This paper defines the student case study approach to evaluation, discusses its strengths and weaknesses as a component in a program evaluation design, and lists the specific steps needed to accomplish it. Its use in the evaluation of Experience-Based Career Education is described. (SJL)

This article presents the criteria developed by the American Institutes for Research to select evaluated exemplary career education projects across the nation for submission to the Joint Dissemination and Review Panel (JDRP) of the Office of Education (USOE) and the National Institute of Education (NIE). (Author)

Problems and difficulties encountered in designing evaluation studies of educational projects in public education are reviewed, noting evaluation issues related to data collection, data analysis, and reporting. It is suggested that evaluation reports include qualitative and quantitative information and focus on descriptive methods of analyzing and…

Sweden is in the forefront of current efforts to restructure sex roles in order to free its citizens of the social constraints that limit both sexes. Author describes a new sex role project developed by the Swedish Board of Education and based on the principle that preparation for the parental role is equally important for both boys and girls.…

This paper emphasizes that good teacher-evaluation systems must vary in the kinds of data sources that are used for each teacher within the same personnel-evaluation system. Presents a literature review that shows such variable data systems are technically defensible. The paper examines variable data sources in relation to the "Personnel…

Examines the hypothesis that maternal employment relates to the development of children according to sex of the child and the social class of the family. More specific hypotheses are derived from D. B. Lynn's theory of sex-role identification (1969). (Author/RK)