Criteria for the selection of item forms, content domains, and sampling procedures for program specific, domain-referenced tests are developed. The primary purpose of these tests is to estimate the extent to which individual pupils have attained or retained the intended learning outcomes of a particular segment of instruction. Tests developed for…

Discusses elements that are characteristic of good books: (1) impacts society; (2) changes our personal lives; (3) stretches the reader's mind; (4) handles ideas with skill; (5) is reread; (6) refines our sensibilities and intellect; (7) serves as a standard; and (8) adds to our knowledge of the human condition. (24 references) (MES)

Because the main criterion of structural homology (the principle of connections) does not exist for behavioral homology, the utility of the ethological concept of homology has been questioned. The confidence with which behavioral homologies can be claimed varies inversely with taxonomic distance. Thus, conjectures about long-range phylogenetic…

Discusses the necessity of clarifying one's personal values and then acting on the basis of those values. (AN)

The author suggests several modifications in the rationale of criterion-referenced measurement in order to increase the utility and meaningfulness of test results for teachers. (AA)

A teacher must have a certain amount of intuition in order to judge the level of a student's knowledge of a subject with which the teacher himself is unfamiliar. (CK)

A brief description of instructional objectives and the Instructional Objectives Exchange. (RA)

Presents 13 key questions to be answered in evaluating a system of operator training, a programed text, a film, an application of closed-circuit television, or any other training method. (EB)

A plan for selecting students to enter a distributive education cooperative program. (Editor)

Summarizes theoretical considerations in determining, formulating, and specifying training goals and indicates how current practice may benefit from broader application of the ideas developed in various academic philosophies. Sixteen references. (Editor/LY)

It is suggested that four developmental terms (period, phase, stage, level) can be distinguished as different combinations of four criterial elements, and they should be differentiated according to whether or not they refer to (1) a part of a progression, (2) a recurrent state or event, (3) quantitative change, and (4) qualitative change.…

A Monte Carlo evaluation of 30 internal criteria for cluster analysis was conducted using four hierarchical clustering techniques. The results indicated that a subset of internal criteria was identified which appear to be valid indices of correct cluster recovery. (Author/JKS)