At the request of the government of the Netherlands Antilles for assistance in the field of workers' education, the United Nations Development Program and the International Labor Office agreed to implement a three months mission in 1972 for an expert to advise and assist the government and the trade unions of the Netherlands Antilles to develop a…

That teachers should be held accountable for conducting the best possible instructional processes, not for guaranteeing learning, is the view of the National Education Association (NEA). Because of the inadequate nature of tests of student achievement, the diverse nature of student populations, and the various conditions affecting learning, the…

Statewide testing can serve four important functions: can illustrate superior results of a group of schools where no one would expect it and raise questions about how they accomplished it; statewide testing deals with the generally lower scores of disadvantaged minorities, it can put the differences in perspective by showing comparable differences…

One of a series of papers on critical issues in vocational-technical education, this paper identifies and explores four issues in evaluation of vocational education: (1) Time and Performance, (2) Evaluation of Outputs and/or Outcomes, (3) Evaluation of Efficiency and Effectiveness, and (4) Policy Evaluation. (HD)

The field-oriented, competency utilization system (FOCUS) training program attempts to specify a theoretical framework to practice utilizing a verified pool of competency statements and the assessment component of the Georgia Principal Assessment System. This paper depicts the developmental process that went into building the FOCUS instructional…

Evaluates seven studies concerned with the influence of Sesame Street on the development of learning skills in preschool children and provides a balance sheet of achievements, limitations and unanswered questions. (MH)

Thoughts on the current state and future development of vocational education are presented by the following individuals: U.S. Commissioner of Education, Terrel H. Bell; U.S. Senators J. Glenn Beall, Jr., Jacob K. Javits, Harrison A. Williams; U.S. Representative, Carl D. Perkins; and Secretary of DHEW, David Mathews. (EC)

Analyzes and compares the results obtained from administration of the College and University Environmental Scales to college of advanced education and university samples. There appears to be a genuine difference in the learning environments of these two types of institutions. (Author/IRT)

This article contains the results of a survey of public secondary schools in Pennsylvania to determine their compliance with the State Board of Education Mandate to teach an interdisciplinary American Cultures course. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

Identifies four steps that students should employ in using objectives to study textual material and outlines the strategy intended to teach students these steps. (MH)

This essay is a critique of the major commissions established to report on various aspects of higher education since World War II. It focuses specifically on the Truman Commission, John D. Millett's Commission on Financing, the Carnegie Commission, and the Newman Report. (DS)

Examines seven propositions concerning the schools, and offers suggestions indicating what is required if solid progress is to be realized. The areas discussed include accountability, standards by which the schools are judged, the school's social system, and models of change. (IRT)

Describes the Florida Educational Accountability Act of 1976. The purpose of the act is to validate the high school diploma, thereby improving the quality of public education and eliminating the continued need for social promotion. (Author/MLF)

Ranks chemical engineering departments according to four indices, all measured per faculty member per year: master's degrees awarded, doctoral degrees awarded, thousands of dollars of extramural research funds expended, and refereed publications. (MLH)

Examines the intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of success of commissions and committees of enquiry into educational matters in the developing nations of the commonwealth. Despite their defects, commissions and committees provide the best instrument available to governments to acquire specialist advice and consult with the public at large.…