Most art is approached by reviewers who evaluate and critics who explicate, a dichotomy that has yet to characterize film. But now that film has entered the academy, a change seems imminent, and potentially destructive. (Editor)

Educators are screening candidates more carefully in order to reduce enrollments and cut costs. The screening process developed to screen in park and recreation majors must be carefully developed so that a significant percentage of black and other minority group students will be admitted to curricula. (JA)

Suggests a way of using factor analytic techniques to supplement multidimensional scaling in such a way as to provide a firm basis for evaluating multidimensional representations. (Author/RC)

Article investigated some guidelines to be used by the civilian psychiatrist in determining those individuals suitable for the stresses of military life. (Author/RK)

The modern educator needs accurate and current information to help make his decisions. Where and how to get it? The authors set out some basic criteria for an effective Canadian information system. (Editor)

This article examines the widespread national trend toward telephone counseling centers in terms of the real help provided those who seek help via the telephone. These centers are providing a needed service. However, suggestions related to the improvement of those services are offered. (Author)

Stresses the importance of careful planning prior to the beginning of an evaluation effort and discusses a number of basic questions that a community educator should consider in planning any evaluation program. (JG)

The structural features extracted for the schizophrenics, nonschizophrenic psychiatric patients, and normals were very similar to each other. A group difference was found in the subject's sorting strategy, but its effect on the main findings was judged to be minimal. (Author)

Guidelines are offered for the evaluation of instructional materials to be used with learning disabled or other children. (DB)

Criteria for prediction of multinomial responses are examined in terms of estimation bias. Logarithmic penalty and least squares are quite similar in behavior but quite different from maximum probability. The differences ultimately reflect deficiencies in the behavior of the criterion of maximum probability.

Key questions in outcome evaluation involve outcomes to be measured, differentiation of institutions, and the evaluation criteria-professionally derived or community-derived. (Author/SDH)

Three criteria for an effective school incentive program that enhances motivation and improves student learning are as follows: perception of program fairness; worthwhileness of rewards; and communicability of program components. Factors that contribute to these criteria are discussed in this paper based upon the South Carolina experience. Five…