This booklet is the fourth in a series of five published in connection with the Guam Assessment of Educational Needs. Collectively, the series represents an effort to identify and validate the most critical education needs for the Guam schools so that improved educational opportunities can be developed for Guam students. This document provides an…

This Information Aid assembles facts about recent trends in standardized testing among secondary students and summarizes both the possible causes for declining scores and some counterarguments against some of these causes. Emphasis is given to two college admissions tests--the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing…

In mid-July of 1976, more than 70 education policy-makers, practitioners, and researchers representing more than 35 states gathered in Denver to exchange information about the implementation and impact of competency-based education (CBE) in the public schools. This proceedings is a record of those four days. During the conference these…

In 1972, the board of regents of the university system of Georgia directed that a testing program be established to provide information on the status of student competence in the areas of reading and writing. In addition, the program was to provide a uniform means of identifying those students who fail to attain minimum levels of competence…

The Joint Committee on Educational Goals and Evaluation was created in 1970. In 1974 the committee was authorized to continue its study for three purposes: (1) to identify the goals and priorities of public elementary and secondary education as developed by local educational agencies; (2) to assist local educational agencies by recommending…

James A. Hazlett, NAEP Administrative Director, discusses the National Assessment program as an accountability tool. The strengths and weaknesses of the program as an evaluative method in the cognitive areas are discussed at length. (MPJ) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description (Historical Background).

As part of a review of emphases in high school and college language-arts curricula, the American College Testing Program sponsored an invitational language-arts conference at its national office, in February 1976. The eight conference participants were selected to represent various fields of specialization and several institutional affiliations.…

Conceptual fabrications of intellectual, analytical, and physical models are abstracted and utilized to optimize a projected programed sequence of actions leading to a new approach to allied health education. (Author)

Suggests that a useful way of viewing schools is that of the systems approach of looking at organizations. System analysis attempts to measure what resources are fed into a school, what happens to students while enrolled, and what educational benefit students receive from their stay in school. (Author/AM)

Considers the notion that "standards" of English instruction and literacy are declining to be a false diagnosis. Offers evidence to refute such a "decline theory." (RL)

The decline in test scores is demonstrated to be a result of changing philosophical attitudes toward tests and learning. It is suggested that traditional standardized tests may no longer be appropriate. (JMF)

The instructional goals and curriculum content developed for Nigeria's Universal Primary Education Program were evaluated by 265 teachers and administrators involved in the free six-year school system. Although improvement was recommended in art, music, and drama, overall results showed support for program objectives and curriculum. (JAC)

Develops a model to explain relationships among student effort, learning, and course evaluation in college level economics courses. Specifically, the model considers student allocation of effort to various courses, curricular choices open to students, and information concerning course characteristics. (Author/DB)

Surveys research on teaching methods in the Soviet Union and suggests how teachers can apply research findings and techniques in the classroom. Topics discussed include improving the content of education, teaching methods, organizational forms of teaching, and ways of applying the findings of research in practice. (Author/DB)

Describes educational problems and needs in Latin America and suggests policies to deal with specific problems such as insufficient regard for the human dimension and integration of educational planning with economic and social development. (Author/DB)