THE DEFINITION OF CLASSES OF AREA WITHIN BUILDINGS IS DEALT WITH IN THIS STUDY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE EXISTING METHODS OF CATEGORIZING AREAS IN BUILDINGS, FOR PERTINENCY TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES. A TASK GROUP OF SPECIALLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WAS NAMED BY THE OPERATING COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE THE STUDY WHICH LED…

Part 2 of the three-part Vocational Evaluation Project final report contains brief summaries of the seven task force report which comprise the final report and two such task force reports. The report of task force 5, Standards for Vocational Evaluation, describes the task force's effort to study the standards for accreditation presently used by…

This text provides a complete discussion of abstracts--their history, production, organization, publication--and of indexing. Instructions for abstracting are outlined, and standards and criteria for abstracting are stated. Management, automation, and personnel are discussed in terms of possible economies that can be derived from the introduction…

The results of a test application of TEPPS (Technique for Establishing Personnel Performance Standards) by a Navy analyst team are described in this report. TEPPS is a general systems analysis tool which includes a mathematical model for evaluating man-machine systems. The test results are interpreted both by the system's developers and by the…

The author attempts in this book to reveal what can reasonably be expected from the use of television for instructional purposes. He catalogs the many possible applications of television in instruction. He discusses the criteria for choosing television over another media, concluding that only those applications which reduce the responsibility of…

This report describes briefly performance contracts; discusses their shortcomings, pitfalls, and advantages; and gives some insight into the future development of this new concept. Two shortcomings of performance contracting include (1) teaching to the test and (2) board abdication of its responsibility for making final decisions about educational…

This booklet is designed to provide guidelines for those responsible for creating curricular or instructional systems and for those determining their use in schools. An introductory chapter, "The Concept of Theory of Instruction," describes uses of the term "theory" and the development of scientific theories. Chapter 2, "Instructional…

The questionnaire reproduced here is to be completed in part by the school superintendent and in part by the school principal. It reflects the criteria used in the selection of a school for participation in Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI). Administrative commitment, teacher commitment, willingness for retraining of teachers and…

This paper describes the Performance Evaluation of the Education Leader (PEEL) program, initiated from a study to define the competent school administrator and to develop an instrument to measure administrative competence objectively and accurately. The resulting PEEL materials include the following: (a) "Guidelines for Evaluation: The School…

This booklet is for use by administrators, project directors, and teachers who need information on how to determine if a planned instructional program is actually implemented. A format for mounting an instructional program through the use of performance objectives is described, with details of how variables such as organization, content, method,…

The APA Principles, as stated in the "APA Monitor," January 1973, are provided. These principles make explicit the investigator's ethical responsibilities toward participants over the course of the research, from the initial decision to pursue a study to the steps necessary to protect the confidentiality of research data. Having made the decision…

An assurance is provided by the University of Georgia that it will comply with the policy of protecting human subjects participating in research supported by DHEW grants or contracts and that it will maintain a committee to review research projects regarding this policy. The university's 13 guidelines for protecting the rights and welfare of human…

The purpose of developmental evaluation is to guard against over-simplification. Three questions which the evaluator may ask to help accomplish this task are: 1) What are the conditions under which the project will have to exist? 2) What are the activities or transactions that will have to take place if the project is to be successful? 3) What…

The article cites census and admission data from a state institution for the mentally ill to underline the need for comprehensive research on admission criteria and subsequent fates of applicants denied admission. (CL)