The document offers two definitions of accountability, a narrow one in which the teacher's salary must be based entirely upon a measurement of his teaching competence, and a broader one in which salary is related only partly to a measurement of competence. The major points for and against merit ratings are summarized, followed by a description of…

The purpose of this study was to develop criteria for high school textbooks in journalism and mass media. The study discusses the procedure used in evaluating textbooks; the role of textbooks in journalism and mass media courses; a general background of these courses; a review of objectives concerning the student journalist, the teenage writer,…

A scale for measuring children's physical development for physical education/recreation base line data evaluation is provided. Twenty-seven physical tasks constitute the scale, with criteria for acceptable performance given for each. The number of trials permitted for each task is also provided. (For related documents, see TM 002 526-531,…

The Committee on National Program Priorities in Teacher Education (CNPPTE) was established to make recommendations for program development to the U.S. Office of Education Personnel Development and Task Force '72. The recommendations focus on developing the necessary conditions for competency-based teacher education and certification, as well as…

From a review of relevant literature and conference reports, guidelines were prepared for assessing the value of automated instructional materials. Major points included: (1) a definition of automated instruction; (2) a comparison of Skinner and Crowder methods; (3) benefits of automation; (4) general sources of automated materials; (5) benefits…

The attorneys general of 25 states have joined the American Council on Education in asking the Supreme Court to decide whether a college can deny a handicapped student admission into a professional training program because the college believes the student cannot fulfill the responsibilities of the profession. (Author)

Summarizes suggestions offered by translators on ways to evaluate and to improve bilingual dictionaries. (AM)

A group of 40 fifth grade boys and girls worked at a wheel-turning task in which each child could select, on each trial, how many wheel turns would earn a token exchangeable for either two or ten seconds of cartoon-viewing time. (Author/JMB)

Management philosophy has shifted from emphasizing organization and control of library activities to concern with achievement of predefined organizational results through participation and coordination. This article examines some aspects of results-oriented management that have impeded adoption and considers what its future is likely to be in…

Argues the need for teacher professionalization, specific obstacles impeding it, including the meanings of the term and the rationalizations offered for not seeking it. Offers a strategy for pursuing and achieving the professionalization of teachers. (Author/RK)

Argues against the use of standardized tests in assessing children's social competence and maintains that the observation of certain categories of children's behavior may provide the basis for an alternative method of assessment. Nine criteria for assessment are suggested. (CM)

Examples of successful communication technology projects are used to identify factors in planning and implementation which influenced the outcomes of those projects, and to determine which values were operating in the evaluator's criteria of success. (JEG)

Any evaluation plan designed to evaluate arts in general education programs must reflect a reconsideration of the whole process of education evaluation. The evaluation plan proposed here has been used effectively to evaluate either arts education or music education programs. (Author/RK)

Considers the "dollar standard of value" from two differing frames of reference--its impact on the economy when used as a standard of emulation and its exchange function as a right to goods. (Author/RK)

This paper is written to propose and describe a set of four criteria for the empirical evaluation of psychiatric classification. (Author)