This is a role statement of the American School Counselor Association relating to counselors' functions in the areas of (1) student orientation, testing, and counseling; (2) professional growth and research; and (3) faculty and administration consultation. (RWP)

Presented a number of evaluative instruments to determine if remedial students had problems which prevented them from learning and to determine if they had learning disabilities which could not be overcome simply by increased interest in education or an improved attitude toward it. (Author/RK)

In this study on set illusion, control subjects (those having no experimental experiences) and experimental subjects (those being exposed to "setting" trials) were compared on various measures usually indicative of strength of set. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the difficulty of objectively testing comprehension in English. (RB)

Describes a system of presenting classroom lessons while using the overhead projector linked with skeleton hand out notes. (Author/RK)

Describes teacher's reactions to a diagnostic test in biology prepared by Australian Council for Educational Research. Results indicate that test was misused in most cases. (PS)

Discusses the low reading levels of high school students and suggests that students need more reading instruction in the content areas. (RB)

Summarizes the views of two teachers who hold widely divergent views on what can be called classical examination methods - essay papers and objective exams. One of these authors is an Englishman, the other an American, but their views, while obviously conditioned by training, are shared or questioned by many colleagues regardless of national…

Ralph Tyler answers questions about his work in educational evaluation during the past 50 years and identifies the major problems in education today as educating disadvantaged children, improving the transition of youth into constructive adult life, and rebuilding the total educational environment for children. (MLF)