Selective colleges and universities purport to consider students' achievement in the context of the academic opportunities available in their high schools. Thus, students who "maximize" their curricular opportunities should be more likely to gain admission. Using nationally representative data, we examine the effect of "maximizing…

A critical guide is offered regarding ethnographic evaluation data: the analytical descriptions or reconstructions of intact cultural scenes and groups which delineate the shared beliefs, practices, artifacts, folk knowledge, and behaviors of some group of people. (PN)

The methodology and results of a study of 6th graders' writing and spelling abilities are described, in addition to the advantages and disadvantages of holistic and primary trait scoring procedures. An effective way of providing useable evaluation information to prinicipals and teachers is included. (RL)