The Educational Passport is a service that is being developed at the Educational Testing Service for students or other individuals in order to facilitate their entry to school or college or employment. The Passport is an accumulative record that the individual prepares and owns and uses. At the Educational Testing Service, photographed documents…

The traditional methods for documenting educational achievements have limited application for prescribing desirable and mandatory educational prerequisites for service in the various officer utilization fields of the Air Force. The document describes an educational profile that was developed to display a candidate's educational achievements in a…

To provide a central, permanent file of continuing education credits for persons in the field of medical technology, the Professional Acknowledgement for Continuing Education (PACE) program was established by the American Society for Medical Technology. Three different types of units will be recorded: College/University credits, Continuing…

In the very near future, in many types of occupations, participation in some form of continuing educational experience is going to become virtually a necessity. Many professional societies and associations have committees studying requirements and making recommendations to membership for maintaining professional updating. Therefore, we must start…

Should parents be allowed to see the records that teachers keep on their children? Or do the professionals have the sole right to control access to such information? Teacher opinion is divided on this controversial issue and this is a report on the subject. (Editor/RK)

Maintains that Transcript Analysis (TA) is capable of informing decision makers about a range of educational issues and reform proposals. Illustrates the potential of TA by examining the issues of educational quality and equity as reflected in patterns of academic vs non-academic course-taking among high school students. (BR)

A historical review since 1850 of the curriculum style of medical schools in the U.S. reveals the gradual reforms in methods and priorities that took place. (LBH)

An alternative approach for grading replaces conventional grades not with teachers' letters, but with a standardized form on which the teacher would rate each student in a number of the specific areas which are normally considered. A model for this approach is the sort of questionnaires used to elicit student evaluations of teaching performance.…

This report presents findings from the 2000 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2000) and examines the trends and changes in high school curriculum and student course-taking patterns for the past decade. This publication allows policymakers, researchers, education agencies, and the public to examine the current status of the curricula being offered…

Study to investigate whether any increase in prediction of law school performance could be effected by a more thorough consideration of the undergraduate record. (Author)

The article describes a recent survey by a committee of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), which attempted to determine the current attitudes of various private schools toward pass/fail grading. While there have been no concrete results as yet, the committee will continue to gather information. (Author/JB)

The academic achievement and attrition rates of mainland Puerto Rican college students and island-born Puerto Rican students are compared. (RLV)

Florida's Education and Training Placement Information Program links records of former students to databases of state and federal agencies to obtain follow-up data on employment, military service, and postsecondary education. Results are provided to counselors, teachers, and policymakers for planning, evaluation, and guidance. (SK)

During the last several years, researchers have been garnering evidence concerning the benefits of service-learning, and urging its inclusion in the curricular mainstream. This study presents evidence that college students manifest long-lasting, if modest, academic benefits from participating in service-learning. The academic records of 477…

Empirical studies addressing admission to and graduation from a doctoral program focusing on educational leadership are noticeably absent within the professional literature, and this study seeks to fill partially this void through testing specific hypotheses. Archival data were used to conduct a three group discriminant analyses where the…