An editorial on the ranking of college chemical engineering departments in terms of productivity indices. (BB)

Comments are presented by five reviewers of a paper on the ranking of college chemical engineering departments in terms of productivity indices. The author replies. (BB)

The importance placed by the New York State Department of Education on collaborative identification of teaching competencies and on teacher education assessment and evaluation is illustrated by reference to registration procedures for teacher education programs. (MJB)

Information from job analysis can be used to establish training objectives, to identify skills needed for the job, and to design performance tests. Methods of job analysis to yield necessary information for the creation of effective training programs are outlined. (MF)

Analyzes five studies that evaluated vocational education research and development conducted during the past three years and makes recommendations for future evaluations in this area. A table of comparison factors for the five studies supplements the text. (MF)

This article describes an effective method for evaluating counseling efforts. It applies a modification of goal-attainment scaling to the school counseling setting. (Author)

In an effort to find out what administrators feel about teacher evaluation, the author contacted the heads of 16 independent schools. He discusses their answers to his query and gives his views on what is essential for any successful evaluation strategy. (Author/RK)

The administrator of a recreational program needs to constantly evaluate that program to be sure it is accomplishing the objectives for which it is established; while objective and subjective evaluation on the part of leaders and participants are valuable, factual computerized data are also a reliable tool. (JD)

Twenty remedial reading students at Huntley Elementary School (DeKalb County School District, Georgia) were instructed through a teaching methodology employing the basics of the Lozanov system. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (Author/CFM)

A 3-dimensional model was developed to assess impact of institutional research studies. Elements are short, intermediate, and long-range time components; acceptance, non response, and rejection actions; and primary, secondary, and tertiary audiences. A variety of criterion measures and instruments have been identified to assist in model…

This article explores some general notions about politics, evaluation, large city districts, and their interrelations. Different segments of the evaluation process are analyzed to isolate specific political elements in operation. (Author/AM)

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)

Aspects of evaluation in higher education are reviewed, including its role, the range of approaches, components, techniques, mechanisms and institutions for evaluation, impacts, evaluation by students, evaluation of research quality, and levels of evaluation (system, institution, faculty). (MSE)

Evaluators of basic units in higher education should be explicit about the motives, object, organization, criteria, methods, dissemination, and impacts of evaluation efforts to avoid being counterproductive. (Author/MSE)

Concurrent use of two direct observation instruments (momentary time sample of task engagement and event recording of discrete student responses) were evaluated in six middle school resource rooms using either of two reading programs. Findings tended to be program specific with differences lost or diluted when data were combined across programs.…