Focusing on the assessment needs of language minority students in the early elementary years and on the evaluation of programs servicing them, this discussion directs specific attention toward accommodating language minority students in the New Follow Through Program. Introductory remarks offer recommendations for developing New Follow Through…

Identifies trends in 1994 professional education literature, including school reform, national standards, school choice and vouchers, charter schools, outcome-based education and performance assessment, religious right's political gains, school safety, violence, conflict mediation, finance, adolescents and children at risk, vocational education,…

Examples are cited of educational research and development findings that have specific implications for improving classroom management and school effectiveness in a comprehensive educational program. Described is the West Virginia Department of Education's current use of research on brain growth as one basis for realigning the curriculum. Patterns…

The social science literature, particularly in psychology, that may relate to faculty satisfaction, motivation, and commitment to teaching is reviewed. The question of satisfaction from work and its relation to motivation, a topic of controversy in the field (Greene, 1972) is examined, and the concept of motivation is briefly described from four…

The faculty roles of teaching and research, and the evaluation and reward of faculty performance, were assessed in a study conducted at the six Kansas Regents universities. The case study research involved interviews with 40 faculty members that focused on faculty performance evaluation policies and practices, and appropriate faculty recognition…

The 23 chapters in this yearbook provide a review of existing theory and research in the field of school management; offer accounts of how administrators in different countries are coping with problems; and report on the progress being made in developing school management training experiences. Each chapter has been specially commissioned by…

The chapters in this book contain a comprehensive reference to recent state appellate and federal court decisions affecting the operation and governance of public elementary and secondary schools. The chapters are: (1) "The Use of School Facilities by Student Groups for Religious Activities," (2) "Denial of Standard Diploma to…

In this paper we examine the research literature on teacher performance pay. Evidence clearly suggests an upsurge of interest in many states and school districts; however, expanded use of performance pay has been controversial. We briefly review the history of teacher pay policy in the U.S. and earlier cycles of interest in merit or…

This volume is a collection of 21 papers concerning law and education presented by speakers of widely divergent points of view at the annual convention of the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education (NOLPE). The opinions expressed in the papers are solely those of the authors and do not represent any policy determination of NOLPE. The…