The procedures used by the Ohio News Photographers Association in selecting the 1979 Ohio "News Photographer of the Year" are described in this paper, and questions are raised about their adequacy. The paper tells how the judges analyzed the photograph portfolios on which the award was based, relates the judges' standards for evaluation,…

A report on the detaile d policies for selecting administrative personnel for the Shasta Community College District is presented. It includes a discussion of the policy used in selecting: (1) chief administrative officers; (2) deans of business services, instruction, evening division, guidance, admissions and research, and student services and…

The Student Search Service of the College Entrance Examination Board gives colleges an opportunity to pursue potential applicants, thus alleviating enrollment problems. (PG)

The NAACP claims that paper-and-pencil tests of candidates' fitness for administrative jobs fail to accurately measure qualifications. (Author/RA)

An evaluation method for coaches engaged in competitive selection of female basketball players is presented. (LH)

Identifying employees with management potential is just one of the many uses of an assessment center. (For availability, see EA 507 433.) (Author)

Author states that: "Teachers need to be freed from any compulsion to make distribution charts and comparative judgments of pupil learning for grading purposes." Proficiency of a student in a given task or subject area should be measured without relation to success or failure of other students in the group. (Auth/RW)

The Northwest Select High School Tournament was the result of several concerns among college and high school debate coaches, including the lack of informational exchange between Washington and Oregon teams and an extended opportunity for summer debate institutes and recruitment possibilities. The objective was to have a top-quality tournament…

TO DISCOVER HOW A PERSON'S (P) SELF-CONCEPT IS AFFECTED BY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANOTHER (O) WHO SUDDENLY APPEARS IN THE SAME SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SEVERAL QUESTIONNAIRES, INCLUDING THE GERGEN-MORSE (1967) SELF-CONSISTENCY SCALE AND HALF THE COOPERSMITH SELF-ESTEEM INVENTORY, WERE ADMINISTERED TO 78 UNDERGRADUATE MEN WHO HAD ANSWERED AN AD FOR WORK…

The most commonly stated and demonstrated shortcoming of the employment interview is its lack of reliability. Yet Wagner (1949) was able to conclude that the reliability of an employment interview is situation and interviewer specific. In this study, the author investigated the interviewer's scoring system, the way he weighs and combines the…

Provides guidelines to aid high school newspaper staffs in designing application procedures for would-be staff editors, selecting editors, and announcing their selections. (GW)

The call for alternative tests for black Americans is based upon thinking that is short-sighted and self-defeating. The real challenge is that of preparing black youths to pass the regular standardized exams because these are used to assign a variety of empowerment opportunities in the growing American meritocracy. (Author/GC)

Provides a checklist for writing student letters of recommendation that takes into consideration the student's personality, attitude, character, and maturity level. (HOD)