Evaluates seven studies concerned with the influence of Sesame Street on the development of learning skills in preschool children and provides a balance sheet of achievements, limitations and unanswered questions. (MH)

Thoughts on the current state and future development of vocational education are presented by the following individuals: U.S. Commissioner of Education, Terrel H. Bell; U.S. Senators J. Glenn Beall, Jr., Jacob K. Javits, Harrison A. Williams; U.S. Representative, Carl D. Perkins; and Secretary of DHEW, David Mathews. (EC)

Analyzes and compares the results obtained from administration of the College and University Environmental Scales to college of advanced education and university samples. There appears to be a genuine difference in the learning environments of these two types of institutions. (Author/IRT)

This article contains the results of a survey of public secondary schools in Pennsylvania to determine their compliance with the State Board of Education Mandate to teach an interdisciplinary American Cultures course. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

Identifies four steps that students should employ in using objectives to study textual material and outlines the strategy intended to teach students these steps. (MH)

This essay is a critique of the major commissions established to report on various aspects of higher education since World War II. It focuses specifically on the Truman Commission, John D. Millett's Commission on Financing, the Carnegie Commission, and the Newman Report. (DS)

Examines seven propositions concerning the schools, and offers suggestions indicating what is required if solid progress is to be realized. The areas discussed include accountability, standards by which the schools are judged, the school's social system, and models of change. (IRT)

Describes the Florida Educational Accountability Act of 1976. The purpose of the act is to validate the high school diploma, thereby improving the quality of public education and eliminating the continued need for social promotion. (Author/MLF)

Ranks chemical engineering departments according to four indices, all measured per faculty member per year: master's degrees awarded, doctoral degrees awarded, thousands of dollars of extramural research funds expended, and refereed publications. (MLH)

Examines the intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of success of commissions and committees of enquiry into educational matters in the developing nations of the commonwealth. Despite their defects, commissions and committees provide the best instrument available to governments to acquire specialist advice and consult with the public at large.…

Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of profile assessment of students in chemistry. (SL)

Impact analysis culminates in the formulation of outcome measures that describe college impact in terms of demonstrable change in student attitudes and behavior. Outcome measures meet the data needs of state policy-makers as well as institutional planners, and thus invite external support and cooperation rather than control. (JG)

Discusses the pros and cons of grading and standardized tests as well as intuitive evaluations. (MS)

Asserts that the basic ethical question about any evaluation program is whether it is judgmental and destructive or is constructive and serves the needs of students. Suggests that curriculum evaluation studies seldom consider the equality of educational opportunity or the availability of noncognitive learning opportunities. (Author/JG)

Different components of a course assessment system are demonstrated to have a differential weighting on the overall scores unless compensated for by normalizing scores. Then multiple choice tests, essays, and practical exercises correlate well in terms of student ranking. Traditional examinations correlate less well and may be measuring other…