In many practical settings, essentially the same differential item functioning (DIF) procedures have been in use since the late 1980s. Since then, examinee populations have become more heterogeneous, and tests have included more polytomously scored items. This paper summarizes and classifies new DIF methods and procedures that have appeared since…

This manual was written as part of a study entitled "Studying the Cost and Value of Library Services," conducted from fall 1993 through spring 1995. The goal of the study was to address the problem of developing models and methods for studying the cost and value of library and information services in a way that can be pragmatically…

Evaluation research is conceived as a question answering process. Four strategies are suggested which emerged from four approaches to the study of questions. Evaluation questions must be identified and classified before research can effectively begin. This paper discusses the four approaches to studying evaluation research questions and their…

Over 2000 samples of the writing of eleven to eighteen year olds were analyzed as part of an attempt to formulate and validate a system for categorizing student writing. The system that resulted has two dimensions: the function served by the piece of writing and the audience to which it is addressed. Significant associations were found between the…

The study of the movement to desegregate the public schools of this country has led to the development of numerous indices of desegregation. These measures have been used for various purposes, including assessing the effectiveness of desegregation efforts, the changes in patterns of desegregation, and the relationship between desegregation status…

This paper discusses ten evaluation strategies selected on the basis of their general acceptance and their relatively unique approach to the field: (1) State, "Countenance of Evaluation"; (2) Stufflebeam, "Decision Centered Evaluation (CIPP)"; (3) Provus, "Discrepancy Evaluation"; (4) Scriven, "Goal Free…

THE AUTHORS HAVE COMPILED AN ANNOTATED LIST OF 61 REPORTS OF STUDIES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF THE TAXONOMY AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION. (WO)

The annotated bibliography contains approximately 65 citations on the identification and assessment of learning disabled students. It is explained that the bibliography was drawn from volume eight of Exceptional Child Education Resources. Entries are arranged according to accession number and usually include information on title, author, date,…

The many studies on teacher competence, usually biased toward specific viewpoints and concerned only with segments of the whole performance, demonstrate the need for a clearer definition. Methods used to determine effectiveness include measurement of pupil gains, job analysis, and pupil ratings of teachers, all subject to inherent fallacies and…

Two papers are included as Part Four of this report on Salton's Magical Automatic Retriever of Texts (SMART) project report. The first paper: "A Controlled Single Pass Classification Algorithm with Application to Multilevel Clustering" by D. B. Johnson and J. M. Laferente presents a single pass clustering method which compares favorably…

This paper (1) reviews the literature and examines historically some of the more important theoretical highlights that pertain to both self-as-subject and self-as-object definitions of self, (2) briefly describes and discusses the various assessment approaches designed to assess "self concept" in young children according to a specially developed…

The LIGRU project is concerned with the objectives, methods, and evaluation of literature instruction in the Swedish comprehensive school. This document presents a taxonomy of educational objectives and evaluation instruments. The resulting scheme, derived from a review of other classification schema, has two dimensions -- goal area and aspect.…

The article summarizes a typology of 21 selected curriculum-based assessment (CBA) measures available to early childhood specialists serving handicapped children, including normal developmental CBA scales, adaptive measures, handicap-specific instruments, strategy-matched materials, and curriculum-referenced measures. (Author/JW)

Studied the extent to which job evaluation methods, differing in methodology, and presently used in South Africa, would in fact supply similar classifications. Correlation coefficients among the 16 participating organization job evaluation point ratings indicated high agreement among methods, irrespective of job type and level within the…

The Profile of Mood States lists emotional categories. It was studied for actual interrelationships among its categories. An examination of intraindividual relationships showed that emotion categories are systematically interrelated and can be accounted for by three bipolar dimensions: pleasure-displeasure, arousal-sleepiness, and…