The report describes the development of a project which produced an integrated set of materials on formative evaluation that are appropriate for use in graduate training, research and development settings, and public school personnel use. The objectives of the project were: (1) to identify relevant data sources for formative evaluation and to…

This report discusses in detail the 1988-89 evaluation study developed by the University of California at Los Angeles Center for Technology Assessment and the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) administration for the purpose of determining the impact of the ACOT project on students, teachers, and parents. Both student achievement in writing and…

This is a final report of support received through the National Institute of Education (NIE) to assist in research on the writing ability of United States children. The study began under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in order to contribute to a cross national assessment of…