The vagueness of the educational aims of Israel's Education Act of 1953 made the translation of general objectives into functional objectives necessary. General objectives were translated into more precisely defined behavioral objectives by Israel experts. The level of public acceptance of the behavioral statements was assessed. (BJG)

Summarizes conference recommendations to speech communication educators regarding future goals, roles, research, theory, status and rewards of the field. (MH)

Some of the pros and cons of California's proposed external assessment system for accreditation of teacher education institutions are noted. (HMD)

Emphasizes the need for improved evaluation of community education efforts. Outlines a conceptual framework for program evaluation and offers an operational definition of evaluation to serve as a guide for organizing and conducting evaluation of community education programs. (JG)

Discusses the importance of process evaluation in planning and improving community education programs. Offers a model for process evaluation and provides an example of how that model might be applied to a hypothetical community education program. (JG)

Summarizes nine program evaluation projects. Lists a source person for each project. (JG)

Well-formed objectives meet four major criteria. They contain a subject, a verb, given conditions, and standards. A discussion and outline of the taxonomy of career development includes instructional objectives which might assist career educators in discussing instructional and assessment problems with greater precision. (Author/MW)

The School Based Management Process Development General Model was designed to sequentially outline the factors present in a school system's establishment of school-based management and provide a basis for data analysis. This paper not only describes the model, but applies it in presenting the factors that affect the implementation process of…

In December of 1987, the American Association for Higher Education Assessment Forum convened a group of 25 assessment experts to examine the role of standardized tests in assessment. Some of the issues addressed are as follows: what makes standardized testing a particular concern in assessment; what the issues are; how campus assessment leaders…

An educational evaluation design based on a non-linear model of change is presented for use in configuring statewide and/or district-wide systems to support schools in which all students learn to think and acquire basic skills and information. Discussed as a concrete example is Connecticut's Common Core of Learning (CCL), which describes what the…

The School-Age Parenting and Infant Development (SAPID) Program Quality Review (PQR) Instrument focuses on multiple uses related to California's SAPID programs. SAPID programs provide: (1) education for the school-age parent, including classes in parenting education, opportunities for career development, and high school graduation; and (2) care…

An explanation of the misuse of statistical significance testing and the true meaning of "significance" is offered. Literature about the criticism of current practices of researchers and publications is reviewed in the context of tests of significance. The problem under consideration occurs when researchers attempt to do more than just establish…

This paper considers the manners in which three evaluation theorists may have altered their views regarding two major evaluation-related issues under consideration during the past 20 years. The theorists are Michael Scriven, Robert Stake, and Michael Patton, who are characterized as the philosopher-evaluator, responsive-evaluator, and…

The pressures of changing enrollment patterns, the universal pressure for equality in education, and new types of students are cited as current problems faced by higher education. Questions of academic freedom, faculty role, university output and the general environment are discussed and suggestions for meeting these challenges set forth. (MW)

The author describes his interpretation of business, distributive, and career education; provides a brief interpretation of the state-of-the-art; and offers some suggestions for action including specific examples. (HMD)