Evaluation should be accomplished on three levels: (1) continuous throughout the year, (2) annually at the local level, and (3) a three year comprehensive evaluation. (Author)

Major objective in this study was the structuring of a predictive model that would assess combinations of variables that most effectively and parsimoniously measure and forecast college success. (Author)

Describes a funding system developed to measure output in continuing education from a financial point of view''; mathematical formulas are given. (Author/SP)

This response to AA 514 433 argues that the antithesis between reason and cause is not as sharp among experimental psychologists as John Wilson supposes. (Editor)

Discusses new approaches called for in recent amendments to ESEA Title I that seek to enable educators to respond to their critics with proof of progress. (Editor)

Article traces the beginnings of interest by chief school administrators in diocesan-sponsored research of Catholic elementary and secondary schools. (Author/CB)

A warning against the wholesale adoption of business ideology by the educational system, and an argument for starting educational change at the local school level first. (SP)

Sixteen criteria are described for evaluating elementary school science curriculum materials. Each is briefly described. (PS)

Author discusses the U S Office of Education's purposes and rationale for supporting university-based R & D centers. (Editor/MB)

Author examines the character and function of educational objectives, discusses the variety of outcomes schooling might yield, and suggests a new set of methods for evaluating school programs. (Editor/MB)

Compares the readability formulas devised by Fry and McLaughlin to the Dale-Chall formula and reports similar results with the Fry and Dale-Chall formulas, but variant results using the McLaughlin formula. Bibliography. (MD)