Focusing on individual abilities and needs, on objectives, and on the sharing process by which these objectives are formulated and used as the basis of evaluation--and given its efficiency (enhanced by feedback)--performance-based teacher education (PBTE) offers valuable alternatives to current curriculum requirements, course offerings, and credit…

Proposed in this document is a research and development program aimed at perfecting performance-based teacher training and assessment techniques. The program is described as a) being field centered (training and assessment techniques being accepted as a result of their observed effectiveness in the classroom), b) being achievement oriented, c)…

One of the major problems in assessing teacher effectiveness has been defining criteria for good teaching. There is as yet little conclusive evidence as to the nature and means of identifying teacher competence. The types of teacher effectiveness evaluations are: (1) studies based on expert opinion and consensus of judges; (2) studies using school…

This study concerned itself primarily with the development of criteria for the selection of inner city school elementary school principals using New York City as the prototype for other large urban centers. Groups of professional educators and lay community representatives indicated on questionnaires the five most important personal…

The criteria identified may be applied in determining the training requirements for both the complete job and the individual tasks within the job. This study concluded that a combination of types of training can best satisfy the needs of the initial and continuing requirements. (HD)

As the present legal climate makes it necessary for management to be able to validate their personnel selection and promotion systems, the authors offer some methods for making decisions about criteria for finding, training, and assessing personnel. (MF)

Differential grading standards were examined in a sample of 1,029 Dartmouth College graduates. Fields of study that attracted students (as majors) who scored higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) employed stricter grading standards. These differential standards attenuated the substantial correlation between SAT scores and grades.…

Discusses the evaluation of teacher competence as a requirement for certification. (Author/RK)

Principals unable or unwilling to conduct thorough teacher evaluations using classroom observations should consider two other sources of evaluation data: "artifacts of teaching," including lesson plans, tests, activity instructions, and bibliographic handouts prepared by teachers, student work, peer testimony, and similar materials; and…

Develops an example demonstrating the existence of alternative solutions and the need for the use of personal judgment in mathematics. Uses a problem about ranking national performances at the 1988 Olympic Games as the example. Illustrates several different criteria and the results. (YP)

Predicting MBA student performance for admission decisions is crucial for educational institutions. This paper evaluates the ability of three different models--neural networks, logit, and probit to predict MBA student performance in graduate programs. The neural network technique was used to classify applicants into successful and marginal student…

Teacher evaluation has emerged as a major focus for reform at the highest levels of education policymaking, and for good reason. Most evaluations are based on scant evidence of actual effectiveness, produce inflated ratings, and provide teachers with little useful feedback. This paper offers policymakers and practitioners important "lessons…

In the UK there has historically been a clear demarcation between the academic and vocational routes through education post-16. Generally vocational study is taken either on a part time basis or full time at Further Education (FE) colleges. Students who want to take academic qualifications such as A levels have the option to enrol in a school…

In this paper, data obtained from a university website accessibility and usability validation process are analyzed and used to demonstrate how the design process can affect the online experience for users with disabilities. Interviews, observations, and use data (e.g. where users clicked on a page or what path taken through a site) were collected.…