Concludes that program evaluators have to be advocates of their results, active in bringing them to the attention of others, and willing to identify publicly any policy and practical implications. Such dedication to communication and dissemination cannot help but promote utilization. (Author/AM)

Strategies for use by clients who commission evaluation studies in the private, university, or governmental sector are outlined. Topics covered include establishing the purpose of the evaluation, assembling in-house management staff, specifying work and expertise requirements, establishing confidentiality and project control, and managing results.…

Discusses the need for standards for the evaluation of educational programs, projects, and materials, and describes the development of such standards by a joint committee representing 12 organizations with widely differing constituencies. (Author)

The author focuses on the meaning of the concept of intentionality in discussing uses of computers. He considers issues arising from Sullivan's analysis and Papert's views, and suggests an alternative perspective for evaluating the uses of computers in education. (MT)

The variety of institutional policies and personal procedures regarding faculty publishing are discussed and some suggestions are offered for judging the quality of individual publications and restricting the type of work claimed as published. (LBH)

Discusses the importance of distinguishing between the different purposes of teacher evaluation programs, focusing on the differences between evaluations conducted to aid teacher self-improvement and evaluations conducted to aid administrative decision-making. (JG)

This research attempts to look for ways to assess elementary school students in mathematics, to discover what they can do, and what they understand. It aims to establish benchmarks for student progress in grades 1 through 5 and to begin a process for identifying students who are at risk for failure in mathematics. This paper presents each…

This new edition is the result of an extensive review of the standards as defined in 1981. Taken as a set, the 30 current standards provide a working philosophy for evaluation. They define the Joint Committee on Standards for Education Evaluation's conception of the principles that should guide and govern program evaluation efforts, and they offer…

The purposes of this paper are to (1) consider the state testing program from the county point of view, (2) relate the testing program to other state required programs, and (3) make some suggestions for the future. (Author)

In all fairness, administrators who have implemented innovative" programs should provide candid, down-to-earth descriptions and analyses of these programs to other educators seeking panaceas for educational ills -- only after such programs have been tried and found worthwhile. (EA)

Argues that the most widely used measures of a teacher's instructional skill -- ratings, classroom observations, pupil performance on standardized tests -- have proved inadequate and suggests that a teaching performance test would be an effective teacher assessment technique. (JF)

Responses of Industrial Arts teachers are summariazed concerning the future of the project method of teaching Industrial Arts in light of the laboratories and innovative equipment of the future. (GR)

Article reveals some positive and negative experiences of the program combining the techniques of instruction-by-objectives and manage-by-objectives at Harper College. (Author/RY)

The principal's role is discussed in terms of performance objectives. (SP)