A questionnaire to gather material on the evaluation of noncertificated school personnel was sent to all school systems enrolling over 16,000 pupils. Replies were received from 232, or 72 percent of the 322 systems contacted. This circular is based on the replies of the 139 systems which indicated that they have formal programs for evaluating one…

A perennial concern to educational administrators is the abuse of sick leave by school employees. Numerous suggestions have been offered for reducing the abuse of sick leave both within education and industry. This publication reviews 12 research studies that evaluate plans for reducing sick leave abuse among various categories of employees. Also…

Since early in this century educators have been proposing staffing formulas they believe will facilitate educational quality. The resulting guidelines represent a wide range of recommendations--from the possible to the utopian. School boards, teachers' groups, administrators, consultants, and taxpayers thus have a range of choices among the…