The recent growth in popularity among college students of dramatic interpretation in forensic competition justifies an examination of textual considerations and resultant criteria important to the evaluation of dramatic literature. The first considerations of the student contemplating the dramatic interpretation event are the selection of material…

Rules and guidelines are provided governing the selection of documents and journal articles to be included in the ERIC database. Selection criteria are described under the five headings: (1) Appropriateness of content/subject matter; (2) Suitability of format, medium, document type; (3) Quality of content; (4) Legibility and reproducibility; (5)…

The development of advanced technologies needs to be assessed as part of an on-going process. A technology evaluation agenda is presented. Research and development (R and D) is a sequential, changing process. The formulation of standards and criteria is a function of the stage of development and type of technology. The criteria should be…

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide consistent, systematic standards for evaluating instructional materials proposed for use in California's public schools to ensure compliance with the Education Code. Though they are not intended to supplant the evaluator's judgment, the guidelines do comprise the minimum standards for acceptability in…

This review of social problem novels for young adults opens with a brief background of the genre, then lists the dominant themes of social problem fiction and nonfiction novels that have been published in the last two years, such as alcoholism, alienation, death, growing up and self-awarness, drugs, and divorce. Other themes mentioned are…

Performance standards and ethics for project management remain to be firmly established. Research to provide guidelines for externally applied standards has only just begun. The contract serves as an internal standard against which the project may be judged. The author's experience suggests the following items as part of a possible ethical code:…

Objectives and processes for evaluation of faculty and nonacademic administrators are presented. The objectives include: (1) increase the opportunities for open communication between supervisor and supervised; (2) provide written role expectations; (3) provide a means of assessing and evaluating the degree to which expectations are met; (4)…

The demands of scholarly articles, as opposed to other forms of writing, are discussed. The advantages of the article format for providing rationale, for sharing critical ideas between colleagues, and for achieving the linkage of professionals within a given field are expounded upon. Special attention is paid to the writing of scholarly articles…

Three different scoring systems are described; these systems are widely used for evaluating students' writing samples. A new model for scoring is presented by comparing and contrasting that model with the other systems. A pilot study of the new model for writing-sample items, scoring keys, and scoring guidelines is discussed. The pilot study was…

AN APPRAISAL OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE AS A "SECOND-CHANCE" INSTITUTION PRESENTS CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE OF SUCCESSFUL SALVAGING OF THE ABLE STUDENT. THE FAILURE OF THE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY MAY BE DUE TO (1) EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY, (2) INABILITY TO ADJUST TO THE COMPLEXITY AND IMPERSONALITY OF THE LARGE CAMPUS, (3) LACK OF SOUND COUNSELING, OR (4)…