This paper describes a four-process model for the operation of a generic assessment: Activity Selection, Presentation, Response Processing (Evidence Identification), and Summary Scoring (Evidence Accumulation). It discusses the relationships between the functions and responsibilities of these processes and the objects in the Instructional…

Scores on the multiple-choice sections of alternate forms are equated through anchor-test equating for the Advanced Placement Program (AP) examinations. There is no linkage of free-response sections since different free-response items are given yearly. However, the free-response and multiple-choice sections are combined to produce a composite.…

More authority for the search committees and more confidentiality for the candidates would go a long way toward filling some very important offices in American higher education. (Author)

This article is intended for the librarian with little experience in map libraries. General basic materials which should be collected by all map libraries, from the general world atlases to local maps, are suggested. Sources for the acquisition and selection of maps, atlases, globes, aerial photographs, wall maps, and related materials are…

The author in this article surveys action being taken in selected countries to make effective use of the newer media for adult education and shows that public libraries are not yet fully utilizing all the forms of communication media at their disposal. (8 references) (Author/SJ)

This brief list of references provides an overview of the historical development of college admissions requirements from their beginning at Harvard College in 1642 to the present time. (Author)

Describes the concrete ways one student newspaper advisor uses to recruit and select the newspaper staff without relying on past English grades or pre-tests or administrative dumping. (TO)

This article attempts to be a guide in a search for a dean, and also to aid those who want to know how to become a dean, or how to recommend another for a deanship. (Author)

Discusses why magazines will continue to exist and serve specific publics in spite of spiraling costs and changing readership. (TO)

Answers some commonly asked questions about the composition of community advisory councils and the selection of council members. (Author/DN)

Reviews and discusses various methods for evaluating library collections, and how they relate to more commonly used selection methods. (JB)

The author suggests that our school systems should provide programs for systematically developing administrative talent within their own personnel ranks. (Editor)

The organization of a core collection in the library of an urban planning agency is discussed. The use of Termatrex information retrieval system is considered in the light of A Planning Library: The Empirical Approach,'' Special Libraries 62 (no.9): 335-339 (Sep 1971), an article on the same subject. (3 references) (Author)

Having a total program designed to hire, utilize, and keep track of summer hires can be a meaningful way to find and keep good candidates after they graduate. (Author)