Article adapted from an address given at a meeting of the California Association of Secondary School Administrators (Fresno, California, April 8, 1968). Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

The value of a role in a profession is often tied to demand for and supply of practitioners in this role. Since a profession may seek to sustain its role's value by influencing supply of recognized practitioners, the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies has included in its membership criteria a requirement for administrative…

The document offers guidelines for an intake method used by the Kentucky Project for Early Education of Exceptional Children (PEEEC) staff in the placement of a referred child for special education services. Intake procedures are outlined for the following steps: initial referral, initial contact with parent, referral screening recommendations…

Each debate judge's philosophy consists not of one single view of argument, but rather of a theory of argument containing several independent levels of belief. One current issue is the extent to which a judge should impose his or her bias on the participants in a debate round. Judges can impose rules on debates by utilizing those rules to which…

This paper reports on work by an International Reading Association (IRA) committee to develop criteria--for use in judging the superiority of a particular reading program--that may be used by school personnel in the interpretation of evaluation reports. The paper outlines (1) the background of the project, (2) project activities, (3) anticipated…

As part of a self-evaluation of admissions policies, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) surveyed the general and specific admissions requirements of 18 comparable community colleges. The survey instrument requested information on general admissions requirements for full- and part-time students; additional requirements for specialized programs;…

The manual presents step by step procedures for referral to the Longfellow Education Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) which provides psychoeducational services for emotionally disturbed children in grades 6 through 9. Following a section on general criteria for eligibility is an outline for the six referral steps: screening, followup meeting,…

The document reports on the belief-assessment phase of a project undertaken in 1973 at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, to study curriculum processes based on the Curvo strategy. The Curvo strategy (named for a combination of the first letters of the Dutch words for curriculum, development, and research) is based on the assumption that…

The process of evaluating multicultural education programs with respect to goals, planning, implementation and effects is examined in this handbook. The roles of evaluation participants are defined, and the content of what is to be measured is classified according to five major categories of possible effects upon the learners: knowledge,…

By using the paired comparison methodology, it was possible to establish evaluative priorities, providing criterion weights which reflected the thoughts and feelings of an advisory committee consisting of experts in the task selection process. For the U.S. Army Infantry School, the weights can be used to stress higher weighted criterion results in…

The manual presents step by step procedures to be followed for referral to the Longfellow Education Center, a Minnesota program for emotionally disturbed adolescents. Procedures are outlined for the following steps: determining eligibility criteria, screening, conducting a followup meeting, making a referral, securing permission to refer for…

This study provides information about the actual functions and activities of school district evaluation units by examining an integral product of the units. This product, an evaluation report, was examined from a nationwide sample of district evaluation organizations (N=116). Reports were checked for the presence of particular evaluation report…