Articles in this series on testing and evaluation specifically address the use of tests to assess and improve educational status; achievement test selection; and trend toward increased use of coaching materials to improve test performance. Professional literature on educational measurement is reviewed. (MBR)

This manual is a guide for principals to use in planning and directing a system of leadership and instructional improvement. Its components are designed specifically to provide an established process for improving instruction at the building level. It achieves this objective by: (1) placing the principal in the role of instructional leader; (2)…

The goal of this monograph is to explain the evaluation program designed by Schaumburg Community Consolidated District 54, Schaumberg, Illinois. It discusses the process used in the development of the model, the product, the implication for classroom teachers and the effects of using an evaluation to assess science process skills. The process…