English teachers need to be informed and concerned about the effects of mass testing on English curriculum and instruction. (JH) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures.

Explores the premise that the key to school reform is political/procedural change rather than substantive improvement. Argues that recent interest in accountability arose from disappointing 1950s, 1960s reform efforts, and examines reforms based on reducing professional's power and increasing family/community participation. Scrutinizes social and…

The image of business colleges held by many liberal arts faculty members is challenged by a former teacher in a business school. Issues discussed include academic standards, teaching quality, student recruitment, student financial aid, and support services. (LBH)

A new approach to general education at Bowling Green State University based on "essential skills and functional understandings" is discussed. The model includes skills in: problem solving and critical thinking; reading and writing; computation and mathematics; listening and speaking; and decision-making and values-conflict resolution.…

Discusses the problems of knowing what effects present day educational endeavors, such as compentancy based teacher education, actually have on students. (SL)

Presents some of the issues examined by the Commission on Standardized Testing and the Evaluation of Potential Among Minority Group Members. Focuses on issues surrounding the testing of minority group members, i.e., the dangers of misclassification, test fairness and accountability. (DOW)

Student self-pacing, competency standards, scope, theory base and state-imposed accountability legislation are discussed as problems facing competency-based teacher education. (CP)

The authors focus on issues confronting state and local administrators in implementing PL94-142, specifically accountability, changes in roles and resource allocations, and the potential impact of the law on all public school programs. (MB)

Four job-oriented measures for judging school or program effectiveness are compared: (1) placement rate; (2) work-relatedness test; (3) rate of return; and (4) incremental income/cost ratio. The critique is largely based on economic planning literature and empirical data from Maine and Singapore are used. (Author/LBH)

A FIPSE-sponsored National Task Force on Better Information for Student Choice identified three broad areas of information needs: costs and financial aid; academic offerings and requirements; and the outcomes or results of attendance. These are discussed in terms of graduate programs within the pharmaceutical sciences. (LBH)

Describes the most pressing issues in early childhood education during the past two decades; indicates whether each issue has been settled; and outlines new issues for the present. (Author/BB)

Changes in biomedical research are outlined including financial competition that forces investigators to spend more time developing proposals and creates pressures to produce quickly; obsolescence of equipment, facilities, people, and knowledge; demand for interdisciplinary approaches and greater accountability; joint ventures with profit making…

With student outcomes assessment, institutions can refocus priorities so that educational quality is based on what and how much students learn. Value-added/talent development and outcomes measures, and models of student outcomes assessment (program improvement, gatekeeping functions, and budget decisions and accountability) are discussed. (MLW)

Offers a historical perspective on testing in U.S. education, arguing that nationwide emphases on student assessment have been linked to vacillations in public confidence in the nation's educational system. Compares the focus on assessment that followed the expansion of secondary education between 1890 and 1935 with the current assessment…

Examines trends in education in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (O.E.C.D.) member countries: (1) accountability, (2) politicization, (3) planning for change, (4) teachers and change, (5) role of national councils, and (6) resourcing of adult education. Discusses how these factors impinge on the development of adult…