The purpose of this article is to introduce a new statistic to capture the ratio of equitable student outcomes given equitable inputs. Given the fact that finance structures should be aligned to outcome standards according to judicial interpretation, a ratio of outputs to inputs, or "equity ratio," is introduced to discern if conclusions can be…

Performance-based funding is a system based on allocating a portion of a state's higher education budget according to specific performance measures such as course completion, credit attainment, and degree completion, instead of allocating funding based entirely on enrollment. It is a model that provides a fuller picture of how successfully…

The project director of the Toll Gate Metrication Project describes the project as the first structured United States public school educational experiment in implementing change toward the adoption of the International System of Units. He believes the change will simplify, rather than complicate, the educational task. (AG)

Content and related learning activities of a four-part adult education class in the metric system are described. (LH)

Still hesitant, even reluctant, the country nonetheless knows that the time is drawing near to take the large metered steps into the promised land of metrics. (Editor)

Performance objectives related to the use of the metric system are suggested. Objectives are stated for third, sixth, and ninth grades. (SD)

The Dayton, Ohio, public schools faced the challenge from industry of providing their students with a working knowledge of the metric system by having in-service training for all the teachers. Four goals were identified, and students in the ninth and twelfth grades were the objects of the initial program. (AG)

This yearbook is an effort to reevaluate the metric system and to present testimonies from people in various occupations with respect to metric usage (as of 1948). The first of four major sections explains the metric system and its development. Next are 29 articles discussing the usage of the system in the general areas of education, science,…

Describes the special educational needs of teachers, primary level pupils, middle grade and high school students, and parents and adults in the community created by the transition to metric measures in the United States. (JMB)

Describes a number of projects supported by grants and contracts from the Office of Education's Metric Education Program which are designed toward preparing school children and adults to "think metric". (Author/RK)

MeasureMetric is a school television/film series for fifth and sixth grade students which presents measurement and the metric system. The main goal of this test development effort was to produce a valid and reliable test usable by classroom teachers for measuring children's achievement of the objectives of the twelve 15-minute programs dealing…

After a general discussion of the purposes and methods of teaching measurement, teaching ideas for twelve specific measurement objectives are provided. (SD)

Provides guidelines for a two-day workshop in metric measurement for teachers in public elementary and/or secondary educational systems. Discussed are the philosophy of such a workshop, objectives (cognitive and affective), methodology, and evaluation. An example workshop, following the guidelenes, is presented, along with a bibliography of…

This report, approved by the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, recommends an activity-based approach to the teaching of the metric system, and lists basic objectives to be achieved by the end of grades 3, 6, and 9. (SD)