Discusses biography for children as a literary form concerned with the task of personality integration and sets forth criteria for the selection of biography for children. (GT)

The Mannheim Rating (of teaching texts for German as a foreign language) is criticized from the standpoint of choice of texts considered and for vagueness of criteria. Several of the texts rated "good" are considered from the standpoint of criteria proposed by the writer. (IFS/WGA)

Criticizes the goals stated in the Mannheim Rating (of teaching texts for German as a foreign language) as being vaguely defined, and the criteria as being faultily formulated. Not considered are: text science, learning psychology, and psychology of motivation. Actual classroom teaching experience is insufficiently considered. (IFS/WGA)

Criticizes the Mannheim Ratings (of teaching texts for German as a foreign language) for judging texts for their intrinsic excellence alone, omitting considerations of acceptability to teachers and students. There is no clear statement of teaching goals. However, the ratings are considered valuable for the questions and problems they discuss.…

One of the collaborators on the Mannheim Rating (of teaching texts for German as a foreign language) answers criticisms (in particular, the assertion that the ratings are based on purely theoretical considerations) and criticism of the evaluation criteria. It is hoped that a new version will profit from the criticisms. (IFS/WGA)

After reviewing the role of the school counselor, methods of evaluation, and criteria for measurment of effectiveness, this article provides recommendations for improving the counselor's productivity. (DS)

Monitoring on some school-related tasks (editing, writing, spelling, and synonymy) was studied in learning disabled and normal adolescents. (Author)

Although any comprehensive assessment of a school library resource center will need to look at physical facilities, resource materials, and staffing, the most important part of the evaluation--and the most difficult--is to assess the impact of the library resource center on the educational program of the school. (Author/VT)

A new system of reviewing accreditation for teacher education institutions is described; the means by which the current ten-year cycle for evaluation may be reduced to a seven-year cycle are outlined. (JD)

Asserting that the majority of child abuse research has excluded the victim, other than as an incident, this article recommends that the problem of child abuse could be better understood if the variables related to the abused child could be adequately and empirically derived. (JC)

Offers a progress report on the evaluation of alternative learning forms by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association. It is divided into four parts: 1) the commission's evaluation of nontraditional institutions and programs, 2) the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation--COPA--Project to Develop…

This paper studies the difference between deciders' uses of supplied and elicited considerations within the context of career evaluation. A sample of 20 first-year students rated 10 elicited career alternatives on five supplied and five personal constructs. Students indicated preferences between alternatives, when presented with 25 career pairs.…

U.S. colleges are launching an all-out attack against bogus degree holders trying to enter top graduate schools. The crackdown is spurred by increased student use of faked academic credentials to get into schools of law, medicine and other professions. Here are a few case studies. (Author/RK)

Criterion referenced testing and methods of setting standards are presented as politically motivated rather than supporting any technological advance in education. (RAO)

An operational definition of public television programming and its implications for development and production agencies is sorely needed. This article explores some of the components of such a definition and examines the differences in several types of educational programming in terms of specific design and evaluation variables of the program.…