This is the final report of a Unesco meeting held in New Delhi, India in April, 1976. Contents include background information, summaries of the inaugural meeting and the organization of the work at the conference, a summary of the discussions in the commissions, closure, recommendations, and annexes. Topics discussed at this meeting were: (1)…

Rapid and radical changes taking place in the scientific, technological, educational, and societal context are affecting the education and training of engineers. To ensure that engineers keep pace with change, reappraisal and revision of the curricula is considered necessary. Unesco established and sponsored the International Working Group on…

To help teachers assess students' affective responses to teaching films, a scale as established and displayed graphically under which reactions may be rated as positive/active, positive/passive, negative/active, and negative/passive. Procedure in using the scale is explained and a "film reaction sheet" provided. Suggested ways of utilizing the…

Improved dissemination and utilization of results from statewide assessment of student performance is critically needed. Prior research shows that less than one third of all states can provide evidence of using such data to make significant classes of decisions most frequently cited as a justification for the initiation of such programs. Yet the…

This final report of the State Educational Agencies (SEA) Management of Compensatory Education Project was funded by ESEA Title V-505 and developed in cooperation with ESEA Title I. Seven states participated in this three-year, four-phase collective endeavor, agreeing to develop and field test an approach toward improving the management of…

The personal finance survey was designed to investigate the scope and success of personal finance courses on the collegiate level. A 12-item questionnaire was mailed to heads of departments or deans at 32 colleges offering economics and business administration courses. Limited to one page, the questionnaire was designed so that questions could be…

The value of the credit hour as a measure of performance of students, faculty, and organizations in higher education was examined. Testing the hypothesis that work time effort and designated repertoire are equal for a given credit across all students, student work time was examined in an individualized instructional system. Large differences were…

Information in the report is taken from FY 1973 annual vocational education reports submitted by States and major cities and from the 1970 census report. The material indicates the proportion of the States' population served by vocational education in the major cities and the expenditures that were made for vocational education. The total…

A total of 712 students graduated from the seven institutions in the New Hampshire Post-Secondary Vocational-Technical Education System in 1975. In spite of the high unemployment rate in the State, 70 percent, or 495 of the eligible graduates were employed full-time by September 30, 1975; 3 percent were employed part-time, 12 percent were…

The Tigard School District, Oregon has designated two schools as models in a long-range career education plan which includes developing programs and processes for career awareness at the elementary level and career exploration at the junior high school level. A team selected by the Oregon Board of Education carried out a formative assessment…

One major objective of the Special Education Supervisor Training (SEST) project was to develop a model for competency specification that would be appropriate for both preservice and inservice preparation of any leadership personnel. This involved the two problems of specifying competencies in valid and utilitarian ways, and assessing competence. A…

This paper describes the assessment procedures that were employed by students and instructors in an advanced graduate course for educational administrators. Because the course objectives were a combination of cognitive objectives, performance objectives, and affective objectives, different forms of assessment were chosen for each specific type of…

This handbook presents a pilot evaluation model developed with the cooperation of occupational education staff members from the two-year colleges of New York State. The project staff, the steering committee, and principal consultants began with the assumption that evaluation can be a valuable and continuous part of program effort, providing…

What is meant by "accountability" varies a great deal. It is not, however, the tools such as merit salary plans, voucher plans, and management techniques that are used to achieve accountability. Accountability has from its earliest days been tied to testing. In discussing testing, it is necessary to discuss the pros and cons of standardized, or…

In order to develop objective data to assist the Board of Trustees and the District in developing programs, services, and facilities which meet community needs, a comprehensive, five-phased Needs Assessment Project was undertaken. Data for the project were acquired through face-to-face interviews and comprehensive questionnaires. Participants…