Author offers suggestions for improving sagging enrollment at community colleges. (RK)

Paper covers some general evaluation issues including the relationship of evaluation and educational research. Reprints available from the author at the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J. (Author/MB)

Three basic questions about early childhood evaluation are raised: (1) what is to be evaluated, including a discussion of product versus process evaluations; (2) who is to do the evaluating, including comments on external versus staff evaluations; and (3) for what purpose is the evaluation to be conducted, including a discussion of summative…

Discusses how evaluation can aid both in countering the current negative perception of the foreign language profession and in returning control of the future direction of foreign language study to the hands of professional educators. (EKN)

The process of assessing the learning needs of a target population involves goal and objective definition, program assessment, needs identification, and decision making. A variety of needs assessment models with applications to many different situations are discussed. (FG)

Discusses what is known about programed instruction as that knowledge relates to the avoidance of planning and design errors which limit the effectiveness of instructional programs. A 17-item reference list accompanies the text. (Author/JL)

Horizontal evaluation in student teacher supervision is based on the premise that the aim of evaluation should be the personal and professional growth of the student teacher. The competency-based teacher education program has a vertical aim since it ranks teachers from best to worst rather than individuals on a horizontal continuum of growth. (JN)

Studies were conducted with more than 10,000 children to determine the types of programing most popular with that audience, their attitudes towards science, and the techniques that maximize the appeal and comprehensibility of science material on television. Research results guided the development of the new PBS series, 3-2-1 Contact. (MER)

A research project on the variability of tutor grading of student assignments at the Open University in Great Britain is reported. Factors in the variation that became apparent through discussion, questionnaires, and examination of papers are explained and areas for research are suggested. (MSE)

Shows how the phases of Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process, Product paradigm (CIPP) may be used by a program planner to determine whether a multicultural teacher-training workshop should be retained, modified, or eliminated. (Author/SJL)

Examines use of collaborative college faculty peer review for instructional improvement. Establishes rationales for formative evaluation of teaching, peer review in instructional improvement, and comprehensive faculty evaluation that includes peer review. Examines roles faculty might play in assessing colleagues' teaching; describes five methods…

Looks at the educational philosophy and goals of integrated thematic instruction (ITI) as used in the daily activity of a fifth-grade classroom. Shows how ITI employs research on how the human brain learns to provide students with a learning environment and an integrated curriculum that provides each student with multiple conduits of formative…

Offers a brief overview of the evolution of writing center theory and practice (discussing process-oriented pedagogy as well as the shift to social constructionism) over three decades. Stresses the continuing presence of the principles of formative assessment. (SR)

Describes the Online Academy that developed online instructional modules in reading, positive behavior support, and technology across the curriculum for preservice teacher education programs at the University of Kansas. Focuses on the formative evaluation processes that were employed in creating the instructional design, usability, and…