The recent technological explosion in microcomputers offers much promise to special educators and students. Many schools currently employ microcomputers to assist in the development and management of student programs as well as for the delivery of instruction. The challenge to program evaluators is to ascertain the managerial and instructional benefits of these machines for particular program needs and populations. A comprehensive program evaluation model is presented for evaluating special education programs; application of the model for examining the efficacy of using microcomputers is presented.
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