Examines the criteria used in selecting winners for the Radio Television News Director's Association (RTNDA) awards. (Author/GW)

Earlier comparisons of packaged programs for factor analysis are updated because of recent revision in some programs. The top status of SPSS is no longer so apparent as formerly. BMD and SAS now have expanded options. SAS has flexibility and convenience. (Author)

Describes the combined efforts of a writing specialist and a professor of sociology to develop criteria for grading papers in an introductory sociology class. The endeavor was an attempt to find a less time-consuming and less subjective method of grading papers. (Author/AV)

The desirability of evaluating the total effect of the Emergency School Aid Act versus specific programs in the Act is the focus of this commentary on the evaluation of that act and an article detailing that evaluation (TM 503 672). (JKS)

The author suggests that it is more efficient to cluster subjects on the basis of their profiles across several dimensions of significance and to seek "between" subgroup correlates, than to search for a moderator variable "within" levels of which criterion relationships may vary in nonrandom fashion. (Author/RK)

Applies the judgment analysis technique (JAN) to the decision-making procedure of learning disabilities (LD) specialists. Each group of learning disabilities specialists, as formed by JAN, represented a different judgmental policy or a different construct of learning disabilities. (Author/RK)

The article describes three steps to help business teachers choose appropriate teaching aids: (1) identify the sources of instructional materials; (2) evaluate the materials, using a variety of criteria; and (3) select materials that avoid potential problems. (MF)

A practical evaluation model is described in four phases: (1) a pre-planning stage, specifying the purpose of the evaluation; (2) a planning stage, specifying all steps of the evaluation process; (3) the evaluation process itself where information is collected and judgments are made; and (4) a macro evaluation, summarizing and reviewing the…

The general management simulation game, Tempomatic IV is used in a comparison of ranking and relational performance evaluation procedures. Results indicate that the relational approach has clear advantages over ranking approaches, especially in generating more useful information. Also, reliance on mechanically generated scores can lead to…

Jean Piaget's theory of genetic epistemology is criticized from a philosophical point of view. (JD)

Skills, knowledge, and attitudes of highly and moderately effective teachers should be described, and these descriptions should form the basis of the teacher education program and its evaluation. (MJB)

Three different methods for selecting students for admission to higher education institutions are discussed and compared. The predictive system of selection, based on qualitative judgments, makes use of conventional data and also subjective judgments. The other two methods, the proportional system of selection and the predictive system of…

Skills assessment for administrators should include an examination of how individual managerial style relates to the institutional climate, institutional authority patterns, and stage of institutional development. Specific purposes of administrator evaluation are identified, and practices and procedures are reviewed. (Author/LBH)

Presenting national statistics on single-parent families, this article illustrates the need for serious study of this phenomenon, suggesting that changing divorce laws, increased single-parent adoptions, and an increase in the number of supportive services for single-parent families are contingencies having significant bearing upon the…

A revision of the August 1976 set of criteria for evaluating research proposals and reports, issued by the research advisory Committee of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is given. (MN)