The speeches of John Dobbin and Irvin J. Lehman to the Invitational Conference on Measurement in Education are presented. In Lehman's paper, "Testing in the Year 2001", he states that testing in the future, or in any year, must provide data to assist students, parents, professional educators, tax payers, and legislators in the decision making…

The highlights of a conference which brought together educators and experts in systems applications are presented here. The central topic of discussion was the possibility of major curriculum revision in the light of the recent emphasis on a systems approach to education. The papers presented stress the view that the emphasis in the future must be…

The South Carolina Environmental Education Conference was held February 3 and 4, 1971, at Hobcaw House, Georgetown, South Carolina. The Conference was intended to provide a dialogue between teacher-training institutions, State Department of Education personnel, and other state agency personnel interested in environmental education. One aim of the…

This publication presents the proceedings of a meeting at which the discussions centered around higher education as a field of study. Five presentations are made in the document. The first is a review and interpretation of the literature surrounding the topic with a 53-item bibliography as a conclusion. The second offers insights into educational…

The author remarks on the purpose(s) and content of existing geometry courses and offers alternative purposes and goals for geometry courses and some consequences of this alternative point of view. (JG)

This conference record is organized according to the kinds of sessions that were held: general sessions, which include the keynote speech and the banquet speech; discussion groups, which were divided according to four topics--priorities, processes, products, and problems; the French group; and the annual banquet and business session. An appendix…

A tentative approach to geometry by the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) is discussed. Included are descriptions of the content for courses in the elementary, middle, and secondary school mathematics. Both Euclidean and affine plane geometry are included. (JG)

The author surveys some aspects of both product evaluation and process investigation as they impinge on mathematics education and curriculum development. Discussion includes summative and formative evaluation, investigating the learning process, and problems inherent in both areas. (JG)