In order to allow for formulating affective objectives in communicable terms, the Cognitive Preference Test in the Social Sciences was developed. This exploratory device, which reflects cognitive preferences in terms of students' dispositions to respond consistently to either particular or general features of data, uses multiple choice wherein 4…

Problems which should be considered in relation to performance contracting include: legal problems, time for planning, teachers' objections, and measuremet problems. Advantages include: the learning experience of planning, Hawthorne effect excitement, and the low cost of this experimentation. (MS)

This speech highlights some of the problems of translating research findings, regardless of the research methodology used, into educational policy at the national level. The author discusses the problems of (1) the division of responsibility for education among Federal, State, and local governments; (2) the lack of consensus about educational…

This paper examines comparative educational program evaluation. Suggested evaluative criteria and evaluation techniques and their weaknesses are discussed. An evaluation formula is proposed, and an example of its operation is provided. (DG)

The Test Collection Bulletin is a quarterly digest of information on tests in education and psychology. The extensive Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews, and reference volumes on testing. The tests are indexed by…

The Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service is an extensive library of standardized tests, record and report forms, and assessment devices. It also includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews and reference volumes on measurement and evaluation. A special Head Start…

The measurement of the evolution of illiteracy is the focus of this study. An elementary method for estimating the short-term evolution of the number of illiterates forms the subject of the first part of this analysis. This method is based on the demographic growth rate, the product of the school system and past trends. The second part is devoted…

This evaluation report investigates the effectiveness of the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) program during the academic year, 1973-74. USMES is a curricular program designed to develop the problem solving abilities of students attending grades one through eight. The goal of the program is the development of 32…

This is the final report of a technical assistance project conducted in Swaziland by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to implement a Project Agreement between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Swaziland. The purpose of the Project Agreement was to provide assistance in meeting a priority…

Conducted on over 3,000 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children in six states, this study documents changes in nutrition-related knowledge and behaviors which can be related to participating in the Mulligan Stew television series. This volume is a detailed elaboration of the study findings as well as a description of the study design,…

This primer is designed to provide an introduction to evaluation and its potential value in assisting staffs and parents to provide high quality child development programs for young children. A discussion of two types of evaluation (summative and formative) is followed by a step-by-step program for formative evaluation which includes (1) making a…

The objective of this undertaking has been to identify procedures and perspectives which have potential for assessing program environments of preschool age children, analyze the procedures relative to program components abstracted from known preschool programs, and discuss the results of this analysis in terms of its relevance for future program…

This paper: (1) examines the problems of teacher evaluation by college students; (2) underlines the difficulties of indiscriminant acceptance of raw data without considering the factors of teaching style, learning modalities, and educational goals; and (3) urges that evaluative instruments be used primarily for diagnostic purposes, for the…

This document provides specific information about the design and implementation of the student teaching component of the Early Childhood Education program at the Pennsylvania State University. The core of the program is the study of three developmental theories -- behaviorist, cognitive-interactionist, and maturationist -- and the performance of…

Part two of a seven-section, final report on the Multi-Disciplinary Graduate Program in Educational Research, this document contains discussions of quantification and reason analysis. Quantification is presented as a language consisting of sentences (graphs and tables), words, (classificatory instruments), and grammar (rules for constructing and…