This article describes one school district department's efforts to train and support teachers in providing effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment methods to their students. This large, K-12 district embraces the spectrum of low to high SES schools, a large number of gifted students from diverse populations, and a variety of gifted…

Twelve factors which need to be considered when planning to use student feedback for improving instruction are discussed, including advantages and disadvantages, instrument selection and/or design, student attitudes, variables involved, teacher attitudes, and utilization of the data collected. (RAO)

Discusses three games which have been developed to collect evaluative feedback on instruction. Use of this process makes it possible to collect data in an enjoyable manner. (RAO)

A discussion of needs for additional research to determine how instructional technology can be best employed. (Author)

A discussion of needs for additional research to determine how instructional technology can be best employed. (Author)

Author believes that it is not a rejection of technology that we seek but a new, better technology - better responsive to our personal beings. (Author)

A discussion of the role of domain-referenced testing in educational accountability. (HB)

Describes an improvement program, based on total quality management concepts, for training employees that was developed at an IBM facility. Topics include student evaluation; follow-up telephone surveys; creating an educational brochure; and automating registration and recordkeeping activities. (LRW)

Explains the use of instructional design with a mastery learning strategy (IDML) in teaching mathematics. The IDML model, a combination of other theories including Gagne's instructional events, has been used to improve mathematics instruction in Malaysian schools, and includes developing test items, the teachers' development of learning materials,…