Because of increased access of postsecondary education in the 1950's and 1960's, higher education cost analysis gained importance. Attempts have been made to develop a standard unit cost, but it is hard to see unit cost accounting by itself as a valuable tool for public accountability or policy making. For these purposes a cost-effectiveness ratio…

The Study identified the critical educational needs of each geographical area in the State and indicated that measurement should be in terms of the cognitive and affective behavior of students. Phase one of the Study was conducted on the concept that the school and classroom, as a social system, provides the setting within which the self-system of…

The scores which students get on tests are the result of many factors, only one of which is the school program of instruction. The unique traits of the individual develop as they interact with the environment. Family life style, the way parents and siblings use language, and the presence of reading materials and television in the home all have an…

The IRC Model for Input-Output Analysis of Student Personnel Services is designed to provide information to support program planning-evaluation-budget systems of participating colleges. The instruments of the model have been constructed to allow the application of systems analysis techniques to a wide variety of student personnel settings. The…

The present policies and standards for the approval of separately-administered adult high schools were drafted by a task force appointed in 1971 and were adopted in March 1973. It is anticipated that the standards will aid all adult high schools to move forward to new levels of effectiveness. Policies stated relate to definition, school…

This is the third Bibliography of the State Educational Accountability Repository (SEAR) published under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Accountability Project administered by the State of Colorado. SEAR is a collection of more than 800 State education agency reports and articles concerning accountability practices and procedures. The contents…

This document describes how a local district can prepare for the implementation of the community education concept. It proposes a planning system that utilizes community involvement in assessment, goal setting, and program design. Specific implementation strategies are presented. (Author/MLF)

The aggregate measures of teaching staff per pupil or total educational staff per pupil can conceal substantial differences in the mix of educational professionals utilized and may yield erroneous conclusions about gaps in the relative educational service levels among local public schools. This study of staffing patterns in U. S. local schools,…

As part of the objective-based component of the Statewide Evaluation and Assessment Program, New Mexico school districts have selected local priority objectives for the past 3 years. As a means of assessing the districts' progress toward achieving these objectives, objective-based measures for the most frequently chosen objectives are administered…

Education suffers from the lack of any common measure of overall educational advancement, related in some clear way to the objectives of society. The present study proposes such a measure in the "bentee" (standing for benefit T-score) and provides evidence about its utility and form. Creation of a general "bentee" permits the…

Graduate education is in an accelerated state of change. Discussed is its responsiveness or unresponsiveness to the forces of change. After contrasting traditional and alternative forms of graduate education, recommendations are made that: (1) graduate institutions and departments should periodically redefine their goals and objectives and make…

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), following two and one half years of intensive study and planning, has developed and begun the implementation of a PLAN for a new and comprehensively different educational program, responsive to the needs of individual students, society, and encouraging sensitivity to the ideas and values of civilization. In…

This booklet describes a 5-day orientation and assessment program (for economically disadvantaged people who are unemployed and have no marketable skill) designed (1) To determine the trainees' level of learning, his aptitudes, attitudes, abilities, behaviors and interests in the employment field; and (2) to introduce the trainee to the world of…

In this assessment of career and occupational development by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), work-related skills and knowledge of American adults (aged 26 through 35) are examined. The skills assessed are basic to many employment situations; knowledge about jobs involves both knowledge about facts common to many jobs and…

The purpose of the study was to determine whether those persons employed in a secretarial-clerical office position in the Lakeshore District (Wisconsin) felt there was a need in their occupational cluster for a series of continuing educational offerings; and if there was a need, on what bases could Lakeshore Technical Institute best develop and…