The cloze procedure, initially proven to be an effective measure of passage difficulty, is currently used as an assessment technique and an instructional method for enhancing reading comprehension. Through the use of the cloze procedure educators are able to investigate closely the processes of reading comprehension. (Author)

The article reports on the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped's Student Research Program authorized by Public Law 91-230 (Education of the Handicapped Act). (PHR)

Discusses the current concern about establishing standards for student performance and argues that setting such standards ignores natural variability among children. (JMB)

A description of elements that most reading experts would endorse as part of a sound instructional program in reading. (Author/MLF)

The author contends that the mastery learning model should be eyed cautiously as a risky way to teach reading and writing. (Author/MLF)

Twelve factors which need to be considered when planning to use student feedback for improving instruction are discussed, including advantages and disadvantages, instrument selection and/or design, student attitudes, variables involved, teacher attitudes, and utilization of the data collected. (RAO)

Government and business have become more concerned with measuring market performance in terms of consumer satisfactions and dissatisfactions (CS/D). This research is concerned with the question of how one ought to measure CS/D. Offers a taxonomy of alternative CS/D measures and presents data from a national urban study of consumer complaints to…

Describes the "new health practitioners" such as physicians' assistants and nurse practitioners who perform health care traditionally done by physicians, considers their achievements during the past decade, and identifies eight issues which may influence these practitioners in the next ten years. (MF)

Report is made of a survey of 248 editors representing scholarly, professional, association, and research journals in regard to their editorial role, criteria for accepting or rejecting manuscripts, and selection of editorial boards and reviewers. (Author/MJB)

Examines the uses and the possible meanings of the term "comparative method". Also looks at what is compared in Comparative Education and what can be learned from the comparison. (Author/RK)

The clinical supervision cycle is divided into various segments (preobservation cycle, observation, postobservation analysis, postobservation conference, postobservation conference analysis), and the research needs for each of these stages is detailed. The need for evaluating the cycle in terms of student outcomes is stressed. (MJB)

In this first of a two-part article, issues to be considered and alternatives available in developing a performance appraisal program are reviewed and discussed. Topics covered include selecting an appraisal base and appraisal techniques, and determining appraisers and reducing individual bias. (TA)

It was found that significantly lower ratings were given by judges in a gymnastics event who viewed the vault from the front and had received extensive training themselves. (JD)

This article offers specific methods that could be used for recruiting, training, and evaluating classroom volunteers in school volunteer programs. (MB)