This Career Merit Achievement Plan (MAP) includes the performance and knowledge competencies required for entry-level employment as a licensed practical nurse. Business and industry representatives have recommended that students in this field master these competencies in order to become employable. An overview provides information on use of the…

Intended for use by library managers, this self-study guide provides an introduction to performance appraisal as an effective tool in human resource management, and a review of the extensive management literature on performance appraisal. Topics discussed include: (1) the functions of performance appraisal, which include the provision of…

The nature of cultural differences in field dependence, the nature of the cultural achievement gaps in reading and math, and the extent to which dependence explains the cultural achievement gaps is investigated in an attempt to examine these differences between Anglo American and Mexican American children. (Author/DEP)

A select annotated bibliography on theory and practical measures of student achievement from seven eastern European countries is provided. Countries included in the references are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. (DE)

Policies and procedures for student achievement within a provincial system are described and compared to a theoretical model of systemwide policy devolution. Student evaluation activity is examined at the following levels: province, district, school, department, and classroom. Methodology involves analysis of documents from four elementary and…

Recent research by Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore on the effectiveness of public and private schools may be seriously flawed because of its neglect of input-level differences in student performance and its reliance on cross-sectional testing data as the criterion measure. The sample used by Coleman and his colleagues from the High School and Beyond…

This is the report of the third phase of a multi-phase project designed to develop an inventory of documented accomplishments for graduate student selection. The material developed in earlier stages was pilot-tested in Phase Three in 26 departments that represented the fields of English, biology, and psychology. The major purpose of this study was…

In a study of the usefulness of the Rasch model for examining tests for possible bias, 102 native Spanish-speaking and 104 native English-speaking preschool four-year-olds in a remedial education program were administered Spanish and English versions of the Cooperative Preschool Inventory, a standardized measure of school readiness, The Rasch…

This study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of principals' judgments of the effectiveness of the teachers they supervise. Each of 46 principals was asked to fill out a brief form judging the overall effectiveness of each of the teachers in his or her school. The form asked how effective the teacher was in performing three roles: (1) promoting…

This study evaluates a subjective performance-evaluation regime in place in the English public school system since the early 1990s. Under this regime, independent inspectors visit schools, assess schools' performance, and disclose their findings on the Internet. Inspectors combine hard metrics, such as test scores, with softer ones, such as…

Describes an evaluation system used in a junior high school science course in which students evaluated their own achievement on a daily basis. (JR)

This paper examines two variables associated with school learning: time spent in learning and opportunity to learn. The paper was prepared from the data gathered from investigations undertaken at the Australian Council for Educational Research as part of the international studies of achievement in mathematics and science. The Mathematics Project…

Data were collected from a number of sources evaluating the performance of elementary and secondary school students in New York State. Comparison of New York students against the other 49 states, and of various regions within New York state, led to the following conclusions. New York state produced a larger number of high-scoring students on…

THE ACADEMIC, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SOCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF A SAMPLE OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES (STUDIED PREVIOUSLY WHILE IN SCHOOL) WERE EXAMINED TO ISOLATE THE FACTORS OF ADOLESCENCE WHICH ARE RELATED TO LATER ACHIEVEMENT OR FAILURE IN COLLEGE OR AN OCCUPATION. THE PROJECT WAS A FOLLOWUP STUDY AND WAS CONCERNED WITH AN ANALYSIS OF DATA GATHERED AT TWO…

A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 55 EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED STUDENTS WAS SELECTED FROM THOSE IDENTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF INTELLIGENCE TEST SCORES, ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES, SCHOLASTIC GRADES, AND TEACHER'S APPRAISAL. THIS SAMPLE WAS STUDIED TO -- (1) DETERMINE THE NATURE OF A SERIES OF SELECTED PREDICTOR VARIABLES AS THEY RELATE TO THE SUCCESS OF MENTALLY…