This article reviews experiences in the United States over the past 15 years in developing standards to guide and assess the work of professional evaluators. It introduces the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation's "Program Evaluation Standards" and overviews the Committee's project to develop "Educational…

In this paper, scores from the Department of Education's table, "State Education Statistics," are examined to see if they can be used for state-by-state comparisons to aid in the evaluation of educational policies that vary across states. (Author/LMO)

In describing standards and guidelines for commuter student programs and services, an analysis is provided of the mission, the program, multicultural programs and services, leadership and management, organization and administration, human resources, funding, facilities, legal responsibilities, equal opportunity, access and affirmative action,…

The mathematics achievement of 11,914 men and women aged 15 to 22, who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth Labor Force Behavior in 1980, was analyzed to assess sex, education, and ethnic group effects. Generally, achievement of all groups increased the longer they were in school. (Authors/MNS)

Presents case illustrations of five adolescents to demonstrate how parents can seek diagnosis of primary learning disability for nonlearning disabled children; how this diagnosis can be inappropriately used, and how the learning disability label can work as resistance by family when professional recommendations focus on need for individual or…

Provides a model for universities and colleges to follow in organizing demand and supply information for curriculum development. Describes the step-by-step process employed in determining whether a curriculum for a natural resource program should be developed by Athabasca University in Alberta. (ML)

Considers disadvantages of the product-oriented, teacher accountability movement. Claims that mastery learning, academic learning time, direct instruction, and other measures of teacher effectiveness emphasize training at low cognitive levels and overlook educating the whole child. Recommends that more humanistic processes be used to determine and…

Some traditional criteria for judging institutional effectiveness are outlined and nine more reliable dimensions for evaluation are suggested including student, faculty, and administrator satisfaction; student academic, career, and personal development; system openness and community interaction; access to resources; and organizational health. (MSE)

Decries college students' apparent ignorance of their own culture and civilization. Presents results of a test of 256 college students to assess their ability to recognize and/or identify 132 names, dates, people, and titles whose recognition implies awareness of an informational cluster. Finds 22 the average number correct. (AYC)

Effects of school closings in 169 New York State districts, excluding New York City, are examined in terms of operating costs, political changes, staff and community responses, program offerings, crowding, and vandalism. (KS)

Demands for educational excellence are hard to answer because definitions of excellence differ, and excellence may not be readily quantifiable. Current reforms seem aimed at educational adequacy and standardization rather than at realizing individual potential. Reforms should probably focus less on testing and more on student motivation. (PGD)

Offers five articles by Ronald J. Cook, Mary V. Burke, Thomas G. Gallagher, Marsha Levine and Denis P. Doyle, and Richard J. Murnane that react to part I of "The Catholic High School: A National Portrait," a study of the resources, programs, facilities, personnel, and policies of Catholic high schools. (DMM)

Hungary's national institute of education carried out the Curriculum Theory Department (CTD-80) national asessment in 1980. Reading, mathematics, and practical science achievement were measured, as well as teacher attitudes. Particular emphasis was placed on eighth-grade students; fourth graders were tested in reading. (GDC)

Presents some salient points of Jim Ysseldyke and Bob Algozzine (professors of special education) regarding assessment of and decision making about learning disabilities. (HOD)

The National Assessment of Educational Progress incorporates key elements of a responsible standard-setting process: (1) choice of educational objective; (2) description of current group performance ranges and trends; and (3) the identification of educational contexts differentially related to performance. NAEP results can direct public values…