The Binghamton (New York) City School District uses test scores in an annual curriculum review to identify subjects in which students are academically weak and need improvement. (MD)

Discusses the need for curriculum evaluation in mathematics as well as in other disciplines. Also discusses methods and techniques of curriculum evaluation, some of which are particularly relevant to evaluating mathematics curricula. (Author/JN)

Evaluation results provided strong evidence for the efficacy of university-level self-modification courses. Students demonstrated improvement in their target behaviors and reported significant positive changes in dysfunctional attitudes, fear of negative evaluation, and general self-control skills. (RM)

Surveys the variations among accredited public relations programs and shows where and what types of changes would be required to make the content of programs consistent with the recommendations of the 1975 and 1981 Commissions on Public Relations Education. (PD)

The use of structural equation modelling in curriculum evaluation is discussed in two stages: first, a process model for curriculum evaluation from instructional theory is derived; second, the structural equation model derived from the process analysis and its applications to curriculum evaluation are described. (BW)

The "Development and Complementary Analyses of a Curriculum" (EBAC-PS Project) deals with curriculum reform of the German speaking schools in Fribourg, Switzerland. An outline of the evaluative steps in this project is presented along with selected results. (Author/DEP)

This study investigates the effectiveness of the U.S. Forest Service's "Wilderness and Land Ethic" curriculum. Students and teachers from three states--Colorado, Minnesota, and Montana--participated in the study. Comparisons were made between grade level, state, and gender to determine any differences. Results indicate that school-based wilderness…

Guidelines for successful evaluation. (MS)

Attempts to develop a variety of remedial process'' programs at the high school level appear to be worthwhile, in terms both of the potential benefit that may accrue to the adolescents enrolled in them, and of the groundwork that may be laid for more effective remediation at earlier levels. The new approach appears to offer more potential benefit…

Author gives thourough treatment to alternatives evaluation purposes and problems. (Editor)

The author introduces twenty-six analyses, describes the method of analysis, includes a selection policy for this issue, and lists ten analysts. Each project, analyzed by the combined criteria of the CMAS and the NCSS Guidelines, is examined for background information, product characteristics, rationale and objectives, content, methodology,…

Feasible uses of the computer in curriculum management are in the areas of curriculum planning, curriculum implementation, and curriculum evaluation. (Author/CB)