A national sample of 118 teachers of learning disabled (LD) students described their school districts' criteria for identifying LD students and indicated their agreement or disagreement with the criteria. Four basic categories of definitions were reflected in the categories provided by the 118 teachers: ability-achievement discrepancy, achievement…

Designed to serve as a framework from which high school debate students, coaches, and judges can evaluate the issues, arguments, and evidence present in sustaining and reforming the U.S. justice system, this booklet provides debaters with guidelines for research on the 1983-84 debate resolutions selected by the National University Continuing…

This checklist is intended to give school governing board members a means of assessing their meeting practices. The checklist contains five categories, with a total of 80 questions, pertaining to meeting-management variables common to all governing boards. The categories include: (1) preparation for the meetings; (2) operation of the meetings; (3)…

A study of the 1968 election and a role play experiment suggests candidates are viewed more favorably after an election, whether they have won or lost. The loser is apparently not derogated as a result of having lost. Men and women seem to differ in the kind of winner they prefer. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the issues of evaluation research as they apply to college teaching: approaches, goals, politics and purposes, and utilization. (Author/ND)

Advocates the establishment of clear-cut assessment criteria to make feedback to the student more useful and more effective in generating intrinsic motivation. (GS)

The article discusses evaluation as it relates to Canadian Indian bilingual programs and suggests differentiated staffing procedures for various Canadian Indian bilingual education programs. (Author/NQ)

Expresses concern over high school grading philosophies that allow functional illiterates to graduate and attacks the problem of grade inflation in colleges and universities. (GS)

Three aspects of Rosenhan's diagnostic challenge presented in "On Being Sane in Insane Places" (AA 521 951) were commented on: (a) the concept of sanity-insanity, (b) the ethics of research involving simulation, and (c) the mileau of the therapeutic community. (Author/RK)

Recent years have seen the emergence of new types of provision for the 16-19 age group in both the schools and further education sectors. This paper briefly outlines the various institutions now in operation and the rationale behind each type. (Author)

Explores two non-academic programs concerned with improving communication effectiveness. Notes contrasting methods of evaluating speeches. (MH)

Author argued that private colleges and universities must once again come to prize diverse personality types and abilities other than those measured by quantitative scores. Unless they do so, he suggested they will fail to reflect the values of society and have little influence on its future directions. (Editor/RK)

The author maintains that the Problem-Oriented Log can be used for caseworkers to help them focus more clearly on specific problems and to discuss problems with clients more openly. It also provides a reliable format for obtaining answers to questions of accountability and effectiveness. (Author)

Describes a study which investigated the criteria which judges use to assess biology teachers. Chi-square analysis of the answers on a questionnaire sent to judges of the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award program revealed that specific criteria exist which are significant to competent judges. Also, various judges do value specific criteria…