WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1998
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM

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SESSION 8:  PRESIDENTIAL STRAND - PANEL SESSION LOS ANGELES
Sponsored by the Topical Interest Group on Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation

Improving Policy Decisions: National Systems for Evaluation of Research Programs

Chair: Gretchen Jordan, Sandia National Laboratories
Panelists: Strategic Options for the Evaluation of R&D Programmes of the European Union, Ken Guy, Technopolis Ltd.
  How Evaluation Is Being Used To Improve the Delivery of U.S. Manufacturing Extension Services, David W. Sears & Kelly Redivo, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  Evaluating the National Science Foundation's New Web-based Proposal and Awards System, Robert E. Webber, National Science Foundation

 

SESSION 9: PANEL SESSION MIAMI
Sponsored by the Topical Interest Group on Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies

Identifying and Clarifying the Major Criteria Used To Determine the Value of a Technology-based Educational Endeavor

Chair: Tara D. Knott, Evaluation Resources, Inc.
Panelists: Mark Bardini, The World Bank
  Mark Hawkes, North Central Educational Laboratories
  D. Michelle Hinn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Rita Kershstein, American Institutes of Research

 

SESSION 10:  READERS' THEATRE BUCKTOWN

"EVALTALK: Evaluators' Embodiment of Exposure, Expertise, Expediency and Extinguishment"

Presenters: Neil Currie, State University of New York at Albany
  Melissa Freeman, State University of New York at Albany
  Michael Haw, State University of New York at Albany
  Tricia Meyer, State University of New York at Albany
  Cheryl MacNeil, State University of New York at Albany
  Rick Parkany, State University of New York at Albany
  Beatrice Thuynsma, State University of New York at Albany
  Wilma Waithe, State University of New York at Albany

 

SESSION 11:  PANEL SESSION OLD TOWN
Sponsored by the Topical Interest Group on Evaluation of Services for Special Needs Populations

Moving Toward the Future: The Impact of Evaluation Processes and Findings on Early Childhood Programs

Chair: Jane A. Grimstad, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Presenters: The Longitudinal Study of the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program: Past, Present, and Future, Jane A. Grimstad, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  Impact of Head Start-like Services on Family Involvement in Their Children's Education, Tim Speth, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Discussant: Theresa Elofson, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

 

SESSION 12: PAPER SESSION PRINTER'S ROW

Evaluation and School Change

Chair:  
Presenters: Using the Concerns Based Adoption Model as an Evaluation Tool in Assessing the Effects of Education Reform in Kentucky, James R. Craig, Western Kentucky University
  A Regional Implementation Study of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program, Lawrence B. Friedman & Sabrina W.M. Laine, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
  Identifying Improving Schools and Contributing Factors, Arie van der Ploeg, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
  Evaluating School Planning Efforts: How Well Are Ohio's Venture Capital Schools Planning for Restructuring?, Anne Marie Thomas & William E. Loadman, The Ohio State University

 

SESSION 13: PAPER SESSION RIVER NORTH
Sponsored by the Topical Interest Group on Business and Industry

Evaluation in Business and Industry Outside the Training Arena

Chair: Emmalou Norland, Ohio State University
Presenters: Building a High-performance Culture: Results of a Theory-based Evaluation of a Multifaceted Organizational Change Initiative, E. Jane Davidson, Claremont Graduate University
  Evaluation as a Catalyst for Strategic Planning in the World of Manufacturing Extension, Steven Ellis & Mike Doherty,
  Transforming an Organization's Culture Through Measurement: Four Years of Assessing Continuous Improvement Through the Employee's Eye, Emmalou Norland, Susan Missler, & Alyson DeAngelo, Ohio State University
  Telework Programs: Measuring the Impact, Debra Tate, Arthur Andersen

 

SESSION 14: PANEL SESSION STREETERVILLE
Sponsored by the Topical Interest Group on Collaborative/Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

Empowerment Evaluation and Results-oriented Grantsmaking in Foundations

Chair: Abraham Wandersman, University of South Carolina
Panelists: Promoting Results-oriented Nonprofit Management Through Empowerment Evaluation, Arlene Bowers Andrews, University of South Carolina
  What Does Empowerment Evaluation Change?, Margret Dugan, The Empowerment Evaluation Institute
  Outcome Oriented Grantmaking and Empowerment Evaluation, Nancy F. Jacobs, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and Pat White, The New York Community Trust
  Empowerment Evaluation, Accountability and Results-oriented Grantmaking, Abraham Wandersman, University of South Carolina; and Jan Yost, Mary Black Foundation
Discussant: Ricardo Millett, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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