Goal attainment scaling was used to monitor changes in seventh- and eighth-grade students with each student meeting with a health counselor several times during the study. Health counseling appears to be an effective educational strategy. (Author/DF)

Using examples from government program evaluation studies, six areas where research synthesis is more effective than individual studies are presented. Research synthesis can: (1) help match treatment type with recipient type; (2) explain which treatment features matter; (3) explain conflicting results; (4) determine critical outcomes; (5) assess…

Discusses ways program administrators can do a better job of justifying their curricula in light of high costs and limited enrollments. Describes procedures used at Community College of Philadelphia for assessing new programs (the comprehensive feasibility study) and determining the success of existing programs (the academic audit). (DMM)

A social learning model focusing on intrinsic outcomes of vocational programs is proposed. It would assess technical skills and knowledge, communication skills and literacy, and personal skills and attitudes. Instruments should be devised to measure characteristics of the learning setting, learner involved activities, and nature of consequences of…

By demystifying traditional rational accounting perspectives, the work of Ginsberg (TM 508 964) offers a basis to develop notions of accountability in relation to meaningful work processes. (BW)

Describes the evaluation system of the Developmental Studies Program in Georgia. Reports findings of the evaluation of the English program. (FL)

A new required clinical clerkship in family medicine at Duke University School of Medicine is described in terms of planning, implementation, and modification in response to students' evaluations. The data demonstrate that family medicine can be taught effectively as a core clinical rotation. (Author/MLW)

Consequence evaluation data are reported from a summer training program to introduce teachers to contingency management. Over a two-year period, 18 of the 19 teachers who remained in the program were certified. Findings suggested the logistical feasibility of conducting consequence evaluation. (CL)

Analysis of factors involved in the interaction between resource and regular teachers revealed that the only significant relationship found was between regular teachers' perceptions of the resource room teachers' interpersonal behavior and the regular teachers' perceptions of the quality of resource room support services. (CL)

Innovations such as the value-added approach will provide means of responding to the changes facing nursing education in the 1980s and beyond. The approach used at Northeast Missouri State University is described. (MLW)

Reviews studies which focused on various aspects of pre-college student science training programs, pointing out that the programs have had impact on such areas as facilitating academic and career opportunities, increasing subject matter competencies, increasing laboratory skills, changing attitudes in a positive direction, and enhancing students'…

Describes results of a survey of "Personnel" readers and human resource managers and/or training directors concerning the nature of training in their firms. Answers concern kinds of training, methods and tools, perceived success of training programs, retraining and special programs, and entry-level skill development. (CT)

The author discusses the effectiveness of a Swedish scheme specifically designed to promote social equality via access to higher education. In reporting the apparent failure of the scheme, the author states that it illustrates how difficult it is to create a system of entry to higher education which overcomes the impact of inherited class…

As the right of disabled adults to education is increasingly recognized, efforts are being made in many areas to help them overcome some of the barriers to access. This article describes such a scheme conducted in Great Britain. (Author/CT)

The authors suggest that evaluation is best taught not as a separate topic but an integral part of the business and management curriculum. They caution instructors to teach both the positive and the negative benefits of evaluation in business settings. (BS)