British and American approaches to educational evaluation are compared in terms of definition, political genesis, the agencies which commission and execute evaluation studies, and the use of results. The future evolution of these evaluation approaches is also discussed. (JAC)

A new approach is described for building a bridge between evaluation and policy-making functions in the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. This linkage, the evaluation analysis and policy development process, has important implications for the utilization of evaluation findings and for the career evaluator. (Author/GDC)

In this comment, the authors point to the need for editorial criteria (or censorship) in the publication of scientific research. Specifically, they refer to an article on transracial adoption and I Q, previously published in this journal, whose discussion section contained implications that could be misinterpreted by some readers. (AM)

An evaluation of the National Diffusion Network (NDN) as a new approach to the diffusion of educational innovations is presented, and novel characteristics of the system are described. (MJB)

This article lists strategies based on research into child development which can be used to protect the mental health of young children. (CM)

Among the foreseeable trends in Soviet higher education are that (1) specialist training will become more flexible and will train workers of broader competence, (2) managerial personnel will be trained with relevant technological knowledge, (3) teaching methods will be modified to keep up with computer technology, and (4) higher education…

Research on television's influence on children's behaviors, both aggressive and prosocial, is discussed. (AM)

Authors of the Wilms study on the effectiveness of public and proprietary vocational training respond to critical analysis of their report and call for new research studies to build on their research and corroborate or refute their findings. (Editor/JT)

The most important job of the teacher educator is to link results of educational research to classroom application in a given school room with a given group of children and a specific teacher. (JD)

Concludes that today's problems are complex and that their solutions may be equally complicated. The overriding need is for the straightforward application of social science techniques governed by human values. (Author/AM)

Coleman's message has been misunderstood, it is argued, because the scholar has been engaging in a perilous exercise that is not uncommon among social scientists. He has been mixing rhetoric and research in many recent pronouncements, and few people know which is which. The scientist and advocate hats must be clearly labeled. (Author/JM)

Working on an eight-week design problem for a Senior Center in Phoenix, 52 environmental planning students participated in a Gerontological Society-sponsored project to introduce aging content and assess the usefulness to designers of various sources of information. (LBH)

This study at Kansas State University explored how the different educational contexts provided by two alternate design studio structures might influence students' ultilization of environment/aging research. (LBH)

This article reported the results of a survey of 210 school psychologists' research and information needs across several areas of practice. The usefulness of a number of journals and other resources were evaluated. It was concluded that several areas of research identified as crucial to practice have been neglected in training and in research…

Based on research of teacher effectiveness, the Florida Performance Measurement System features formative and summative evaluation instruments comprised of wide-ranging concepts and indicators. Trained principals and supervisors observe and code behaviors for comparative evaluation. Florida districts and colleges make extensive use of the system…