Funding of much creative effort to solve educational problems is riding on effective states needs assessment and, therefore, suggests a model for accountability as well as identification of cognitive and affective needs. Concepts for model constructs are several, including the learner's unique self-social system: the school and classroom with its…

Much effort has been directed toward the evaluation of human characteristics and abilities. This handbook is an outgrowth of an extensive study of occupational competency testing and is intended to assist in the development, administration and evaluation of written and performance tests wherever occupational competency evaluation may be…

This book provides an overview of research on current developments and problems in the training of teachers. A full discussion of the task of conceptualizing teaching skills leads to a critical review of recent research into the effects of various types of teaching behavior upon pupils. The book questions whether or not there are teaching…

Two studies are reported. The first is based on Piaget's assertion that the child's representation of his world is dependent on the level of cognitive development at which he is currently functioning. Forty-eight normals and 48 retardates were given a visual memory task. They were asked to recall a configural presentation in a number of ways,…

Counselor education programs, asserts the author, typically have not lent themselves to accurate assessment. He maintains that true evaluation can be realized only when all therapeutic and instructional goals are stated in terms of performance or observable behavior. Systems analysis is viewed as offering a useful approach for redirecting and…

Criteria and methods for developing a taxonomy for different situational categories are presented. (CK)

This report, volume II of an indepth study of special levy problems in Washington State, represents the results of a study commission examination of finance and curriculum and contact with commission counterparts in the Federal Government, and a review of the work of other States. Included in this volume are (1) a funding formula simulation study…

This report, the result of five NSBA workshops on performance contracting, provides guidelines to assist school boards in meeting public demands for accountability. Part I explains the broad concept of accountability, describes the mechanics of a performance contract, and outlines a model approach for "turnkeying" a successfully…

This study attempts to identify characteristics of college attenders as contrasted with nonattenders through the use of four carefully selected measurement instruments: (1) the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS); (2) the College Image Scale (CIS); (3) the Senior Survey Questionnaire; and (4) the Regents Scholarship Examination. These…

This master's thesis is centered around the whole issue of whether New Careerists become more professionally oriented as time goes by, and if so, whether they are able to preserve their low-income characteristics and orientation and retain their ability to perform a bridging function in the low-income community at the same time. The instrument…

Among the papers presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association were the 16 included in this volume. The papers, all dealing with relationships between language and linguistics and reading, reflect both a wide range of opinion on the subject and considerable variety of focus. The six research reports are all…

To test the assumption that relationships exist between student performance and certain measurable school, community and student characteristics, confidential questionnaires were given to students, teachers, and administrators in secondary and elementary schools across the state. This section of the Phase II Findings describes (1) the educational…

On the basis of previous research with the 38-item Pupil Observation Survey (POSR), used for evaluation of student teachers by their pupils, two central items for each of the five POSR factors were selected and reworded slightly for a new instrument. Named the Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET), the instrument was simulated for old POSR item…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the "Developing Understanding of Self and Others" (Duso) Guidance Program on the self-concepts of Appalachian primary school children who were matched on intelligence, and randomly assigned to classes. The subjects in the sample numbered 126 at the third grade level, 112 at the…

To assist the Colleges of Health Related Professions and Education of the University of Florida in developing and implementing a competency-based teacher education program for preparing allied health teachers, the Center for Allied Health Instructional Personnel conducted a study which resulted in the development of a structure of competencies…