Presents a set of criteria and procedures for the evaluation of the school curriculum from the perspective of lifelong education. The author also describes the relations between some parts of Swedish curricula and the principles of lifelong learning. (Author/HM)

This paper studies whether equating results can be improved if the variable that accounts for all systematic differences between equating populations is identified and used as an anchor in anchor test design or as a variable on which to match equating samples. The sample invariant properties of four anchor test equating methods (Tucker and Levine…

An alternative is proposed for the Johnson-Neyman procedure (P. O. Johnson and J. Neyman, 1936). Used when heterogeneous regression lines for two groups are analyzed, the Johnson-Neyman procedure is a technique in which the difference between the two linear regression surfaces for the criterion variate (Y) is estimated conditional on a realization…

The principles of family support are clear: building on the strengths, resources, culture, and capacity of families and communities is the best way to provide for the optimal development of children. This program self-assessment book gives family support programs specific, short-term and long-term benchmarks to help them enact the principles of…

The presentation addresses ways in which appropriate criteria for behavioral objectives with the severely handicapped are developed. Two kinds of criteria--those that established specified units and those that provide a standard to determine when the student has completed work on a specific objective--are identified. Specific considerations in…

Potential impacts of large-scale educational telecommunications systems are identified and issues to be considered in a more formal technology assessment are discussed. (Author)

An instructional paradigm is described which starts with the student and then identifies three elements which if specified should unify the instructional process to yield a three-way consistency between what was intended, inaugurated, and achieved. (Author)

Program variables amenable to evaluation are listed in four categories: foundation variables, antecedent variables, instrumental variables, and consequential variables. (Author)

Criteria for evaluating informational children's books are discussed. (PF)

The author raises some philosophical and practical objections to establishing cataloging productivity quotas. They are unlikely to have any significant impact when used as planning and evaluation tools by management. Quotas would be counterproductive in a profession that does not lend itself to quantification and places an emphasis on quality of…

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES IS AFFECTED BY THREE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS--(1) SPECIFYING GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES, (2) TRANSLATING THESE OBJECTIVES INTO DESIRED BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES, AND (3) MEASURING AND REPORTING THESE BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES. THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS FINDING UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTABLE OBJECTIVES WHICH ARE…

Evaluation has generally not been accountable in terms of its promoting a "net-benefit." The term "net-benefit" rather than "benefit" is used because a given amount of legitimate benefit may come at the expense of an inordinate expenditure of evaluation resources or energy. If any aspect of an evaluation is unlikely…