Planners strive to develop the best programs and strategies to enhance student learning and advance their institutional mission while meeting their desired outcomes. This work, while rewarding, can be time intensive and demanding and developing new initiatives is not without risks. Some common reasons these efforts fail include: lack of buy-in…

Proposes a four-part model of faculty evaluation. The four parts include an outline of the plan's components, a listing of the essential criteria for evaluation, an assessment program, and a review of the program. (IRT)

Describes a model, based on the "levels of use" concept, for evaluating individualized education program (IEP) implementation under Public Law 94-142. The model includes three levels: awareness, implementation mechanics, and "evolution" or realization of goals. The model is applied to 30 IEPs in a Florida school district. (RW)

Provides an analysis of teacher salaries designed to (1) outline a model that could be used to determine the relationship between teacher characteristics and educational output and (2) determine the demand price a school should be willing to pay per unit of these characteristics. (Author)