The British Columbia Social Studies Assessment program gathered information about: (1) students' knowledge, skills, and opinions of society and social studies; (2) the reaction of various publics to student performance; (3) the relationship of school and non-school factors to student performance; (4) professional and non-professional views of the…

This document, the third volume of the summative evaluation of "Man: A Course of Study" (MACOS), describes and evaluates the interviews which were conducted with MACOS students and teachers during the 1974-75 school year. Project staff members conducted and tape recorded 20-minute interviews with teachers and small groups of students…

This case study recounts the attempts of two school districts to improve decision making on the adoption of a new elementary social studies curriculum by using formal evaluation methodology. The study's main objective was to develop a series of criterion referenced (mastery level) tests from a list of social studies objectives to determine whether…