Exams which are periodically updated and revised also require a revision of the cut score to ensure that examinees who take the original form of the test, and those taking the revised form, are scored on an equivalent basis. This paper discusses available standard setting procedures as applied to establishing minimum passing scores for licensing…

Rolling Terrace is a low-income, high-minority primary education school (grades headstart through 4) with higher than average test scores, a good atmosphere, and high teacher enthusiasm and dedication. Open-ended questions, observations, and a survey were used to gather information from all but 4 of the 51 faculty and staff members to determine…

The supervisory tasks that a novice principal emphasizes upon school entry make a major difference in developing the principal's professional identity as one who leads the improvement of instruction. Over the course of 2 years (1987-89), 12 first-time high school principals (7 male and 5 female, 10 white and 2 black) were studied. To ensure…

The role of the consultant in the superintendent selection process is to assist the board of education in three major areas: in defining the qualifications and characteristics desired in the superintendent, in obtaining a large pool of qualified candidates meeting the defined criteria, and in following procedures that will permit making the best…

As part of a project to develop an inservice teacher education program, teacher competencies critical to working with handicapped children were identified. Five competencies were selected which include flexibility in carrying out instructional program, sensitivity to and acceptance of individual differences in children, and individualizing…

Two purposes guided this study: to examine high school administrators' uses, if any, of the Pennsylvania communication credential in teacher employment and to examine the attitudes and employment experiences of communication-credentialed teachers in order to discover what differences their new credential made in their teaching assignments. During…

The paper traces the apparently conflicting trends toward elimination of special classes for handicapped students (mainstreaming) and the movement toward special programs for gifted and talented students. Issues related to identification and labeling are examined, and the importance of flexible definitions for both retardation and giftedness is…

The Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, Projects, and Materials for developing an evaluation design were applied to Preservice Innovations in Mainstream Education (PRIME). PRIME, a Dean's Grant Project, is a 3-year federal and state program to modify preservice teacher preparation programs to enable regular education graduates to…

An assessment center can be used to identify school personnel with administrative potential and to discover what training programs are needed. Run by a group of cooperating school districts, the assessment center consists of three sessions and is held in a place convenient to all participants. Potential administrators are nominated by their…

One way in which the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) of Michigan can have a positive impact on linking the educational system and the employment world is by providing leadership that recognizes and promotes the preparation of youth with job transferable skills. To that aim, this paper attempts to describe measurable employability…

Four issues which deserve attention by moral education program evaluators when assessing program effectiveness are discussed. The first issue involves how the program might help school people cope with a problem that they believe they have. If school people are interested in problem-related outcomes, they should be willing to facilitate the…

Estimation techniques of physical capacities have been used by the United States Employment Service for a period of 40 years. In one technique, benchmarks are used to define 27 different capacities and 27 working conditions, which are ultimately consolidated into six groups of the former and seven groups of the latter. The benchmarks are actual…

In order to determine what characteristics are most important in prompting Mississippi's major educational consumers to hire teachers, an opinionnaire was developed and sent to a stratified random sample of elementary, junior high, and senior high principals, and to superintendents. The questionnaire consisted of 11 factors to be ranked according…

Issues to be considered in selecting organizations as sites for postdoctoral general dentistry programs are examined, including the advantages and disadvantages of dental schools and hospitals and the necessary faculty qualifications. (MSE)

Research into school reform has established that effective leadership is essential for developing high-performing schools. But across the country public school districts are reporting a decrease in applications for administration positions. Using data from Connecticut, this paper examines administrators' and teachers' perceptions of administrative…