Performance-based teacher education (PBTE) is a promising new approach to the pre- and inservice training of teachers. The program develops performance skills generally evaluated using process and product measures rather than traditional verbal measures. There are four major factors in the organization of a PBTE design: (1) research, (2)…

Volume III with its appendixes analyzes critically many different facets of officer education and training. It starts from the factual base of the current Army Schooling system established in Annex B of AD-743 252 and takes cognizance of schooling programs in other public and private sectors. It attempts to take the long view of officer education…

The Human Service Scale is an assessment instrument for measuring the progress of the rehabilitation client and the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. The theory behind the scale is based on Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. The development and some potential uses of the scale are discussed. (EC)

A study of current views and models which provide a working framework for media program evaluation. (Author)

The evaluator must begin with a clear understanding of roles, issues, and risks in order to minimize the pressures and occurrence of ethical conflicts in program evaluation. A list of such issues is included in this review of TM 503 780. (CTM)

Discussed is how the Racine Public School System decided to use a quota system for gifted minority children in its Gifted Project ENGINE and the initial outcome of this decision. (BD)

A new system of reviewing accreditation for teacher education institutions is described; the means by which the current ten-year cycle for evaluation may be reduced to a seven-year cycle are outlined. (JD)

A re-analysis of evaluation data concerning the Emergency School Aid Act shows that findings of the original evaluators are open to multiple interpretations. (JKS)

Commentary is presented on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act and a review of that evaluation (TM 503 672). The commentary focuses on philosophical issues and the uses of several levels of observation in data analysis. (JKS)

Combines information gathered from questionnaire data, from field visits, from teacher interviews, from documentation, and from attending Foundation conferences, in assessing the Canada Studies Foundation. (Author/RK)

Discusses a scheme developed for the assessment of Canadian curriculum projects which involves a humanistic and artistic as well as an objective evaluative approach that encourages a reflective stance on the part of the readers of assessments resulting from it. (Editor/RK)

Programming exists to supplement, expand and complement the overall learning experience of higher education. This model is one of many possible structures which help to add form and direction to an activity, and help the planning body to achieve their intended goals. (Author)

Asserting that traditional evaluation methods which employ only the outcome model do not yield enough information re: early childhood education programs and school programs in general, this article discusses methods of broadening the evaluative model to include an analysis of the on-going processes within early childhood programs. (JC)

Responsive evaluation emphasizes continually changing factors: educational issues, program observation, consideration of different values held by involved groups, and needs of the audience targeted to receive the report. Preordinate evaluation, on the other hand, emphasizes formal goals, standardized measurement instruments, and values held by the…

The rationale for this article is to propose that certain types of programs be matched with the appropriate evaluation techniques so that valid information can be provided to the funding agency, decision-makers, and the public. (Author)