Performance assessment was once the only method of educational evaluation; then multiple-choice tests proliferated. Renewed interest in assessment brings these cautions: (1) use for most critical outcomes; (2) use technology; (3) involve students as raters; (4) note student behaviors; and (5) restrict to program-level indicators. (SK)

The intertextual model of evaluation proposed by M. Riffaterre is explored and applied to two problems, the general problem of what to do when there are multiple but conflicting criteria for evaluating a policy, and the specific issues of disposition of native American burial remains. (SLD)

Discusses the evaluation of student publications from the author's various perspectives as adviser, teacher, judge, and press association director. (SR)

Discusses difficult aspects of the evaluation of student publications, in which the judge's analysis is often pitted against the adviser's aspirations for praise. (SR)

Describes a new cooperative venture between the Kansas Scholastic Press Association and the Nebraska High School Press Association, in which adviser-judges from one state evaluate publication from the other. (SR)

Offers four strategies to press association directors on how to structure an evaluation service. (SR)

Maintains that all staff--not just editors and advisers--should read and learn from judges' critiques of their publication. Describes a process for doing so. (SR)

Provides an overview of CD-ROM technology and local area networking focusing on NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) which provide network access to CD-ROMs, using Novell's NetWare operating system. The characteristics and benefits of various products and concerns in choosing one are discussed, and comparative specifications and vendors are listed.…

The Program Effectiveness Rating System evaluates educational programs by ranking the following factors: resources, student demand, accessibility, student achievement, cost effectiveness, and employability of graduates. This approach provides greater accountability to all stakeholders and increases responsiveness to changing demands. (JOW)

A comprehensive administrator evaluation program is essential for improving overall job performance, determining how well annual goals are achieved, pinpointing specific performance strengths and weaknesses, identifying specific professional development needs, and increasing understanding of the evaluation process. This article outlines procedures…

Discusses different types of security systems for libraries and explains the differences between electromagnetic, radio-frequency, and microwave technologies. A list of questions to assist in system evaluation is provided; and preventive measures used to curtail theft and protocol for handling situations that trigger security alarms are included.…

Procedures for determining the number of clusters in a data set are explored. A proposed stopping rule, the GRAPH criterion, is compared to four stopping rules currently in use. The GRAPH criterion's mathematically attractive properties and utility in solving the number-of-clusters problem are demonstrated. (SLD)

Provides an objective critique of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) as a reform strategy and a curriculum process, based on a literature review and experience in North Carolina schools. OBE is theoretically narrow, but charges concerning OBE's technocratic, uncaring orientation lack foundation. The curriculum process allows teacher participation. OBE…

Examines use of empowerment as central component of counseling and as criterion for evaluating counseling interventions. Discusses definitions of empowerment across several perspectives and proposes definition of empowerment in context of counseling. Presents potentially empowering and disempowering aspects of counseling. Highlights measurement…

Summarizes a study showing that a group of midwestern elementary and secondary principals had similar priorities for selecting teachers, regardless of the desired position level. Higher selection priorities (enthusiasm for teaching, communication skills, and interviewer's evaluation) were preferred over lower priorities (reference information,…