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B-164031(1) 1 (1971-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafhn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE / WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION LM095573 B-164031(l) APR 22 1971 Dear Mr. Secretary: We made a review of the policies and c o f theff ice-of, Education in administering contracts awarded for the purpose of study- ing or evaIuating educationalprgas. During our review, we acquired information on acontract awarded to the Consortium of Professional As- sociations for Study of Special Teacher Improvement Programs (CONPASS) that we believe should be brought to your attention. We found that some of the basic management functions of the Office of Education that are essential to an effective administration of the contract were delegated to CONPASS under the contract, This matter is discussed below. Other findings resulting from our review will be reported upon separately. CREATION OF CONPASS Since the enactment of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, the Office of Education, through its institute program, has supported institutions of higher education to strengthen instructional services. The institute program is one of a variety of federally supported special programs designed to improve instruction in American educational institutions. Under this program, colleges and universities, through Federal support, provide advanced study for short terms or in regular sessions for persons concerned with the teaching of modern foreign lan- guages, English, history, geography, reading, economics, civics, human- ities, the arts, and the industrial arts. Institutes may also be conducted to improve the competencies of persons who use educational media, of teachers of disadvantaged or handicapped children, and of counseling and guidance officers. We were informed by the Director of the Division of College Programs, Office of Education, that during 1963 and 1964 many of the universities which operated the institutes contracted for evaluations of their partic- ular programs and, because of the wide variety of programs, funded a large number of evaluations. The Director stated that, in an effort to consolidate evaluations and have them cover a number of educational dis- ciplines, he had conceived of a consortium of organizations from the various disciplines to undertake, as a single body, the evaluations de- sired by the universities. He stated also that the consortium was 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971

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