An Assessment of the Title III, ESEA Validation Effort, 1973-74. Final Report.

Evaluation materials and instructional content relevant to the IVD process for 1973-74 are presented. Section 1 of this report is an analysis of on-site experience of the validators in the employment of the Validator Self-Analysis Forms. Section 2 is Scientific Management Associates Educational Systems Division (SMA/ESD) evaluation of the 10 national training workshops for validators and state and local project personnel. Section 3 includes the authors' recommendations for year 3 developmental activities based on input from the validators' critiques, the participant evaluation of workshops, and SMA/ESD's involvement in the instrument design and training phases. The appendices contain a prospectus, the content for validator training workshops, and a partial list of candidate projects visited, 1974. (Author/RC)