This study was undertaken to see if agreement existed among speech teachers as to the behavioral objectives necessary for an "A,""B," or "C" level grade on a classroom speech. In a questionnaire, 328 undergraduate speech instructors rated as A, B, or C a list of 14 behavioral objectives constructed by rewriting the…

This collection of papers is designed to provide information about the "new order in student teaching" (the various field experiences in preservice teacher education programs, e.g., observation, teaching under a supervising teacher, microteaching, internship, externship, simulated teaching, etc.). Contents are (1) "Goals and Objectives of Student…

Based on the contract grading system, this language arts course guide focuses on reading, writing, research, and film projects on topics which give people the "heebie-jeebies" and for which students earn points toward a final grade. Point values are dependent on the difficulty of the project or the length of the reading material. Contents of the…

The Manhattanville College plan for change is described in relation to grading, credits for graduation, curriculum, and distribution requirements. Specific areas of change include: grading, formal academic advising, board on academic standards, curricular changes, summer sessions, interdisciplinary studies, open-door lecture service, faculty…

This detailed report presents the results of a study of the evaluation of traditional and several types of nontraditional grading systems. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of admission and employment officers describing various grading systems. Responses were received from 44% of the graduate departments, from 76% of the undergraduate…

The major part of this bulletin consists of two studies on the place of examinations in the school system. In a long paper (28 pages) on "New Techniques for Assessment of Pupils' Work," A.D.C. Peterson discusses: (1) efforts to improve reliability by the use of objective tests, improved marking procedures, and better standardization; (2)…

A Ball State University course begun in December 1968 is designed to strengthen and improve the reading and study skills of 50 "directed admission" freshmen: students who have earned low SAT scores and poor high school grades. Prior to the experiment their college attrition rate had been 90%. During the first year large group techniques…

Immediately following the introduction of a new system of grading by letters rather than percentage marking at the University of Moncton, an analysis of evaluation practices as well as an examination of faculty attitudes toward certain grading and evaluation procedures was undertaken. The study sought to establish the state of present practices in…

The study compared the relationship of the contract plan of student evaluation and a traditional type of evaluation, for changes in knowledge and attitudes during a college course in ecological relationships. The Syracuse Environmental Awareness Test was used to measure both cognitive and affective changes. In the experimental group the contract…

Tested several predictions about cheating by a multivariate technique applied to two sections of a college economics course examined on the same day, with 50 percent of the questions repeated on the second exam. It was found that 36 percent of the students on the second test had used information acquired from the first test. Majors, better…

The benefits of a system in which the papers of each instructor's students are graded by another instructor are described. (JH)

A variety of opinions from headmasters of schools and admissions officers of colleges were cited as evidence for the practice of continuing usage of grades as indicators for evaluating student progress. (RK)

Adaptations of and variations on the grade contract system are described with emphasis on individualized instruction, fair evaluation, and learner-oriented classes. The method used is described, and results are assessed. (Author/RM)

Students in nine classes were randomly assigned to treatment groups receiving (1) written comments on their homework papers or (2) no comments. In two of the classes, the students receiving comments showed achievement superior to that of the others. In the remainder of the classes there was no difference. (SD)

Evaluation is a vexed issue in North America at the moment. This paper discusses some of the factors that bear on evaluation procedures and practices in the College of Education of the University of Saskatchewan. It highlighted problems confronting instructors and offered four suggestions for their amelioration. (Editor/RK)