This book is a collection of 20 articles and research reports that deal with practical, technical issues of research methodology applicable to the study and evaluation of today's schools. The evaluation techniques suggested are aimed primarily at educational reform and improvement, rather than revolutionary change. Because all the authors are…

An effort to assess psycho-motor (P-M) needs among Virginia children in K-4 and in special primary classes for the educable mentally retarded is presented. Included are methods for selecting, combining, and developing evaluation measures, which are verified statistically by analyses of data collected from a stratified sample of approximately 4,500…

A review of assessment and planning aids is presented to provide the local school district with a practical and a theoretical framework on which to base its planning for a feasibility study of a year-round school program. The first and most crucial decision that must be made is the determination that educational programing is the basis on which…

During 1972-73, Project HEED (Heed Ethnic Educational Depolarization) involved 1,350 Indian students in 60 classrooms at Sells, Topowa, San Carlos, Rice, Many Farms, Hotevilla, Peach Springs, and Sacaton. Primary objectives were: (1) improvement in reading skills, (2) development of cultural awareness, and (3) providing for the Special Education…

Revisions of policies and standards of the North Central Association for the approval of occupational secondary schools are mainly related to those of board/staff relationship and pertain to aspects of operating policies, superintendent responsibilities, channels of communication, board meetings, working relationships, and employment policies. A…

Prepared by the Illinois State Advisory Committee for submission to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, this report focused on the growing concern among Latino parents, students, and community leaders over alleged violations of Latino students' rights to an education in Chicago, the only city in the United States with a large population of both…

This issue of the Comparative Education Review focuses on analysis of data gathered by 19 countries participating in a six-subject survey conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The purpose of this and earlier IEA research (a pilot study and a mathematics study undertaken on the basis of the…

Prepared as part of the Career Education Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the paper discusses the role of the State education agency as it relates to career education. Several strategies to initiate, implement, or expand career education are presented. Strategies for State education agencies include the board…

Since appraising managerial performance for salary purposes appears to be a common feature of many executive compensation plans throughout the business world, the author presents several emerging trends in these private sector compensation plans and suggests their possible application to the compensation of educational administrators. He reviews…

This is the report of a study conducted to develop a system which would identify the primary elements needed to install career education at the local level, provide insight into attitude changes needed regarding the installation of career education, identify strategies that could be initiated to enhance the installation of career education, and to…

Part I of this report attempts to describe the system that was developed for local educational agencies by the Delaware State Department of Public Instruction to support classroom and curricular improvement in mathematics through the administration of an objective-referenced test in mathematics to grade four students. This system includes the…

The federal government is prohibited by the constitution from intruding into educational matters; state governments also have been reluctant to do so. The government has had to depend on voluntary accrediting organizations as evaluators of educational quality. These organizations assess educational quality and encourage its improvement.…

A common concern of state-level and postsecondary institutional decisionmaking is the limitations of the state planning and budgeting process as it relates to educational change and accountability: increased regulations, the cost of obtaining information, the difficulty of assessing outcomes, the inability to discourage nonproductive programs, and…

W. John Minter and Howard R. Bowen's annual report on "Financial and Educational Trends in Independent Higher Education, 1978" is examined. Problems in data reporting by college administrators that skew financial assessment reports are noted. A rating questionnaire for institutional quality is appended. (Author/LBH)

The results of an analysis of the achievement of objectives for the integrated science course for Scottish pupils in the first two years of secondary education are summarized separately for three groups of students classified by ability level. (CTM)