The author outlines several methods for providing bonus or performance criteria pay" as a means for encouraging deeper involvement of existing teaching staff in a kind of performance contracting." (Author/AA)

This last article in a series of seven describes the outcome of attempts to implement performance contracting in an innovative school district in Colorado. In reviewing the series, the author concludes that although many of the innovations discussed did not survive, the schools were none the worse for their experimentation. (WD)

Adult educators can prepare learners for self-direction by considering the learners' level of technical skill, familiarity with the subject matter, sense of personal competence as learners, and the context of learning. (SK)

Contract grading has achieved some prominence in our field as a practice associated with critical pedagogy. In this context we describe a hybrid grading contract where students earn a course grade of B based not on our evaluation of their writing quality but solely on their completion of the specified activities. The contract lists activities…

This booklet contains five papers which examine the activities, successes, and pitfalls encountered by educators who are introducing accountability techniques into instructional programs where they did not exist in the past. The papers are based on actual programs and offer possible solutions in the areas considered, which are 1) performance…

Charter schools are given greater autonomy than traditional public schools, and in return they are held more accountable to the public. As such, if a charter school fails to meet its educational objectives, the charter may be revoked or not renewed. Revocation is the withdrawal of a school's charter during its term, while renewal relates to the…

A method for rating achievement, cataloging performance, and computerizing this data is presented. (JB)

Students are generally in favor of the type of grade contracts used in the authors' education courses at Washington State University. (AN)

Discusses the educational possibilities of a new form of educational contract previously unique to business and industry: the performance contract. (AN)