Attempts to provide school practitioners with a short list of very general characteristics, most of a non-technical nature, which should exist in any good evaluation study and to show how they might be applied by school personnel to judge an evaluation study being planned or conducted in their system. (Author/RK)

Questions repeatedly arise about whether evaluations of research papers are systematically influenced by factors unrelated to quality, such as gender or prestige of the authors or reviewers. This study examined the reliability of reviews of proposals submitted for inclusion in the 1984 American Educational Research Association annual meeting…

This bibliography cites 14 microfiche documents from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) data base, selected for their practical relevance to the evaluation of career education programs. (SJL)

The author's conclusion is that it is much more logical and economically feasible to provide a learning environment with a structured behaviorally stated relevant curriculum where teachers would have the freedom to do the job for which they have been hired rather than to deal with an outside agency. (Author/RY)

Standards for evaluating transactions that comprise the learning process are required for an understanding of the individual learning experience. (Author/RY)

Comparison between school districts in adoption and nonadoption states in terms of particular textbook adoption practices and particular reading textbooks selected indicated that, with the exception of cost, there are not significant differences in reading textbook adoption in the school districts. (Author/CB)

Purpose of this article is to identify the organization, job functions and activities of a practicing department of research and evaluation in a public school system. (Author)

A discussion of motivational systems, contingency management, and behavior theories that have been employed in some performance contracts. (RY)

Authors described various theories and methods of evaluation, as well as issues of procedure. (Editor /RK)

Author continued the debate with a discussion on the problems related to using evaluative data. These problems draw attention to pragmatic judgments that decision makers must keep in mind. (Editor/RK)

Retention of students during the elementary years has been suggested as a possible reason for future difficulties in school. Procedures should be established by the schools to prevent retentions. Decision-making criteria are offered for when retention seems to be the only alternative. (DF)