in vocational education between Illinois community colleges and secondary schools. Analyzes responses from 74 percent (N=29) of the community colleges and 51 percent (N=61) of the secondary schools with respect to LDE purposes, activities, staff…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Organizational Objectives
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1981
The purpose of phase 3 of Project IMPACT (a project to assess the impact of vocational education research and development on vocational education programs in Illinois) was to review, further conceptualize, and refine the impact assessment system for vocational education research and development efforts proposed during fiscal 1989. The following…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Needs Assessment
Hook, Colin; Ethridge, James – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of Illinois Projects in Horticulture. Fourteen horticulture projects in high schools and junior colleges were discovered through a previous study, personal interviews with two University of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Download full textCheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
In order to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, Project IMPACT studied five problems: (l) how to define impact, (2) how to assess impact, (3) how to show cause and effect relationships between research and development (R&D) activities and changes in the vocational education…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Education Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students. The purpose of the Network was to expand the quantity and quality of special needs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
Illinois-funded Project IMPACT was designed to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirement of Public Law 94-482, with regard to the effect of vocational education research and development on vocational education programs. The study addressed itself to three problem areas: (1) how to define impact, (2) how to assess…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project (IOCP). The top-down study traced the IOCP from its developers to its users and documented measurable changes in the 1971 versus the 1979 curriculum…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Leach, James A.; Chiti, Robert A. – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Occupational Survival Skills Project. The purpose of the Occupational Survival Skills Project was to develop curriculum materials to help prepare high school students to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of Illinois Career Education Projects at the awareness level. First, the Career Development for Children Project (CDCP), which produced career awareness curriculum materials for elementary…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Case Studies
Braun, Kurt; And Others – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of two Illinois communities and the vocational education programs in those communities. The study examined the relationship between the "good" vocational education programs in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Educational Assessment
Malhorta, Man Mohanlal – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's effort to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a field study was conducted to identify and validate variables and their order of importance in predicting and evaluating impact of research and development (R&D) projects in vocational and technical education.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Research
Wentling, Tim L.; Piland, William E. – 1982
This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, covers two phases of educational facilities evaluation: the need for new facilities and the adequacy of existing facilities (with the second part receiving greater emphasis). The guide has been designed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Facilities
