ERIC ED185238: Evaluation Handbook, Volume 2: Guidelines pdf

ERIC ED185238: Evaluation Handbook, Volume 2: Guidelines

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This handbook for state and local education agencies is intended as a reference to assist in initiating and/or improving follow-up systems or studies of former vocational students classified as special populations. The handbook is a complement to Evaluation Handbook: Guidelines and Practices for Follow-Up Studies of Former Vocational Students, Volume 1 (see Note). Sections 1, 2, and 3 provide a background on evaluation and followup and an overview of special populations which highlights definitional issues and defines the importance of evaluation and followup. Specific titles are Introduction; Evaluation and Follow-Up: Context, Definitions, Models, and Relationships; and Overview of Special Populations. Sections 4, 5, and 6 focus on the procedural steps required in designing, planning, implementing, and using follow-up studies (Issues and Strategies for Follow-Up of Special Populations, Procedures and Practices for Follow-Up Studies, and Using Follow-Up Data and Studies). Where appropriate, citations are made to Volume 1 and information or textual material is taken from that document to support this volume.

Other sections include a glossary, annotated bibliography, and appendixes including sample materials and follow-up questionnaires, forms, and interview guides. (YLB

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1979
• Year: 1979
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Data Analysis, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Research, Females, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Graduates, Guidelines, Minority Groups, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Utilization, Vocational Education, Vocational Followup, Withdrawal (Education

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