ERIC ED322606: School Staff and Parent Evaluations pdf

ERIC ED322606: School Staff and Parent Evaluations

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During 1989 more than 23,000 parents and educators representing 429 California schools returned surveys as a part of a triennial evaluation of special education. The surveys addressed three purposes: (1) overall assessment of the California Resource Specialist programs (designed to serve learning disabled students with a combination of regular classroom support and special “pullout” services); (2) identification of underlying themes and common perspectives within the evaluation data; and (3) determination of the extent to which response factors are able to predict student achievement and resource specialist program characteristics. Data from 5 of the 11 survey forms were analyzed in this report, including: educator opinions on overall school functioning and approval; parental opinions toward the school and the Resource Specialist program; educator views of the type, quantity, and quality of staff development activities; and perceptions of the effectiveness of the Resource Specialist Program in achieving program exit for participating students.

Both parents and educators gave the program a strongly positive evaluation. Educators throughout California seem convinced that resource rooms support classroom success for special education students. According to parents, good schools are organizationally effective and stress shared instructional involvement and academic concerns for all children. Professional educators interpret the general school programs along three dimensions: principal leadership, effective classroom practices, and effective teaching strategies. Sources of program success, prediction of resource specialist outcomes, alternative goals, and policy implications are also discussed. There are 41 tables, 9 figures and two appendices containing surveys and results. (MLH

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 4/30/1990
• Year: 1990
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Parent Attitudes, Program Evaluation, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes

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