Argues for collaborative efforts in student evaluation. In this situation the teacher and students would negotiate the entire process of evaluation from the definition of criteria to their application. (HOD)

Suggests ways for ensuring that teacher evaluation methods used by principals when dismissing teachers will stand up to the challenges posed by hearings: Did the principal try to help the teacher improve? Were evaluation criteria relevant? Was the decision to terminate arbitrary or capricious? Was the evaluation process confidential? (PGD)

Concludes that audiences tend to evaluate a radio newscast more positively and to perceive it as more immediate when it contains words that suggest timeliness. (FL)

Examines the modes of self-evaluation of writing quality as reported by professional writers, college students, writing instructors, and publishers. Suggests that writer resistance to self-evaluation may be healthy and that such evaluation should not come prematurely. However, without such evaluation, writers gain little from having written. (HTH)

The history of test development and the current controversy over standardized testing are reviewed. The consequences of testing, particularly for minority groups, are outlined, and criticism of some viewpoints of professors Robert Ebel and Melvin Tumin is made. (Author/AL)

The emphasis placed on test scores in college admissions is discussed. The need for colleges to periodically analyze and define their admissions policy is recommended. (Author/AL)

The impact of self-regulation by testing professionals on test quality is discussed. Public attitudes toward testing, particularly with respect to college admissions, are outlined. Consequences of regulation be legislation of admissions testing are presented. (Author/AL)

Results of a 232-person survey include: descriptions of tenant admission and retention policies in all-elderly housing projects; the range of tenant problems acceptable and unacceptable upon application and when they subsequently develop; and the role of other factors. Findings show a need for better coordinated admission and retention policies.…

Proposed changes to teacher preparation programs will increase selectivity of admission within state institutions, stiffen program standards, and encourage more practical classroom experience. These changes, as adapted for preliminary publication by the NJ State Board of Higher Education, are outlined. (Author/GK)

Outlines the history of the North Central Commission on Institutions of Higher Education's institutional accreditation techniques. Contends that explicit scope requirements coupled with minimum structure and a flexible evaluation plan yield useful accreditation plans. Evaluates and reviews the new accreditation criteria statements for…

Sets forth the criteria established by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. Describes general institutional requirements. Explains the meaning of candidate for accreditation status and accredited status and the criteria that must be met before an institution can gain these statuses. (CAM)

Argues that research is not only a product and a process but an attitude and suggests that the attitude of ethnography stresses that good teachers should act like good researchers and good researchers should act like good teachers. (JL)

Reviews four standardized tests geared to helping development educators in placing students in courses and assessing their learning levels: the Davis Reading Test; the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills; the Descriptive Tests of Mathematics Skills; and the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. (CAM)

Discusses minimal criteria, the importance of written performance objectives, process and product evaluation, quantitative measurement, and objectivity in vocational student evaluation. (SK)

Compares five style manuals for their differences in stipulating the mechanical rules of preparing research reports. Notes that the really necessary criteria for judging technical writing are legibility, effective presentation, and honesty of content. (RL)