Reports findings of an evaluation of "The Reading Teacher" that concluded the journal was "a fine publication." (FL)

Provides results of two experiments that investigated the growing use of private sector selection techniques in teacher hiring. Expands on previous research regarding the resume selection method, with focus on the salience of candidates' age and the relevance of criteria employed in the resume studies. Suggests ways of avoiding discrimination…

Outlines issues pertaining to possible sex bias in job evaluation procedures and reviews relevant research. Gives attention to possible sex bias in job analysis procedures, choice and weighting of factors, and reliability and validity issues. Discusses future research needs, particularly reliability and validity aspects of job evaluation…

Considers the similarities between teaching and directing and offers suggestions for evaluating play directors. (PD)

Discusses the difficulties inherent in evaluating the director's work since it combines teaching and artistic aspects. (PD)

Notes that the traditional conception of the debate resolution is held responsible for decreasing participation in academic debate, declining quality of argumentation, and the frustrating proliferation of "squirrel" cases. Discusses alternatives. Contends that reasonability continues to be the best standard for evaluating topicality…

Discusses the rationale for and possible uses of guidelines designed to facilitate the selection of rare books for conservation treatment by systematically evaluating monetary factors, intellectual and aesthetic values, projected use, and useability. References and notes are provided. (EJS)

The Florida Performance Measurement System is probably the most extensive attempt in recent years to translate research on teaching into a practical form for use in training, evaluating, and rewarding teachers. However, the FPMS reflects no sense of the values inherent in teaching and misses all the joy of teaching. (MT)

Describes the use of research-based and personal-based aspects of student recruitment and suggests that a creative combination of the two can lead to a more effective admissions program. (JAC)

Presents a general definition of a system; outlines a collection of properties identified through a review of the literature to be used as a criterion for determining whether an aggregation of objects is a system; and tests a computer-based system against the checklist to see how it measures up. (MBR)

Discusses the brief history of microcomputers, offering some predictions about hardware trends. Gives explicit criteria for judging a computer language and discusses different programing languages in terms of what has been used in the past, and why, and what might be appropriate for the future. (JN)

The selection process for trainer managers entails designing a job that meets the organization's training needs, writing clear specifications of what is expected, screening resumes, structuring interviews around selection criteria, and asking top candidates to demonstrate their competence. (SK)

Offers guidelines for grading essays so that students and parents can see what is expected. Suggests keying a grading scale to the criteria set forth in the guidelines. (FL)

Reviews internal and external dimensions of library environment that must be taken into account by library managers when choosing an integrated library system. The selection, acquisition, and implementation stages of Maggie III--a computerized library system sensitive to the internal and external organizational environment--are described. (MBR)

A questionnaire was designed to discover and describe the criteria and methods used in promoting and retaining dance faculty at colleges offering both graduate and undergraduate degrees in dance. Responses are discussed. (MT)