Part of a resource package designed to assist local education agency personnel in improving the quality of instruction and supportive services to students with special needs enrolled in vocational education programs, the third of nine instructor guides examines four different strategies for assessing the student's levels of vocational-educational…

This guide to administrator evaluation includes research findings and theoretical background as well as applicatory materials for use by school boards and administrators. It proceeds from a general consideration of personnel evaluation and the problems it entails to a discussion of the essential steps in the process. Chapter 1 provides information…

The booklet is designed to show how agencies work together to meet the educational needs of young multiply handicapped children from the time of referral through entry into regular school. Section I on identification focuses on agency contacts, presentations, documentation, and cooperative agreements. A second section covers checklist, the…

Describes a performance review instrument which utilizes a self-assessment approach to evaluate skills and behaviors applicable to management and supervisory roles. The technique's objectives are reviewed and steps in the review process are described, including the formulation of personal development objectives. (MBR)

Gathers comprehensive information about accidents and near misses occurring in outdoor programs. Includes checklists for types of injury/illness, program activity, and contributing factors. Asks for analysis and recommendations, comments by the program director, and a narrative description of how the accident happened, treatment given, and…

Many participant-satisfaction evaluation forms used in staff development programs are ritualistic contrivances that are poorly designed and administered. This article describes five rules for generating evaluation forms based on clarity, a decision focus, brevity, anonymity, and respondents' opportunity to make additional suggestions. Careful…

The Quality of Study Rating Form incorporates principles of meta-analysis to rate key features in a social work evaluation study. The method is described, a test of its reliability is outlined, and its potential applications are discussed. (MSE)

Supervision is the hardest task facing administrators. The articulation of meaningful goals and objectives, as well as careful evaluation of employee performance remain challenging tasks. At Pensacola Junior College, this task was made easier through the development of a more bias-free and objective evaluation form. The form is appended. (MLW)

An outgrowth of several previous projects conducted by the Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center (ILRDC), the Quality Programs Project is a collaborative effort to improve the quality of literacy services in the Chicago area. A long-term investment in quality programming at the local level, the Quality Programs Project has as its primary…

The "Workshop Evaluation System" comprises a manual, an evaluation scale, and a report form. The system grew out of a need for an all-purpose instrument to provide systematic and easy-to-obtain evaluation data from participants. The establishment of normative data resulted from the need for comparative information where local or regional norms…

One simple and straightforward way to learn about individuals' concerns about an educational innovation is to ask them to respond to the question, "When you think about (the innovation), what are you concerned about?" This manual is intended to aid school officials in analyzing these open-ended concerns statements in order to effectively assess…

The continuous flow monitoring system is designed to provide data on migrant education at the time it is being created to the person who most needs that information. The basic assumption underlying this system is that the operation to be monitored is continuous or cyclic with interrelated events known in advance or predictable. By identifying…

A system was designed and pilot tested for the evaluation of the products of educational research and development centers and laboratories. The products developed were: (1) a detailed specification of the evaluation procedure; (2) an empirically derived, validated, and reliable product taxonomy; (3) criteria for evaluation; and (4) the forms,…

This practicum report describes the development and implementation of a teacher evaluation system at Eisenhower Elementary School in Pinellas County, Florida. The evaluation system developed was designed to address the goals of team teaching and individualized instruction. The system is intended to evaluate teacher performance in three areas,…

Introduces various topics relating to federal records and archives, including descriptions of federal records, permanent records, and archives; responsibility for the creation and maintenance of these items; the policy for deciding which records become archives; and legal issues relating to records and access to them. (Author/CLB)