The "Evaluation and School Districts" project is designed to analyze educational evaluation at the local educational agency level to determine the extent to which district evaluation offices contribute to the renewal of public education. Results of a survey indicate that the existence of an evaluation office is partially a function of…

In this update, 49 more goal-based programs are added to the 50 programs described in the directory's initial 1981 edition. The programs are goal-based in that they make use of such concepts as minimum competency testing, mastery learning, and continuous progress curricula, among others. As in the initial edition, each program receives a one-page…