Fifty-nine (23 Black and 36 White) prelingually deaf children (8-13 years old) were tested in order to compare the relative effectiveness of two measures used to predict school achievement of Black and White deaf students. (Author)

The author discusses the development of goals and performance standards for teacher evaluation of curriculum design, skill proficiency, knowledge levels, student interest, and teacher self-performance. (MJB)

This article views learning and attitude formation within the context of joint production. Tables show summary statistics and estimated marginal products and rates for each output. These estimates reveal trade-offs within the learning process that differ for men and women. (PB)

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires school districts in every state to publish and disseminate annual report cards with information on district performance. Schools are required to report similar information. These report cards must include not only information on overall student achievement, but also on the performance of…

Describes a system of grading and grade reporting adopted at the Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, Massachusetts, for classes in science and mathematics. Attempts to make grades more truly indicators of a level of performance by pointing out an individual's strengths and weaknesses in a given subject area. (JR)

Discusses a study of differences in seven instructors' grading of four college business writing assignments. (DD)

Results of a survey of 486 admissions officers at undergraduate institutions and graduate, law, and medical schools for their opinions on various traditional and nontraditional grading systems. (Editor)

Discusses on the basis of Ph.D. qualifying examination results, advantages of a discrete scoring system under which continuously graded answers are classified as either correct'' or incorrect'' with the cutoff placed at a bias level.'' Indicates that the discrete method is characterized by increased selectivity about the marginal students. (CC)

The President of the College Entrance Examination Board tells how its new commissions are searching for alternative, noninstitutional routes to learning. (Editor)

In evaluating the graded versus the nongraded school, studies show that the academic development of children hardly suffers from attending a nongraded school and there is some evidence...sketchy and tentative, to indicate it may be somewhat enhanced. (Author/RY)

Focusing on the interaction influences of scorer achievement expectations and writer handwriting quality on the scoring of essays, results found handwriting quality and scorer expectations both influence essay scores. However, there was no evidence of interaction between handwriting quality and scorer achievement expectations. (Author/PN)

Compares the effects of using three approaches to teach network analysis in a beginning college level electronics course upon cognitive achievement, knowledge retention, and attitude. Results show the electronics technology instructor may not need to teach both the mesh current approach and the superposition approach to network analysis. (CT)

The reliability of grades on tutor-marked assignments was studied as background for debate on changing examination and assessment policy at the Open University. Results indicate that essay questions present the greatest reliability problems. (JMF)

The perceived relationship between marriage and achievement among 167 women graduates (ages 45-65) of the University of Michigan was analyzed. Women believed they had high potential for achievement because of perceived spousal commitment to shared family goals and domestic chores, whereas women with less or no support reported achievement was…