Criterion and construct validation analyses support the use of both retrospective questions in lieu of a pretest and a methodological innovation to compensate for the absence of a control group in a program evaluation that calls for an unavailable experimental design. The findings obtained with this method present evidence that study abroad…

A study comparing continuous assessment of a British business administration program with traditional summative evaluation found that continuous assessment had resulted in a rise in standards. (MSE)

A program providing second-year civil engineering students in Singapore with experience in constructing full-size structures assigns students to companies involved in the construction process for role-playing in each of the major functions. (MSE)

The overall system of cooperative education and teacher practicum programs at the University of Bath is described, advantages and disadvantages are discussed, and the responses of former program participants to a mail survey are presented. Several major advantages to the program type that emerged from the survey are noted. (MSE)

Smallest space analysis (SSA), a nonmetric multidimensional scaling procedure, was used to examine the effects of a four-day medical faculty workshop on the classroom verbal activities of medical faculty and students in an Israeli university. (Author/MSE)

A study of the attitudes of Nigeria's senior education majors about the quality of the programs offered found overall satisfaction with courses, instructors, and instruction in their teaching subject departments in all but two schools, and satisfaction with the education departments in all but one school. (Author/MSE)

The first year of an innovative British partnership between elementary schools, the school district, the teacher training institution, and teacher trainees is evaluated. The program integrates the needs of institutions, students, and professionals. Guiding principles relevant to the development of such partnerships and evaluation issues are…