NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 166 to 180 of 676 results Save | Export
Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – 1966
Evaluation is discusses as a primary element in the change process. Defined as a procedure for obtaining data to make decisions, evaluation is regarded as a recurring determination of the extent to which objectives have been reached, within a four-stage sequence of research, development, diffusion, and adoption. A conceptual scheme for viewing the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Change, Evaluation
House, Ernest; And Others – 1974
Accountability currently is an important concept throughout education. Michigan has assumed leadership among the States in exploring and applying accountability procedures. The purpose of this report is to examine the quality and implications of that leadership. Specifically, the authors' purpose is to assess the Michigan Accountability System…
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Pietack, Raymond A.; Fenwick, Douglas – Community College Review, 1985
Discusses ways program administrators can do a better job of justifying their curricula in light of high costs and limited enrollments. Describes procedures used at Community College of Philadelphia for assessing new programs (the comprehensive feasibility study) and determining the success of existing programs (the academic audit). (DMM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Department Heads, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gregg, Russell T.; Sims, Paul D. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1972
Provides results from a survey, designed to assess the quality of graduate faculties and programs in the field, of faculty members in departments of educational administration. Data concerning the relative quality of graduate departments of educational administration in the United States are presented. (Author/JH)
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Administration, Educational Quality, Faculty Evaluation
Herring, Don R.; Wolf, Willard H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1971
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Departments, Guidelines, Organization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Troutman, Benjamin I. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1994
Uses Eisner's educational connoiseurship approach to illuminate larger organizational design issues and analyze and appraise Virginia State Superintendent for Public Instruction Joseph Spagnolo's reorganization plan. The analysis focuses on several design issues: fit/form, focus/function, force, and fulfillment. The Spagnolo design is constantly…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Thomas, Sally; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
Summarizes a United Kingdom study investigating differential school effectiveness. Measures overall school effects versus departmental differences in effects on 16-year-old students' General Certificate in Secondary Education performance, the internal consistency of departmental effects across six subject outcomes, and the stability of school and…
Descriptors: Departments, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
ADE Bulletin, 1998
Offers guidelines that specify the kinds of information that will assist faculties in identifying and rectifying problems in their graduate programs. Directs attention to eight areas: department goals; graduate admissions; retention and attrition of students; financial support for students; preparing students for careers within and outside the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, English Departments, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Griffin, Cynthia C.; Pugach, Marlene C. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2007
In this article, the authors advance 10 postulates describing what they believe to be true about collaboration in special education: (1) Collaboration in teacher education is possible; (2) Collaborative programs can be initiated from many departure points; (3) Collaboration requires real time for communication; (4) Supportive leadership is…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marx, Eva; Hudson, Nancy; Deal, Tami B.; Pateman, Beth; Middleton, Kathleen – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The Council of Chief State School Officers' State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards Health Education Assessment Project (SCASS-HEAP) allows states to pool financial and human resources to develop effective ready-to-use health education assessment resources through a collaborative process. The purpose of this article is…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Systems Approach, State Departments of Education, Health Education
Clement, Annie – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1975
Descriptors: Administrators, Departments, Educational Philosophy, Physical Education
Waggaman, John S. – Administrator's Update, 1984
Factors reported to be important in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development programs for department chairs are described. Attention is also directed to results from a goal-focused evaluation of the 6-year-old program to train new department heads in the nine state universities of Florida, a program that is being…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Management Development
Stanfield, Jonathan – 1981
Evaluation practice within state education agencies (SEAs) is reviewed from a management consultant's perspective. The study is based upon a review of literature, discussions with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Research on Evaluation Program, and visits to SEAs in California, Montana and Washington. The main findings of the study…
Descriptors: Administration, Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators
Holleman, Thomas, Jr. – 1975
In establishing a departmental cost-effectiveness model, the traditional cost-effectiveness model was discussed and equipped with a distant and deflation equation for both benefits and costs. Next, the economics of costing was examined and program costing procedures developed. Then, the model construct was described as it was structured around the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Departments, Educational Administration, Higher Education
Campbell, Jay J.; Forsgren, Afton – 1970
This report provides an assessment of the Utah State Board of Education's participation in an 8-State project to improve education. The report offers an evaluation of the status of education in Utah and recommends a practical blueprint for enabling the State to attain national leadership in educational achievement. The project was concerned…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |  ...  |  46