Several speakers debate the advantages and disadvantages of performance contracting. (AK)

A brief review of a Rand Corporation report prepared for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare on "The Performance Contracting Concept in Education." (AK)

Discusses Ohio University's use of a performance contracting consultant to assist them in hiring an energy services company that could implement an energy conservation project. Why the use of consultants can prove beneficial is highlighted. (GR)

This paper describes the science of managed change and how this technique can be applied to educational situations. It also points out current educational problems to which this science of change should be applied. The initial step of a managed change in a client system is the examination of the present state of affairs and an analysis of possible…

External reinforcers should not be used to the point of dependency with special education students who need to become more aware of their own internal controls. Student performance contracts are one way of developing this awareness. (CL)

Performance contracting may place new power in the hands of students. (LR)

Performance contracting is discussed as a means of assuring effective teaching. (DB)

A brief criticism of the unreliability of gain scores from standardized tests as a means of measuring the effectiveness of a performance contract. (AK)

The author questions some of the goals and principles underlying both the conept of accountability and of performance contracting. (AA)