This book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the goals, objectives, and procedures of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Separate chapters discuss NAEP's objectives and organizational development; its division of knowledge into subject areas; the subject-area objectives; exercise development; measurement of background…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain attitudes toward the current English programs in Boston high schools. A survey was made of persons chosen from six selected groups: recent high school graduates, English faculty and advisers, educators in nonteaching fields, university and college English teachers, management personnel of companies that…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Speech Communication Association (SCA) initiated a pilot study to test the feasibility of assessing speaking and listening skills. A pool of 56 items was developed and then field tested at four sites which represented a variety of national regions, of size and type of cities, and of…

The concept of lifelong education is discussed in this the last of four transcripts of radio programs on college today. Dialogue is presented in the following area: Ronald Gross on lifelong learning; the old view of lifelong learning; the view of the President of the University of Rhode Island; classes on the Long Island Railroad (Adelphi…

The history of the efforts of the U.S. Congress to obtain evaluation data and reports for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I, projects is one of delay and frustration. Prior to the 1974 amendments to the ESEA, evaluation was negligible, not clearly defined, and not comparable across school districts. The Education Amendments of…

As part of a statewide (Massachusetts) evaluation in all areas of education, the reading assessment described in this report tested all 9- and 17-year-old students in 31 school districts in an effort to examine student performance statewide as well as in the individual educational regions and communities. The first four chapters of the report…

The report presents an evaluation model for early childhood programs for mildly and moderately handicapped children. The document examines the following four areas of early childhood special education programs: (1) methods of assessment, educational planning, and pupil evaluation; (2) program influence on five interrelated areas of development…

School climate is defined as feelings and opinions about various aspects of a school with respect to 13 variables in the three domains of personal relationships, personal development, and effective organization. This handbook describes the application of a school climate questionnaire in a series of nine steps, as follows: (1) take the initiative;…

The Metropolitan Youth Education Center's program is designed to help high school dropouts and the unemployed or under-employed whose problems are attributable to educational deprivation. The educational program is highly individualized. Each student program is developed to meet the personal goals, time available, ability and achievement level of…

The high school minimal competency examination described in this document is part one of a three-part program that requires that all students satisfactorily complete tests in reading, language arts, and mathematics prior to receiving a high school diploma. The document outlines the test development and assessment program and describes the plan for…

The first comprehensive attempt to measure student achievement in art on a national scale at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels is described. The assessment was conducted during 1974-75 with groups of nine-, 13-, and 17-year-olds. This report examines four design and drawing exercises that measure art-production activities. Art…

As part of the 1977 British Columbia Mathematics Assessment, over 100,000 students from Grades 4, 8, and 12 were given tests designed to measure mastery of a limited number of important mathematical skills and concepts. Approximately 3,500 teachers of mathematics at seven different grade levels completed comprehensive questionnaires dealing with…

The document is a final report of a study of the basic competencies required by water utility operators using a ground water source, conducted at Southwest Wisconsin Vocational-Technical Institute from July to August 1974. The overall purpose of the project is to develop a competency-based curriculum model for statewide use in municipal…

This report is a compilation abstracted from an exhaustive investigation into three senior high schools. The areas of investigation cover the general learning environment, selected characteristics of a learning environment, achievement, cost, a summary of findings, and recommendations. Also included are a survey of student opinion, a study of…

This study examined the construct validity of the subtests in the California Entry Level Test (ELT). The ELT is administered to every first grade pupil in California as part of the California Assessment Program and is used as a baseline measure of the prereading skills of beginning first graders. The discriminant validity of the subtests was…