Describes the Alberta Interim Revised Social Studies Curriculum. The framework uses selected topics about which students make value judgments. The author contends that this approach for history instruction is laden with dangers and that the curriculum has deemphasized the historical process. (Author/KC)

Estimates costs and cost feasibility of using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) or compensatory education on the elementary and secondary school levels for disadvantaged children. Data were collected from an experiment sponsored in Los Angeles schools by the National Institute of Education. Journal available from Ballinger Publishing Company, 17…

Literature on assessment in Australian tertiary institutions during the past five years is examined in light of: who and what are assessed and in what way and for what purpose assessments are made. Conferences on assessment are noted and a 50-item bibliography is included. (LC)

Discusses historical events influencing the development of the British Columbia assessment program. Examines the program's goals, organization, and impact including a review of specific follow-up actions which have occurred at provincial and school district levels since the program's inception. Examines difficulties in the design and…

Discusses a study in which data regarding the relationship between grades and student evaluations of teacher performance were analyzed. Findings indicated that there exists a grade-evaluation tradeoff and that, consequently, administrators should take grade distributions into account when using teaching evaluations as a measure of faculty…

Analysis of variance methods were used to investigate the reliability of scores on open ended items in the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The study was designed to determine their stability over seven different scorers and time of scoring during a three-month interval. (Author/CTM) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in…

Practitioners in continuing medical education should evaluate the impact educational activities have on physical competence, physical performance, or patient health status. (CT)

This scheme for a core curriculum rejects central control over the precise body of knowledge taught or the teaching methods used but advocates some control over experiments in education and the early assessment of their results. (Author/SJL)

Reviews several specific ways in which office practice simulations can be measured and evaluated, including the salary theory; evaluation of ability to establish priorities and make decisions; evaluation of work produced; and publisher evaluations. (LRA)

Discussed is an exhaustive inquiry into the curriculum of British secondary schools. It concentrates on the four curriculum aspects of language, mathematics, science, and pupil personal and social development. (RE)

Reports results of a teacher in-service program that provided instruction in economics as part of the Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary School Program. Findings from tests of teacher and student knowledge and attitudes toward economics indicated that many participants gained substantial benefits from program participation. (DB)

Based on a sample of students in 11 public high schools, the article explores the relationship between class racial composition and academic outcomes for Black students under conditions including degree of friendship with Whites and characteristics of Black and White students. Concludes that the impact of interracial contact on academic outcomes…

Reexamines data from studies of the impact of academic unions on college faculty compensation gains. Offers explanations for disparate results obtained in various earlier studies. (Author/DB)

Reviews case studies of students who were promoted regularly in public schools without having mastered basic skills required at each grade level. Questions whether schools would improve if students were permitted to sue for educational malpractice. Identifies basic rights of students, teachers, parents, and administrators with regard to education.…

Discusses a study which examined influences of teaching methods and classroom environment on motivation, attention, and concept attainment of high school social studies students. (Author/DB)