The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the context and process by which the Board adopted a policy, came to question that policy, and ultimately rescinded that policy, while maintaining legitimacy within its environment. In 1977, the Board of Directors of a large urban school district adopted a policy establishing successful…

The Social Studies Assessment Program was a province-wide assessment of Social Studies concepts, skills, and attitudes in grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 in Manitoba (Canada) carried out during April, 1984. Designed to provide a profile of student performance on program objectives, the test was administered to a representative sample of students at each…

The accelerating diffusion of broadband Internet access provides many opportunities for the development of pedagogically robust Web-based instruction (WBI). While the supporting technology infrastructure of broadband disseminates, the attention of academic researchers focuses upon issues such as the drivers of student usage of WBI. Specifically,…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in postsecondary marketing student performance on essay tests based on test format (i.e., computer-based or handwritten). Specifically, the variables of performance, test completion time, and gender were explored for differences based on essay test format. Results of the study…

Training faculty to add technology to courses should begin with a needs assessment. Design considerations should be incorporated into training to avoid student confusion in using web pages and completing on-line quizzes. Generally, web-enhanced courses can follow a constructivist approach if instructors have the prerequisite skills in place to use…

The author describes the manner in which student learning outcomes can be successfully measured, in a student-centred classroom environment, using both formative and summative approaches. He argues that by carefully planning units of work and/or individual activities in negotiation with students, it is possible to ascertain what they already know…

A common assumption is that boys are innately superior in analytical and quantitative skills and girls are superior in verbal skills. Research indicates, however, that these assumptions hold true only at certain times in the life cycle of each sex. There is evidence that cultural attitudes, rather than innate sex differences, account for…

Presenting a methodological statement for a study of quality of life variability in rural development, this paper is based upon a dimension of expansive/nonexpansive ideology of community leaders. The three hypotheses to be tested state that among communities: the greater the social organization for development among nonexpansive leaders, the…

This quarterly bulletin provides brief annotations for tests recently acquired by the Educational Testing Service Collection. The tests are grouped into several categories, including: (1) achievement, (2) personality, interest, attitudes and opinions, and (3) sensory-motor and miscellaneous. Additional information includes test announcements,…

On the basis of research among the Portuguese in a Massachusetts district, the author finds that two features of the culture of the school in the United States contrast sharply with the corresponding features in Portugal: the degree of "social freedom" and "pedagogical freedom" allowed students. The behavioral parameters of…

Eighty three applicants for empployment in a hardware supply manufacturing company participated in a study of the effects of anxiety, praise and the awareness of time remaining on employment testing. Two control groups and three testing groups--praise, time, and praise and time--were administered the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a…

Evaluative comments from one participant in the June 1976 Pittsburgh conference on the theory and practice of beginning reading are presented in this paper. Discussion centers on curriculum analyses, testing practices, teaching practices, units of analysis that are required for reading research, learning characteristics, stages of reading…

In the final stages of drafting the 1974 revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests, it became clear to the committee members that the various drafts of the revisions emphasized the assessment of individuals, rather than program evaluation. Because of its concern, the committee decided to finish the present draft and to…

The effect of varying the percentages of female soldiers assigned to representative types of Test, Operation, and Evaluation units on the unit's capability to perform its mission under field conditions was assessed. Empirical data were provided to test the null hypothesis that increasing the proportion of women in selected units would not impair…

From the statewide assessment of mathematics performance conducted by the Minnesota Department of Education, specific study findings for 17-year-olds attending public and nonpublic schools included demographic data and information on student attitudes toward education programs and mathematics, and mathematics achievement. Data analyses suggested…