This project, using the previous year's experience in identifying and classifying course-level goals as desired student learning outcomes, developed course goals in six more subject matter areas. Under the supervision of tricounty curriculum and evaluation specialists, 68 highly qualified teachers wrote course goals for art, health education,…

Presented are six lectures in special education and rehabilitation given in 1971 at the University of Southern California. Dr. James Gallagher considers accountability, program planning, and program evaluation by means of a systems model. Suggested are the development of measurable educational objectives in special education. Dr. Edgar Lowell…

A total of 360 boys and girls from first through sixth grade were randomly selected and tested with an instrument developed in the Tacoma Public Schools, to determine: (1) differences in physical skills and fitness performance of pupils who received the services of an elementary physical education specialist and pupils who had not, and (2)…

The first volume of an eight-part series (see EC 050 206 through EC 050 212) describes a task-based management system for special education programs which attempts to provide tools for the following activities: determining individual learner objectives, calculating manpower required to attain individual learner objectives, specifying manpower…

This paper suggests guidelines designed for use by speech communication teachers in assessing the competency of their students. The author proposes four kinds of evaluation of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning (three types of learning essential for the speech communication classroom): placement, formative, diagnostic, and summative.…

This paper identifies the curricular-instructional implications of PPBS. The author (1) describes the purposes of PPBS, (2) proposes a feasible implementation strategy for local schools, (3) identifies potential pitfalls that should be avoided, (4) formulates a possible role description for supervisors, (5) identifies local schools using PPBS, and…

The design of an information system for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is described in this the first in a series of six reports. The system is designed to support educational accountability--the concept that schools and educators should be held responsible (accountable) for educational results. The information system represents…

The conference reports on early education of handicapped children includes nine major papers on aspects of early childhood education. First explained is the objective of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped during the 1970's, followed by a paper that emphasizes the need for help for the child who has suffered early developmental disruption.…

The proceedings of this institute, focusing on the opportunities and implications of accountability in community college education, include the eight papers presented as well as the speeches of the four keynote speakers. Several themes and ideas about accountability recur in the papers including the basic questions of "accountability to…

The purpose of this paper is to present a general overview of the nature of and the need for accountability in educational communication. To clarify the nature of a model that will facilitate accountability, a comparative analysis is constructed between a model for instructional design and a model for speech preparation. Detailed attention is…

This report provides a quick source of reference for practicing administrators in the areas of human relations, curriculum, finances and accountability, and skills in the operation and organization of the school. Frequently cited journals from which abstracts were drawn include Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, The National Elementary…

This proposal for a new, innovative community college of the future was prepared in conjunction with the Task Force on Education for the Governor's Conference on Hawaii in the Year 2000. Topics covered are the student body, curriculum and learning strategies, programs, student advising, student activities, faculty, college governance, community…

A model is presented and interpreted by which college and university boards of trustees periodically assess and evaluate key academic administrators, including presidents, vice presidents, and deans. Evaluation is defined as a process of review to assess the performance of academic administrators and to make a value judgment concerning this…

Notes that if the school really belongs to the community, then administrators have no more right to put a kid out of his school than to put their children out of the house. Discusses the implications of this ideology. (Author/AM)

The author reviews predictions for personnel in higher education, reviews the state of the art and charts a course for the work to be done. (Editor)