Description and Rationale of the Training Consortium. Technical Paper No. 2. Final Report.

The second technical paper describing the training program in educational evaluation and development contains the description and rationale for the training consortium, including discussions of the value of consortium agencies during planning and training. The following consortium units and their roles are described: University of Colorado, the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE), Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), Earth Sciences Educational Program (ESEP), High School Geography Project, Social Sciences Education Consortium (SSEC), Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory (SWCEL), Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development (SWREL), John F. Kennedy Child Development Center, Denver Public Schools, the Interstate Educational Resources Service Center, Northern Colorado Educational Board of Cooperative Services (BOCES), Colorado Department of Education, Ford Foundation, and U.S. Office of Education Regional Office. There are seven appendixes: 1) "Working Paper of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study"; 2) "Working Paper of the Earth Sciences Educational Program"; 3) "Working Paper of the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory"; 4) "Working Paper of the Southwest Regional Laboratory"; 5) "Working Paper of the Northern Colorado Education Board of Cooperative Services"; 6) "Working Paper of the Denver Public Schools"; and 7) "Working Paper of the Colorado Department of Education." [Related documents are SP 005 100 and SP 005 102-103.] (MBM)