Two primary school teachers discuss their efforts to develop portfolios that can become everyday classroom tools. They note, among other things, that teachers need to be flexible about what is included in the portfolios, develop appropriate benchmarks for different grade levels, model portfolio instructions, and discuss the portfolios with…

Describes a project to develop a set of criteria for assessing the managerial effectiveness of community college administrative personnel. Indicates that a review of the literature led to a list of 70 management audit assessment criteria that were subsequently evaluated by a panel of experts using the Delphi method. (29 citations) (MAB)

Discusses the problems involved with both student and teacher evaluations. Examines better ways to evaluate teachers and asserts that teachers must find ways to dignify student evaluations of teachers and make the process thoughtful and reflective rather than mechanical. (PRA)

Reviews two recent professional publications concerning alternative assessment: "Portfolio Assessment in the Reading-Writing Classroom" and "Assessment and Evaluation in Whole Language Programs." (MG)

Introduces a set of papers in this journal issue that address outcomes assessment in engineering education. Discusses the reasons and methods for outcomes assessment. (WRM)

Describes a case study of a partnership paradigm created between a professor and RA in the Master of Public Administration program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Suggests that power-sharing between both parties will enhance learning for both student and mentor. Contains two data tables. (JDI)

This study discusses assistive technology (AT) for student with disabilities in academic libraries. An expert panel, using the Delphi Technique, recognized adequate funding, training opportunities, AT evaluation, and including individuals with disabilities in AT decision making as being some of the primary issues. (Author/LRW)

The millennium development goals have created new challenges for development evaluation. The main unit of account has shifted to the country level. Evaluation ownership must move from donor agencies to developing countries. The recognition that rich countries have development obligations is opening up evaluation frontiers beyond aid. A…

Evaluation is important to public education and training programs if the United States is to be competitive in a global economy. Six major factors have had an impact on evaluation efforts: decreased financial resources, increased public dissatisfaction, changed management approaches, enhanced evaluation methods and procedures, redesigned…

The purpose of this study was to estimate the validity of the Competence subscale of the Teacher Staff Development Survey (TSDS) as a measure of the teacher efficiency construct. Results from regular education elementary school teachers (N=296) revealed a subscale structure of the TSDS that differed from the subscale structure originally designed…

As any parent knows, anger towards children is a natural occurrence of parenting. Since it is important to identify and address some of the emotional issues that underlie child abuse, the role of anger in parenting and in child maltreatment is covered in this paper. An ecological analysis of parental anger is presented, with special emphasis on…

This paper reports on a World Health Organization (WHO) workshop whose participants, in accordance with WHO's Health for All (HFA) Target is, "Knowledge and Motivation for Healthy Behaviour," examined the importance of nutritional education in medical schools. Areas discussed include the discrepancy between the need for skills in…

When California implemented its class-size reduction (CSR) program in 1996, a number of questions regarding financial burdens, teacher shortages, scarcity of facilities, and collective bargaining were raised. This first-year implementation study aims to provide some contextual information as background for answering questions, to clarify these…

This report focuses on the question of how to evaluate workplace education programs. Chapter 1 outlines the various purposes that those involved in workplace education programs have defined for workplace education and describes program models in place to meet those goals. Chapter 2 sets out three scenarios for evaluation at present: informal,…

Written descriptions of student accomplishments should be required to supplement letter grades.