Author advocates that, of the various approaches to evaluation, school systems should be working toward the development of a feedback model of evaluation and should be concentrating most of their efforts on that. (MB)

This paper illustrates how changing emphases and trends in education have led to a reformulation of notions of assessment and an awareness of the limitations of current measurement technology to deal with newer conceptualizations. Discussed are: 1) the antecedents of learning and the transactions which take place during the learning process, as…