This article discusses the potential for discrimination inherent in competency-based testing and suggests some provisions which might be included in a fair competency-based program. Discussed are: (1) racial discrimination; (2) inadequate phase-in periods; (3) tests which are not reliable or have not been validated; (4) inadequate matching of the…

To assure that students graduating from the institutions of higher education in Georgia possess basic academic literacy, an essay test was devised to provide system-wide information on the status of student competence in the areas of reading and writing and to identify those students who do not attain the expected levels of competence. The…

This paper describes a model training program designed to prepare high school guidance counselors to meet the challenge of expanding women's career options. In particular, it addresses the role which counselors may play in encouraging young women to acquire adequate mathematical preparation during their high school years. The first half of the…

Presented in this paper are the results of interviews undertaken in 1977 to determine who supported a new statewide minimum standards bill in New Jersey and why. The views of forty individuals who were selected on the basis of their active involvement in the statewide minimum standards issue, are summarized in statements following each of twelve…

This study is a technical-behavioral analysis of an accountability system--the educational review program. The purpose of the study was to develop a model that school systems can use in implementing accountability systems. The project explored the idea that when formal management systems are introduced into schools, they ignore individual…

This study is a technical-behavioral analysis of an accountability program based on the planning programming budgeting system (PPBS). The purpose of the study was to develop a model that school systems can use in implementing accountability systems. The project explored the idea that when formal management systems are introduced into schools, they…

Educational assessment tools are used for accountability; selection and licensure, and to measure the effects of instruction for student diagnosis and treatment. Psychometric instruments currently in use are flawed in two ways: they attempt to rank people on fundamentally multidimensional traits, and the problem of the validity of these…

This continuing ERIC/CAPS series, entitled Searchlight Plus, consists of two components: first, an in-depth review of cited materials, including prime issues and trends, and implications for helping professionals; and second, citations from an ERIC computer search on the topic. Series topics are selected in response to user requests. Presented in…

This article describes a model developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Children and Youth, Bureau of Child Development Programs for the evaluation of its child day care programs. The evaluation effort has two phases. The first phase, the Child Development Program Evaluation (CDPE) was designed to provide a…

To promote maximum Title I services to Navajo students attending the Navajo Area Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools, by-laws for the establishment and operation of a Parent Advisory Council (PAC) have been prepared. Council objectives are to develop good liaison and communication between students' parents and the local school administration; promote…

Reliable institutional research is seen as serving as a valuable means of generating accurate, objective data useful in reaching sound management decisions in institutions of higher education. Institutional research is defined as the systematic, comprehensive self-study used by a college or university to improve the institution. Sound…

Issues related to basic skills education are discussed, beginning with a review of recent trends in American education. The 1960's are characterized as a decade of innovation, while the 1970's are described in terms of interest in accountability and cost effectiveness. Several reasons for current concerns about basic skills are suggested: parents'…

This report outlines the development of the Kentucky-Ohio-Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML), a library network providing interlibrary loan services, MEDLARS services, reference services, consultation programs, and continuing education programs to its tri-state region. Special emphasis is given to KOMRML's extension program to encourage…

This study guide comprises a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. The ten modules included in this package examine the concept of accountability as it applies to public officials. The first module introduces the concept. Modules Two and Three discuss citizen participation and…

There is increasing interest in reviewing teacher hiring procedures in order to answer society's demands that students should be accountable for learning basic skills and teachers should be accountable for proving their general and specific content knowledge. There is a trend toward requiring teachers to pass a state board examination proving…