Describes several diagnostic tools used to determine specific problems of students referred to a writing lab, including structured interviews, protocols (asking a student to compose aloud for 15 to 20 minutes on a short topic), and back-pedaling (questioning what a student already knows about a given topic). (AEA)

A procedure was developed for assessing interaction between parents and children enrolled in the Parent Education Program (PEP), an early intervention program for parents of hearing impaired children aged 3 years and younger. The PEP has used the videotape assessment procedure successfully for nearly 3 years. (SB)

Discusses concerns among school psychologists for evaluating goal attainment of their services. Describes an approach for goal-based evaluation of school psychological service departments, termed "Needs-Based Goal Attainment Scaling," that builds upon previously developed approaches to goal attainment scaling. (Author)

Outlines the steps the Nashua (New Hampshire) school district planning team used in making an evaluation of all programs. Summarizes the results of the evaluation and explains how these will be used in the district's long-range planning efforts. (MLF)

The Philosophy of Education Society has formulated guidelines for evaluating teacher education programs in terms of the: (1) qualifications of teachers of philosophy of education; (2) philosophical component of humanistic requirements for teacher certification; and (3) humanistic component of graduate programs. (JN)

Criticizes the Holtzman Report (Boruch and Cordray) focusing on the politics behind the national educational policymaking process. (GC)

Describes a model of delivery of services that enables school psychologists to meet testing demands while initiating a broad range of consultative services. The model includes having available: (1) funds for contract testing, (2) conferences with teachers prior to formal referral of children, and (3) qualified contract evaluators. (Author/RC)

Suggests goal attainment scaling, developed to assess the degree to which specified goals identified prior to treatment were accomplished, can be modified to assess accomplishment which occurs in a group counseling-type setting. Describes two goal attainment models, one individually determined and one leader determined. (Author)

A model is described which illustrates two general uses of multiple analyses to evaluate quasi-experiments: obtaining estimates of the treatment effect, and checking the validity of the experiment. (MH)

Concludes that evaluations of library instruction based on library use present a useful picture of the impact of instruction within the context of program objectives. Yet to be found, however, is a methodology that will express the role student motivation and maturation play in the development of effective library skills. (RAA)

Program budgeting systems should be viewed as a comprehensive approach to decision making. They are tools intended to guide the manager through all the essential steps in the planning and resource allocation processes. (Author)

The current practice of reinspecting approved law schools every seven years permits some schools to operate outside American Bar Association standards of substantial periods. Annual review is recommended, and the proposed questionnaire is appended. (Journal availability: Dennis & Co., Inc., 251 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203, $6.00.) (MSE)

Five methods--final examination, attitude questionnaire, naturalistic observation, interview, and archival data analysis--of evaluating computer-assisted and computer-managed instruction are considered. The use of multiple methods has distinct advantages over the use of only one method. (Author/IRT)

Base expectancy rates were used to evaluate the guidelines of a program intended to "shock" youthful first offenders into law-abiding behavior through brief incarceration followed by probation. Data analysis revealed that prior record was the best predictor of reincarceration. (Author/CS)

A computer program that performs the computations involved in recording and averaging grades is presented and described. It can combine homework, in-term tests, and a final examination. The program is written in BASIC. (MP)