The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) the extent to which effect sizes vary by chance; (2) the proportion of standardized effect sizes that achieve or exceed commonly used criteria for small, medium, and large effect sizes; (3) whether standardized effect sizes are random or systematic across numbers of groups and sample sizes; and (4)…

New narrative research shares the epistemological presuppositions of the broad current of postfoundationalism. It says that there is no position outside of our language (or our form of life) that allows us to check whether statements we make about reality are true or false. This is, however, not the same as relativism or subjectivism. The…

Discusses the contents and characteristics of award-winning yearbooks throughout the last fifty years. (TO)

This article presents an evaluation of a list of 116 competencies by a sample group of classroom teachers. The evaluation was scored on a scale of 5 to 1; results are included in the list. (JA)

Students should be continuously evaluated on straight copy timings, technique, and work attitudes and habits in typing. (AG)

Provides the reader with a definition against which he can evaluate his own school. The definition consists of 27 statements, each describing one carefully developed "convention" (basic rule) of the ideal school. (Author/WM)

A description of an evaluation model which provides a standard method to be generalized in every evaluation setting. (HB)

The profiles of seven major publishers of elementary-level tests were prepared from systematic ratings of the qualities of their tests. Meaningful rating differences among the publishers' priorities were found and three types of publishers could be identified and described. (Authors)

The influence of varying teaching experience on the evaluation and marking of essays is assessed in a field experiment where teachers from three different school types were asked to mark the same set of compositions written by students in the Norwegian youth school population. (Author)

As a result of a survey on the practices and requirements in teacher education programs, the authors conclude that a need for developing a model set of requirements for teacher education candidates exists. (BY)

Outline of Ethical, Technical, and Mechanical Standards for American Translators'' drafted by the Non-Agency Translators Committee; reviewed at the American Translators Association Convention, Washington, D.C., Fall 1972. (RS)