The need for a model capable of providing educators and legislators with objective data concerning the quality of public schools in West Virginia became critical after the Pauley v. Bailey decision was handed down. County school districts across the state had interpreted evaluation instruments in various ways resulting in information that was a product of the evaluators’ backgrounds and experiences and lacked objectivity.
The purpose of this study was to develop and field test an evaluation model capable of assessing secondary school facilities in West Virginia to determine compliance with standards established in the Master Plan for Public Education for secondary school facilities.
The model for Secondary School Facilities in West Virginia was criteria referenced using standards established in the Master Plan for Public Education. The model was field tested in three county school districts. During the field testing process each facility was evaluated two times. One evaluation was completed by the school principal while the second evaluation was conducted by the researcher. An inservice model was designed to standardize the application process evaluators would follow when using the Evaluation Model for Secondary School Facilities in West Virginia and all local evaluators were required to participate in the inservice program. Data obtained in the field testing process was checked for consistency and objectivity. Follow-up interviews were conducted with local evaluators to gather information that would permit the refinement of both the inservice model and the Evaluation Model. The use of the Evaluation Model for Secondary School Facilities in West Virginia will provide educators with information that will assist in the development of statewide priorities for public school facilities.
Recommendations were made in accordance with the findings of the study. / Ed. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/111054 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Akers, Stephen B. |
| Contributors | Educational Administration |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | vi, 177 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 11223645 |
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