This group of readings describes the university examination system in India, and suggests improvements which can be implemented within the current framework of the system. The papers are grouped into six sections: (1) descriptions of the evolution of the undergraduate examinations in India and their present status; (2) discussions of the…

Presented is an analysis of nine agreements focused on three areas of common concern to dissemination specialists involved in the 1977 National Dissemination Forum: resources, linkage, research, evaluation and quality control. FORUM participants represented the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC of the National Institute of Education…

The training course has been prepared for personnel of the Navy and Navy Reserve studying for advancement to the rates of Ship's Serviceman third or second class. The Ship's Serviceman 3 specializes as a clerk, barber, cobbler, tailor, or laundryman. Ship's Serviceman 2 exercises administrative and management control over resale and service…

This annotated bibliography provides a review of literature regarding family day care, support systems for family day care, and contingent issues. A total of 70 journal articles, conference papers, progress reports, book chapters and pamphlets are cited; selected critical comments are offered. Some technical weaknesses in studies are noted.…

Providing general specifications and system descriptions for segments within the Arizona TeleMedicine Project (a telecommunication system designed to deliver health services to rurally isolated American Indians in Arizona), this document, when used with the appropriate route segment document, will completely describe the project's required…

The purpose of this manual is to provide a new Federal or State quality control reviewer, with a background and understanding of his job in the Office of Management in the Regional Office of the Social and Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The mission of the Service is to enable certain of America's…

Faced with the eventuality of mandatory relicensure and concerned with the protection of public health, boards of pharmacy look to continuing pharmaceutical education as a method of facilitating the maintenance of professional competence and providing assurances regarding the quality of pharmaceutical services. (JMD)

Trustees wishing to determine how well their institutions are doing can tabulate Q factors, which "are determined by the amount of money spent in each budget area to maintain an acceptable level of quality within an institution." (MLW)

A total of 94 graduate deans were surveyed (83 percent response rate) to ascertain the importance of various factors in their quality assessment of a journal article or book publication. Journal reputation and external opinions of the articles were judged to be important quality factors. (Author/MH)

Israel's higher education system and its history are described, and the mechanisms used by the government to control educational quality through funding and planning are discussed. (MSE)

An electrical engineering program in which a field experience component is used both to enhance training and to evaluate the program's outcomes is described. The curriculum development process is highlighted. (MSE)

Compares 66 infants cared for by registered child minders and 40 infants cared for at 15 day nurseries in London, using interviews and observation. Compares both types of service on finding a place, stability of caregivers, quality of service, interaction with children, and communication with parents. Suggests changes in current government…

A strong institutional self-study will focus on five questions: (1) Is the school meeting its declared purpose? (2) Is the study objective? (3) Does it show an intent to improve the institution? (4) Does it help enhance the institution's distinctiveness while maintaining programatic balance? and (5) Does it see self-renewal as ongoing in the…

To assist in the redesign of accountability systems, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) and the Center for Research on Evaluation, Student Standards, and Testing (CRESST) sought to assemble knowledge from new research on emerging accountability systems. A book, "Redesigning Accountability Systems for Education," edited by Susan…

Six Sigma is an organization wide program that provides common set of goals, language, and methodology for improving the overall quality of the processes within the organization (Davis & Heineke 2004). Six Sigma main concern is for the customer. What will the customers want? Need? Six Sigma has a model that helps Sigma get implemented DMAIC model…