Offers comments from high school publications advisers on the effects of increased publishing costs and on what to expect in the future of school publications. (RL)

Tests may be used to help colleges clarify objectives, connect the curricula across several levels of schools, reduce redundant instruction, support and enhance learning among students of all ages, conserve resources, and improve evaluation and placement. (MLW)

Comparability may be obtained for the Language Assessment Scale and the Bilingual Syntax Measure through a change in classification strategies which will also improve the equivalence of the tests and their correlation with achievement. Use of the tests along with teacher ratings should then provide meaningful criteria for classification.…

An enrollment projection model designed and implemented at LaSalle College had five phases: establishing clear goals, model construction, model implementation, model estimation and validation, and using the forecast. The history of LaSalle's model and the elements in decision making are outlined. (MSE)

Until recently, norms of experimental reasoning have lacked systematic theoretical development. Thus, it has been easy for psychologists like Tversky and Kahneman to misclassify certain human reasoning processes as being Pascalian and invalid, rather than as being Baconian and valid. (CP)

In Asimov's scenario of the future, the percentage of older people will increase and computer technology will relieve humanity of many tasks. The concept of education as a lifelong, natural, and enjoyable process will thus become paramount, and university extension and continuing education institutions will be challenged to meet the needs of an…

Reviews how counselors may review developments in guidance counseling and training advancement. Increased counselor demand, needs for quality counseling and career education are predicted. Curriculum will be the base of power. Counselors will be rooted in the real world. They will meet adult student's needs. (BEF)

Eight factors were studied to determine their relationship to success in a beginning computer science course. Significant correlations were found between the final exam score and reading comprehension, sequence completion, logical reasoning, and algorithmic execution. (Authors/JN)

The body of knowledge extant on the problems and prognosis of these six-year programs are reviewed. The programs have been favorably recognized in the literature and can be termed a success. (Author/MLW)

In preparing a physical education curriculum, the nature of the future world should be an important consideration. The state of physical education and of the society in the year 2000 is predicted. (JN)

Mothers were asked to predict their children's responses to standardized intelligence test items. Negative correlation was expected between inaccurate maternal knowledge of children's ability and degree of children's psychological development. False maternal predictions correlated - .80 with correct children's responses. Nearly all of the…

Planning for the distant future should be an integral part of current decision making. (JD)

If we consider the political, social, and economic factors on which the Spanish educational system rests, short-term prospects cannot be optimistic. Futurological studies are lacking. Projections for the 1980s must take account of four issues: the crisis in social values, energy problems, political change, and the regional autonomy question.…

The author discusses what he believes to be the six most critical issues in education in Canada: purpose of a secondary school program; school governance; dealing with cultural pluralism; flexible organizational patterns for school operation; teacher evaluation; and the role of the schools on the issue of national unity. (KC)

Correlations of WPPSI IQs with concurrently administered subtests from the WRAT were compared with analogous WISC-R/WRAT correlations in a group of children referred by regular classroom teachers for school psychological services. Results support the use of the two instruments as equivalent predictors of achievement. (Author)