Reliance upon poorly written behavioral objectives and single measurement devices do more than transcend the written mandates of "T and E". "T and E", thorough and efficient education, suggests reasonable levels of attainment in a comprehensive pupil assessment process. Objectives can take different meanings and here a proper educational objective…

Accountability, behavioral objectives, and measurement in the affective domain, rather than the cognitive domain, are discussed. (TA)

Outlines the development and implementation of a management by objectives system in one school district. (IRT)

The author began his education career committed to curriculum, not measurement. After years of using teacher-made and standardized tests as instructional afterthoughts, he recognized the superiority of criterion-referenced testing and the influence of high-stakes testing on instruction. He then became involved with developing such tests on a…

The functional relation between feedback and improved writing of Individual Habilitation Plan objectives in four adult service agencies serving the retarded was assessed. The agencies improved the quality of their written objectives after receiving feedback from the case manager and maintained those gains 18 months after feedback was terminated.…

The use of measurement and evaluation techniques to provide information on student outcomes in the cognitive, affective, psychomotor, and health related fitness domains is critical in helping to validate the importance of physical education in the school curriculum. (IAH)

Education for mutual respect requires an intellectual component that involves distinguishing four levels of interaction between the process and content of culture, and an emotional component. Language teaching can benefit by exploiting its cultural dimension and should participate in the common task of education for a pluralistic mentality.…

Explores the role of prespecification and planning in education, noting arguments against the use of behavioral objectives. Much of what is unnatural in schooling is the overemphasis on prespecification of learner outcomes. Because adults reconstruct knowledge for children, children must be encouraged to make and negotiate meaning through…

The relationships that career counselors have with employing organizations have become important, due to the current frequency of job changes. Presents a model to clarify needs, and discusses two problems that arise: the need to reconcile individual and organizational perspectives, and the need to look at careers in terms of life-career purpose as…

Discusses the program evaluation process as a critical step in effective program planning. Highlights how a systematic collection of data allows programmers to gather evidence of how programs help students meet their learning objectives and fulfill institutional goals. Also discusses how the results of program evaluation can inform the next…

The objectives of training activities as stated in the DoW are: 1. to organize training within the project for the participants to learn to use the necessary tools; 2. to support training activities of the partners when they deliver and take in use the tools and practices during extended pilots. The approach with regards to the first point is that…

Education outside the classroom can be defined, in its broadest sense, as any structured learning experience that takes place beyond the classroom environment during the school day, after school or during the holidays. It can include, among other activities, cultural trips, science and geography fieldwork, environmental and countryside education,…

In this paper, the author would like to put forward a number of issues to think about and discuss. At the same time, she argues for a better articulated system that more closely matches the needs and goals of various subgroups of English language learners. Adult ESL programs serve diverse immigrant populations with different needs and goals. A…

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Fifteen librarians and one publisher give their opinions of the top priorities for the new Librarian of Congress. (LS)