To provide materials for a national exchange program and a Pennsylvania activities bank, a project was designed to produce materials for teacher-coordinators of high school distributive education. The project objectives were to (1) review and evaluate competencies necessary for advertising service careers, (2) develop activities and evaluative…

The state of the art of state-level academic program review is presented. The growth of state agency reviews and three types of state coordinating agencies are discussed. The relation of program review to budget review and planning is outlined, and a description is provided of what programs are reviewed, the criteria for reviewing new programs,…

An analysis was made of quality ratings of elementary level standardized tests. Applying multidimensional scaling to intercorrelations of quality ratings, it was found that the criterion of content and construct validity was a central element in the evaluation of elementary tests. In addition, several types of validity and reliability were found…

This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of commonly used measures of job effectiveness, concentrating on a recent development in the field, the Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS); and proposes a new approach, the Behavior Description Index (BDI), which the author contends reduces or avoids most of the shortcomings of other…

A study is presented of the role of the Naval War College in the professionalization of the U.S. Navy and the effects of that process upon the shaping of naval policy from the founding of the College in 1884 to its temporary discontinuance in 1917 during World War 1. A summary biography is given of Stephen Bleeker Luce, leading advocate and first…

The stated purpose of this paper is to review some of the critical issues that arise in the planning and conduct of the evaluation of action programmes amongst the socially and educationally disadvantaged, and to suggest the means that might be adopted to overcome the inherent difficulties. The discussion first focuses on the characteristics of…

This package of materials, developed for teachers in the elementary schools, is designed to help the teacher educate the future voter so that he will be knowledgeable and concerned about environmental problems. This package on Ecosystems has two goals. The first is to help the teacher understand some basic facts and concepts of ecology and the…

This report gives an extensive review of the literature dealing with student evaluation of faculty, and investigates the effect of a previously unexplored variable, students' expectations of the teaching-learning situation. Eight student perceptions of the teaching-learning situation were identified: dogmatic, erotic, moral, therapeutic,…

The document presents an analysis of the progress in the research and development (R & D) efforts of the Department of Labor as embodied in the Manpower Development and Training Act, which combined an inquiry system and a mission-oriented operating system in a single agency. The analysis is presented in two parts. Part 1, The Manpower R &…

Attention has periodically been given to inequality of opportunity in higher education in Michigan by both the governor's office and the state board of education. Activities to date have been based upon the premise that disadvantaged students have often been effectively excluded from participation in higher education, and that certain procedures…

This is the second in a series of reports concerned with evaluating the impacts of land development. This report discusses in considerable depth and detail how development affects the revenues and expenditures of local government. Questions include the following: (1) Will new development inflate the demand for public services and facilities in…

The development of training materials on project management for local education agency personnel involves a series of four steps. The first step, the analysis phase, was reported in Technical Memorandum No. 1. This second step, the conceptual phase, was conducted to provide a statement of performance and/or behavioral objectives for the subsequent…

These guidelines are provided to assist in meeting the necessary rules and minimum standards and in making judgments on licensing. Suggestions are offered for evaluating an institution's statement of purpose as well as specific aspects of its program. The educational program is assessed with regard to its courses, duration and intensity (associate…

The biographical characteristics and achievements of the 1373 cadets who entered the Class of 1974 are presented. A separate report compares selected characteristics of this class with previous classes. In order to obtain data on the American College Testing Program, the ACT was administered to 1336 members of the Class of 1974 in July 1970.…

The philosophy underlying this guide is that the teaching of special education students is most appropriately accomplished through a systematic approach to individualized instruction. The first step should be to determine student needs. Instructional goals for each student should then be clearly defined and behaviorally stated. Effectiveness of…