This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning using student test results in OECD countries. Initially the report provides an overview of how student test results are reported in OECD countries and how stakeholders in these countries use and perceive of the results. The report then reviews the literature relating to using student test…

The study examined variations in district performance in KCPE national examination in Kenya between 2001 and 2007. The individual change model revealed that district poverty rate was not a significant predictor of either the initial district performance (2001) or the rate of change over the seven-year period. The regional context of North Eastern…

This analysis responds to a generation of criticism leveled at 1:1 laptop computer initiatives. The article presents a review of the key themes of that criticism and offers suggestions for reframing the conversation about 1:1 computing among advocates and critics. Efforts at changing, innovating, and reforming education provide the context for…

This digest examines the ways in which self-talk, or inner speech, can help change people's health states. The digest first examines research theories that underpin the concept, then discusses the development of a positive mental attitude, and finally offers some conclusions as to how individuals can best face challenges through taking an active…

In adapting to change, both agents and clients have some obligations. Both agent and client must be patient enough to postpone final judgment until the operation is completed. (RC)

The full speech text states that Community Service and/or Continuing Education is and will continue to be the most rapidly growing area of education. Scholarship funding, free enrollment for the disadvantaged, and funding for part-time students equal to that of full-time students are suggested. (LH)

Comments on the first two years of the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) program reforms. (Author/HB)

Encouragement is a very effective means of enhancing appropriate behavior in others. Before one can be encouraging, one must recognize how people discourage others through verbalizations, actions, attitudes, beliefs, one's position in the family, and school. Schools discourage students through expectations, grades, report cards, competition,…

These two brief papers provide guidelines for consumers, parents, and advocates in the techniques of negotiation and whistleblowing ("speaking out against illegal, immoral, and otherwise wrong practices in human services, government, and other organizational settings"). Steps for preparing to negotiate with opposing groups involve proper…

Broad scale implementation of the career education concept will be increased if the processes of planning and change are fully understood and utilized by practitioners. Change occurs with or without planning. The major purpose of planning is to bring about some needed and agreed upon change designed to correct or improve upon an existing…

This comprehensive bibliography, reflecting 18 months of research by the author, attempts to list every book and journal article dealing with the application of behavior modification principles and techniques with juvenile delinquents. (Author)

Describes a line item budgeting system for libraries which relates costs to services and priorities, thereby facilitating direct comparisons among institutions. Also outlined are the potential benefits of such a system, including increased accountability, better definition of programs, and more information about expenditure per program for…

The purpose of this paper is to describe a model enabling students and practitioners of family therapy to think clearly about the practice of it, and to analyze constructively various authors' works. This categorizing model includes perceptual framework, field of focus, theory of pathology, treatment strategies, and treatment techniques. (Author)

Discusses these categories of guilt: parental guilt imposed on children, lover and spouse related guilt, children inspired guilt, school inspired guilt, church related guilt, and sexual expression guilt. Recommends counseling professionals need to reinforce individual's need to be aware guilt exists by choice and can be eliminated by choice. (ABL)

This article examines sex equity and related issues in parenting and parent education. Strategies for encouraging sex equity are proposed. (MT)