To ensure that its studies are relevant to policy making, the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy (NBETPP) follows certain guidelines. These are discussed in the hope that they will make the work of NBETPP more understandable and useful. The first guideline is that to be policy relevant, research must take account of the…

Presentation at a one-day symposium on the History of Intelligence Testing and Its Public Policy Implications, March 23, 1973, Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, Ga. (RJ)

Attention to (1) the objectives of public policy for day care and (2) performing research and analysis as a basis for policy are two needed steps toward rational day care services. (DM)

Discusses the pros and cons of faculty on the Board of Trustees and gives an example of faculty trusteeship at Roosevelt University. (PG)

Forumates two general laws relative to social science evaluations of public policy programs

Considers: (1) the organization and development of social scientific knowledge about the environment; (2) the application of that knowledge in forging viable social policy for the environment; and (3) the construction of institutions in which socio-environmental knowledge may be developed and translated into policy. (LK)

States the necessity for greater ASTD participation in government affairs, and suggests ways to organize member involvement. (SP)

Policymaking should proceed in an atmosphere of openness and sharing, with maximum participation on the part of the people involved. (Author)