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)

Describes the inconsistencies and inaccuracies in 50 instructors' markings of some 2,000 freshman English themes. (DD)

Outlines criteria for deciding when to hire an outside management consultant and which consultant to hire, and discusses the relationship between consultants and their clients. (JG)

Textbooks have more influence than teachers in shaping the curriculum. They set objectives, daily lessons and activities, and influence test questions. Since the text is often the determinant of a course of study, the selection of a text can be a critical task. Consequently, an instrument for measuring the strengths and weaknesses of textbooks is…

Meaning is often missing in the appraisal process because of poor selection of evaluation criteria and lack of feedback to the managers doing the rating. (Author/IRT)

Seven issues raised during an evaluation study of televised instructional components are identified: selection and commitment of sample, environment of evaluation sessions, student and expert review, formulation of an explicit evaluation model, conflicting results from different instruments, standards and the interpretation of data, and style and…

Working with professionals in alcoholism-related fields since 1974, the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information (NCALI) has implemented a system for literature quality review and interchange of evaluative ratings that is designed to enlist the professional community in efforts to elevate literature quality consciousness. (Author/PF)

Efforts on the part of administrators and boards of education to develop a rational evaluation procedure, coupled with intelligently conceived criteria to measure performance of administrators, would tend to remove much of the potential trauma that now exists in administrator evaluation. Discusses who should be responsible for the development of…

Surveyed 24 key informants concerning new geriatric program. Found inservice education program and hospital-based community resource directory were received positively and implemented quickly. Community physicians hesitated to make referrals to geriatric assessment team, citing fear that team would steal patients and threats to physicians'…

Development of the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS) is outlined. A videotaped history lesson by the Secretary of Education, William Bennett, serves to illustrate FPMS' use in the observation of teacher performance, the analysis of observed data, the provision of feedback to teachers, and the derivation of normed observation scores.…

Discussion of factors to be considered in selecting desktop publishing software for the Macintosh microcomputer focuses on the two approaches to such software, i.e., batch and interactive, and three technical considerations, i.e., document, text, and graphics capabilities. Some new developments in graphics software are also briefly described. (MES)

Comments on the genre of interactive fiction, noting the wide range of quality among these books. Quality is attributed to factors such as subject matter, writing style, ethical content, and the presence of stimulating motivations for readers' choices of plot branches. Several interactive books are used as examples. (MES)

Documents the history of library automation from a business perspective, examining several topics relating to characteristics of vendors, the library automation marketplace, and the measurement of vendor performance and success. Tables list library automation system vendors and outline quantitative measures of vendor performance. (138 references)…

Because competency evaluation is such a critical part of educational administration, a clear, unbiased system for evaluating administrators is needed. This article proposes a model with clearly stated competency areas, a list of example indicators, an evidence requirement, and weighted competencies. Includes five figures. (MLH)