Career education was officially established in Arizona during the 1971 legislative sessions. Three goals of career education, as stated by the state advisory council, are to help students: (1) learn to live, (2) learn to learn, and (3) learn to make a living. The program is available for students at all levels of education, from kindergarten…

This paper discusses the nature of natural and social sciences in order to point out the need for adapting standard logic more appropriately to a design approach. The IDEALS CONCEPT, an acronym for Ideal Design for Effective and Logical Systems, is presented as a move toward a calculus of design methodology with an emphasis on problem orientation…

OBER is the acronym coined by the Newport-Mesa Unified School District to describe its utilization of the System for Objective Based Evaluation-Reading (SOBE-R) developed by the Center for the Study of Evaluation at UCLA. OBER consists of three major components that are designed to facilitate the development and evaluation of the reading programs…

A survey method of investigation was used to compare characteristics of students taking extramural classes in 1960 with those in 1971. A sample size of approximately 2,500 students is represented in the statistics. It was found that the percentage of students taking undergraduate courses had dramatically declined since the 1960 survey, while the…

A publication of the Instructional Objectives Exchange, this booklet contains instructional objectives collected from educators or formulated at the Exchange. In addition, up to six measuring techniques suitable for assessing attainment of each objective are included. By exchanging objectives, duplication of developmental activities will be…

This document presents 34 guidelines for educational managers who are implementing or considering planning-programing-budgeting systems (PPBS). The guidelines, divided into planning, programing, budgeting, and systems analysis, are designed to point out potential trouble spots that could occur at any of the stages of system implementation. The…

The activities of International Education Year enable us to assess the recent spectacular expansion of world education, and the results are scarcely encouraging. There is a growing rift in the industrial nations between educational systems and societies, which is breaking down the school's monopoly as a source of knowledge. If the developing…

This report presents the results of a community survey which attempted to determine the demand for another college in the Los Angeles Community College District. The function of this "community campus" or "external college" would be to serve members of the community who are not already served by the eight existing colleges. Questionnaires received…

The passage of the Rodda Bill (SB 696, 1971 legislative session) mandated that evaluation of teaching take place on a regular basis in community colleges in California. The bill left the formulation of the evaluation instruments to the local governing boards and guidelines were provided by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community…

Wise allocation of resources implies knowledge of which actions will yield the highest net benefit. Predicting benefit requires comparing objectives as to importance and setting priorities among them. This article discusses ways in which policy-makers can set priorities rationally. The advantages of ratios for comparing priorities are discussed.…

This is one unit of a ten-unit program offering training for leadership in selecting, planning, and conducting any sort of educational improvement program in a school or school system. The present unit gives an introduction to the training program by presenting the five study objectives and describes the General Study Plan Guide to the student's…

This is one of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses the concept of educational accountability and examines the major facets of educational accountability programs. Short sections focus in turn on the nature of educational accountability,…

As part of a statewide assessment planning effort to establish career education in Texas, basic information was sought. Procedures used to find out what community members thought student development should be in terms of career education are described. The practicality and feasibility of measuring the student outcomes identified are discussed. (BP)

Article discussed rationale, goals and criteria for an effective values education program. (Editor/RK)

Without many changes in goals since 1939, Toledo's Family Life Education Center continues, to serve well its growing community. (Editor)