The article discusses one approach to the systematic withdrawal of instructional materials from a collection held by a Special Education Instructional Materials Center. Included in the discussion is a description of the planning phase, orientation and training, criteria for withdrawal, personnel considerations, and implementation strategies.…

Discusses the development of an instrument to be used by elementary teachers in the evaluation of social studies textbooks. The instrument itself is included in the article. (RM)

Discusses program evaluation methods for college learning centers. Describes the Goal Attainment Scaling method's seven steps: selecting problem areas, labeling areas of concern, weighting the scales, translating concerns into realistic goals, administering the student program, conducting follow-up, and scoring. Points to the model's flexibility,…

Discusses the demand for excellence in children's literature and the development of a strong and comprehensive criticism. Examines three categories of criticism for children's literature and lists several findings resulting from a survey of such criticism available today. (HTH)

Proposes using athletic team selection methods as a guideline for acceptance of students into gifted classes. That is, all interested students could try out and selection would be based on demonstrated ability, interest, and willingness to invest time and energy. (Author/MLF)

Examines the criteria which must be met for an explanation given to an elementary school student to be considered satisfactory. Types of explanations described are descriptive, prescriptive, aesthetic, and analytic. Criteria include suitability to content and the explanation's relationship with the student's previous knowledge level. (AM)

The citation rate of scientific papers in journal literature has been related to the quality and scholarly stature of scientists and organizations. Most of the variability in the citation frequency has been explained by five structural journal characteristics. Their relative importance and relationship to qualitative considerations were discussed.…

The author traces Jeremy Bentham's attacks, in 1815 and 1816, on the Church of England's role in the provision of schooling in Britain, particularly his objections to Church policies excluding non-adherents from instruction. (SJL)

As a result of rejection by personnel psychologists of the erroneous law of small numbers and of the adoption of correct inferential procedures, the future of criterion-related validity promises to be bright. Probable future developments include widespread appreciation of the low statistical power characteristic of small samples. (Author)

Describes components of the Administrator Performance Evaluation and Teacher Performance Evaluation (APE/TPE) system and delineates the functions and responsibilities of the subcommittees necessary for carrying out the program. (JD)

The authors present a 20-item inventory for textbook selection designed to supplement the Fry Formula or the Raygor Estimate readability tests. The authors argue that a harmonious relationship should exist between the text, its author, its intended readers, and the instructor. (Author/PGD)

The author examines the view of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Morris Weitz that an object is "art" if it shares characteristics with other objects already called "art." Asserting that such a definition provides the art teacher no standards for judging student work, he proposes the use of teacher-constructed, honorific definitions. (SJL)

Citizenship curricula should be broad, realistic, and practical. They should reflect global interdependence and the diversity of American society. (Author)

The philosophies of House and Rawls are examined as they apply to evaluation practices. It is argued that the relevance of philosophy to evaluation is its sharpening of the sensitivity and intuitions of evaluators to issues of justice, not its ability to justify method. (JMF)

Criteria which have been traditionally used to evaluate graduate student performance (grade point average, attainment of degree, time to degree, rating scales, etc.) are critically examined. The authors conclude that very little research exists in this area and that the problem of adequate criteria is quite difficult. (Author/JKS)