Endorses the idea of the scientific community taking an active role in influencing the making of national scientific policy through governmental bodies. (BR)

The Commission for Business and Economic Education states its policies on what business education as a profession should encompass and on standards for a business education teacher as a professional. (BP)

The author, seeking to define what is special about social science, finds its distinctiveness in its questions and aims rather than its methods. (Editor)

Uncovers those tests by which one may objectively decide whether any particular educational policy is a good one. (Author/PG)

This policy study addresses the issue of double-session versus single-session kindergarten in a large urban school district facing school facility needs. The current policy on kindergarten offerings is to conduct single-session kindergarten whenever possible. Ninety-two of the school district's 105 elementary schools currently offer single-session…

Using a heuristic system design is the most cost effective means for confronting unstructured policy problems that require action in cases in which there is a limited empirical data base or a diversity of opinion concerning preferred ends and feasible means. This paper discusses heuristic principles that can serve as guides to problem solving and…

This directory includes data on more than 800 legislators who are enacting policy in their state capitols from the perspective of an educator. With occupation as the starting point, a summary was developed for each legislator from the education profession. These summaries include his/her chamber and party affiliation, address, telephone number,…

A study examined the extent to which the violation of any one of more than 20 deleted Federal Communications Commission "underbrush" rules or policies (minor rules and policy statements) might result in a threat to the violator's broadcast license. All of the deleted policies and regulations, the criminal codes of California, Florida,…

Issues associated with involvement of social program participants in program evaluation are analyzed. Although there seems to be a broad consensus of the need for participatory evaluation, the proposed rationales and concomitant benefits to evaluation practice appear to be quite diverse. Key issues include the rationale for "stakeholder"…

This paper presents a cause-focused typology of 12 delinquency prevention strategies to serve as a system for organizing and conceptualizing delinquency prevention efforts. These strategies are conceptually distinct and have been designed to facilitate systematic planning and evaluation of prevention efforts and to allow for comparative…

Although organized physical education is vital to Americans' health and well-being, surprisingly few policy studies exist for the field. Physical education professionals desperately need evaluation studies to assist them in setting policies and examining policy implementation and outcomes. This paper reviews available literature, identifies…

The report discusses findings and policy options of a study of technologies for handicapped individuals. An introductory section reviews definitions and demographic aspects of disabilities. Disability-related research and development is addressed in terms of the federal role and private sector involvement. Evaluation of technologies is said to be…

The solution to ever-increasing governmental corruption could be brought by concerned Americans working toward the establishment of a "countergovernment". (Editor)

The author of the report of the panel on youth evaluated the critiques made by the other authors in this journal who examined the recommendations of the Coleman Report. (RK)