A description is given of the development and application of contingency management (CM) techniques to the educational performance of a broad cross section of adult, male prison inmates. By most standards, these inmates are judged to be at the lowest rung of the motivational ladder. Draper Correctional Center experimental and demonstration…

Intended for both researchers and practitioners, this review analyzes literature on educational accountability and performance contracting. It defines the concepts, describes certain individual contracts completed or in progress, discusses the use of management systems and safeguards, identifies some testing and measurement problems, and probes…

This document reports the results of a 6-month investigation into the possibility of instituting operational incentive systems in schools. An experiment is suggested that would examine the effects of a wide range of monetary and nonmonetary rewards on students, teachers, administrators, and parents based on demonstrated gains in student…

The purpose of the study, as stated, was to identify and arrange educational needs of migrant children and make recommendations for programs with the objective of improving and equalizing educational opportunities for children of migrant families in the State of Washington. The assessment was based on lay people and educators incorporating the…

This collection of 12 articles, prepared by the editors of the weekly newsletter "Education USA," attempts to highlight significant new developments that have surfaced as major education issues. The aim of the collection is to provide "an authoritative, up-to-date report on what's new in education in one book." The articles…

This paper shows that Garfinkel and Gramlich's conclusion about the average performance of the contractors is not supported by the data. The discussion focuses on three issues: (1) The study was conducted in such a way that performance contracting schools and the comparison schools were generally not comparable in terms of initial achievement,…

Composed of articles recently published in "Educational Technology" magazine, this volume in the review series focuses on teacher education and educational technology. Articles are included which cover defining the role of teacher education and of teachers, differentiated staffing, educational accountability, performance contracting,…

This is a paper that presents a positive case for the adoption of accountability programs. A brief history of accountability is given. Some important terms relative to accountability are defined. They are: accountability, independent educational accomplishment audit, performance contracting, and educational engineering. Ways in which the…

This report consists of 19 conference papers, most of which focus on the current problems, issues, and trends in educational finance; while several deal with cost effectiveness and levels of productivity. Since the concept of productivity focuses on outputs, other papers are concerned with the output-oriented concepts of accountability and…

A 21-day unit on the history and development of the English language, as taught to a twelfth grade class, is provided as a teaching guide. Each of the class sessions is described as to objective, materials, procedure, and evaluation. A schedule for each of the four weeks of the unit, three contract choices for the student to choose among and thus…

This report summarizes the formal presentations and panel discussions of a conference on the current problems of educational personnel development. Chief education officers from 27 States attended the conference, as well as representatives from the U.S. Office of Education. Summaries of the 13 separate sessions are presented topically under (1)…

The essence of interpersonal communication in negotiation is the achievement of consensus. This paper discusses the many variables which affect negotiation situations, in small groups or in large institutions like the university. Specifically, will proper orientation in the bargaining process increase the chances of reaching consensus? What…

Problems which should be considered in relation to performance contracting include: legal problems, time for planning, teachers' objections, and measuremet problems. Advantages include: the learning experience of planning, Hawthorne effect excitement, and the low cost of this experimentation. (MS)

Options examined were: programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, modular instruction, contingency management and contracting, personalized system of instruction, individually prescribed instruction, large lecture, and lecture-discussion. Results indicated differences in exposure to options and among areas of concentration. (Author/LBH)

Reports on the activities of Des Moines Area Community College's Economic Development Group (EDG), a division created to develop and coordinate a systematic approach to providing contract training for business and industry. Highlights the Project File System as the core of the EDG's delivery system. (AYC)