Methods and resources available for teaching about black culture and history in Africa and America are evaluated. An introductory essay, "The Black Experience: A Historical Overview," emphasizes aspects of black history which most black scholars deem relevant for correcting error and distortion, filling gaps of knowledge, and helping black youth…

This paper discusses a process model designed for the Kansas City (Missouri) School District. The model attempts to achieve the translation of student learning tasks into an operational and accountable program of instruction on a five year cycle plan. A flow chart of the model is presented and appropriate segments and outcomes of the process…

The Nebraska State Department of Education sought to raise the level of management skills of educational administrators through the establishment of planning and evaluation capability among personnel. Training sessions in both planning and evaluation skills were held. This publication contains the materials used in the training sessions in…

This document reports on an 8-part task undertaken to produce an operational planning and reporting system for a proposed Educational Extension Program (EEP) that would use management-by-objective techniques. An integrated schedule of activities was developed to extend the program from the three pilot project States to nationwide implementation…

The working guidelines for the development of research test items for the cumulative post-tests of the United States Naval Academy's leadership course developed by the Westinghouse Learning Corporation are presented in this report, including general specifications, content analysis and test construction, and classification of items. EM 010 418…

This booklet is one of a series which describes a competency-based teacher education program developed by the staff of the Department of Vocational and Applied Arts Education at Wayne State University. The program consists of competencies, performance objectives, needs assessment, delivery systems, and evaluation, and this booklet contains the…

The emphasis of this publication is on new or proposed physician support training programs which are in the advanced planning or pilot stages and on operational programs which have not yet received accreditation or have only recently been accredited. Detailed data were gathered for 71 programs through mailed questionnaire or telephone surveys, and…

A report on the Michigan project in performance contracting is presented. In contrast to the Office of Economic Opportunity announcement that performance contracting is a failure, the Michigan program has been successful in the initial stage of a major experiment (Texarkana Project). The state legislature has appropriated $22.5 million for…

Ideas for stimulating student writing and for publishing a school magazine to provide that writing with an audience are presented in this book. Creative writing programs and literary magazines for both elementary and secondary grades are discussed; the role of the literary magazine in the English program is evaluated; and the value of a student…

This report is distilled from Rand's findings in previously reported research and from new research. It is addressed to school board members, administrators, and other educational decisionmakers who may be contemplating a performance contracting program. The guide follows the life cycle of a project and identifies the three major phases as…

This conference report contains a keynote address by Dr. Howard Altman, entitled "Individualizing Foreign Language Instruction: Theoretical and Practical Considerations," and five reports of the conference group sessions. Reports include: (1) "Techniques for Implementing Individualized Instruction," (2) "Performance Objectives," (3) "Developing…

Educational accountability is treated as a philosophy and as a means of introducing system into an educational enterprise. The philosophy of accountability is discussed as to the demand for accountability, the possibility of using accountability as a political tool, the promise made by accountability and whether the promise can be kept, difficult…

A course in the Bible as Literature is presented. It is an examination of significant selections from the old and new testaments, representing universality in theme, diversity in literary genre, and consideration of biblical language. Performance objectives for the student include: (1) proposal of reasons for studying the Bible as literature, (2)…

This paper examines the development and evaluation of criterion-referenced measures, and elaborates on the distinction between them and norm-referenced measures. The concept of sensitivity is introduced as an appropriate method for evaluating such measures, and a sensitivity index is proposed. The traditional model for the response of a subject to…

Written primarily for the non-Russian speaking student, this course is designed to demonstrate how simple and interesting Russian studies can be. Performance objectives are presented in two categories: language and culture. After the statement of each language objective, letters indicate the language skills to which the objective is directed. The…