Recent concern about academic quality and costs has resulted in growing criticism of the transfer function of the community college. This criticism has arisen, in part, from the evaluations of university-based researchers who have argued that a very small percentage of community college students succeed in transferring to four-year institutions…

Student performance should be among the criteria used to evaluate teachers. Some advantages to comparing teachers on the basis of their students' learning are that such comparisons can provide (1) benchmarks by which to judge the validity of the criteria and measures of teaching effectiveness, (2) the evidence needed to match certain kinds of…

This article offers some suggestions as to ways in which the outcome of independent study programs can be assessed. (Author)

An interview with Howard E. Smith, Jr., who edits science and junior books at McGraw-Hill, and with Thomas G. Aylesworth, who edits books for young readers at Doubleday. They discuss the selection of authors and subjects for books; science fiction and biography; characteristics of good science books; and foreign books. (LS)

A brief description of the activities of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the area of science for children, followed by a discussion of the criteria used in reviewing children's books in "Science Books." (LS)

A look at performance based instruction, using programed instruction, as a change agent for education. (HB)

Discusses the formulation of a departmental policy by English teachers to report student progress to parents and lists the criteria for evaluating student performance. (RB)

The instructional design elements used as the basis for the analysis and evaluation of instructional products are outlined to provide a framework for interrelating curriculum development, materials selection, and other contributing activities, including the training of personnel. (Author)

A checklist intended for use in clarifying personal views of the nature of reading and reading instruction within a context of four distinctive, yet overlapping, views. (Author)

Concerns the role of materials in reading instruction and learning to read. Introduces the concept of a-structional, as well as instructional materials. Includes a summary of a checklist, adapted to the specific characteristics of reading materials which EPIE uses in carrying out materials analysis. (Author)

Bob Jones University, a Fundamentalist religious educational institution, lost its tax exempt status due to its discriminatory admissions policies. (PG)