This invitational conference was convened to report the principal findings of a six-year study of possible sources of bias in the prediction of job performance. The research was conducted jointly by Educational Testing Service and the U.S. Civil Service Commission, supported by the Ford Foundation. Data were gathered on test and job performance of…

The relationship between students' evaluations and both cognitive and affective consequences of instruction was investigated. A total of 924 undergraduate students of the University of California at Los Angeles who had completed an introductory computer programming class were subjects. Responses to a 38-item evaluation questionnaire provided…

This report, which grew out of the second Illinois Vocational Teachers Competencies Conference, presents the findings of the first two conferences for teacher educators and administrators in vocational education and is intended to serve as a means of motivating continued development of a philosophy toward (1) competency-based teacher education…

A systems model of academic department performance is proposed and an empirical test of the model in a set of 20 departments is reported. A review of research into departmental functioning is also presented. Departmental input and process variables were examined in relation to eight departmental outcomes including: (1) student satisfaction with…

The proceedings are for two workshops, held in November 1972 and April 1973, in the process of establishing a structured externship in pharmacy. At the first workshop the field instructors were apprised of the goals and techniques of the project, and the policy of the program was developed. At the followup workshop the experiences of the first…