This final report discusses the outcomes of the third in a series of studies related to the speed with which captions appear on television programs. Video segments captioned at different speeds were shown to 1,102 subjects (aged 11-95) with and without hearing impairments, and the subjects then responded to test items based on the captions in the…

A growing number of states are using annual school-level test scores as part of their school accountability systems. This paper highlights an under-appreciated weakness of that approach, the imprecision of school-level test score means, and proposes a method for discerning signal from noise in annual school report cards. Using methods developed in…

The purposes of this book are to help teachers understand the rationale and nature of the current emphasis on U.S. education on standards and to provide classroom teachers with guidance on the many ways the standards movement might affect their classrooms. Approaches to implementing standards may be organized into two general categories, indirect…

This handbook advocates a new approach to teacher evaluation as a cooperative effort undertaken by a group of professionals. Part 1 describes the need for changed teacher evaluation, and part 2 outlines ways to use multiple data sources, including student and parent reports, peer review of materials, student achievement results, teacher tests,…

Regression equations were developed and cross-validated for six job-performance criteria for employed rehabilitation counselors. Predictors were biographical and questionnaire data. One criterion (self-initiative in increasing professional knowledge and skill) was well predicted (multiple r.48 in developmental group, .57 in validation);…

A natural experiment is examined as a test of the teacher expectancy hypothesis. It was hypothesized that pupils taught by the same teacher as their older siblings would perform better than those taught by a different teacher. (Author/KM)

Suggests that evaluations of educational input-output studies frequently overlook some basic characteristics of the nation's schools as a whole, which, when conjoined with economic theory, permit viewing the results of these studies as neither counter intuitive nor damaging to the education profession. (Author/DN)

Gumpgookies, which was administered in this study, is a test of motivation to achieve in school. (CB)

Study sought to determine the effect of the form of school organization on pupil attitudes, achievement, conceptual maturity, and classroom behavior. (Authors)

Through new attention to role expansion, physical environment design, hostility scalebacks, and information enlargement, we can make substantial new gains against off-the-job stresses that depress on-the-job performance. (Author)

Data on the health of employees, if the communication gap is closed between managers and occupational health experts, can be used to improve management's effectiveness. (AG)

In distinguishing the characteristics of message systems, it was found that middle-class messages were generally more difficult to predict while working-class systems were more predictable and stereotyped. (Author/MB)