Data are reported for information from medical school faculty members regarding reactions to characterizations of evaluation systems, concerns about the evaluation of medical students, and institutional and departmental reviews of clinical evaluation policies and procedures. (MLW)

A study involving 39 preservice teachers investigated changes in teacher role perception over the course of a ten-week practicum session. The research utilized the 28-item Perception of Administrator Role Questionnaire and the California Psychological Inventory to probe the manner in which exposure to school administrators affected the student…

The purpose of this study was to analyze three roles related to student teaching: elementary school student teachers, supervising teachers, and university supervisors. Analysis served two purposes: (1) to identify role perceptions of each of the three groups; and (2) to determine whether significant differences exist in the perceived roles, as…

This study investigates hypotheses about differences in the perceptions of middle school principals and teachers concerning those principal performance skills that are practiced and those that should be practiced. A survey instrument consisting of 37 principal performance skills on a five-point Likert-like scale was sent to the principals and…

In 1985 the Arizona Legislature established a 5-year pilot-test program for teachers, under the direction of the Joint Legislative Committee on Career Ladders. Its purpose was to implement and evaluate a process of rewarding teachers based on their actual performance levels, rather than solely on years of experience and/or accumulated college…