Evidence supporting a widely reported decline in the quality of California public high schools is equivocal at best. Primary sources of this charge--administrators, especially admission officers, at high prestige universities--are themselves the primary sources of the real problems high schools are having. (Author/CJ)

Discusses the effects of a grammar test on student admission to the department of communication at the University of Central Florida. (HOD)

Discusses the actual uses to which achievement test scores are put in the college admissions process (according to survey findings) and factors that should be considered when treating test scores as admission criteria. (PGD)

Considers forecasts of A-Level results made by teachers for candidates for a Management Sciences university course. The forecasting mechanism is found to be accurate but some conclusions which are important for university selection can be made. (Author)

Chairpersons rated GRE test scores lowest of all the criteria for both admission and granting assistantships. Lack of specificity for the speech communication discipline and resulting lower validity were strongest criticisms. Available from Editor, ACA, Speech Communication Association, 5105 Backlick Road, Suite E, Annandale, VA 22003; sc $6.00.…

Traces the evolution of current definitions of the gifted and talented. Examines a model of assessment, and presents steps in the selection of students for a gifted and talented program. (CT)

The design of a nurse practitioner program evaluation should (1) account for program complexity; (2) allow for judgmental and objective data; (3) provide formative data for decision making; (4) be tailored to the individual program; and (5) be relevant and meaningful to the audience. (SK)

Discusses a "nonjoint" apprenticeship program at a Pennsylvania community college in which the apprenticeship relationship exists between the employer and the individual apprentice, with no union involvement. Examines admission requirements, educational components, and certification. (CT)

Examines extent to which a general population accepts use of old age as a criterion for receiving tax-supported services and benefits. Identifies characteristics of individuals most likely to support age as a criterion and to support programs for which attainment of a specific age is the sole egibility criterion. (Author)

The original identifiers of mental retardation for a group of 498 consecutive admissions (ages 0 to adult) to a state operated outpatient clinic were determined. More clients identified by a private physician were found on reevaluation to be at less severe levels of retardation than were the clients seen by public health related agencies. (Author)

Issues in admission to professional education are reviewed, including the validity of prediction of performance, development of appropriate admission criteria, and legal issues in fair selection. The literature of educational and personnel selection is reviewed. (MSE)

This second part of a three-part essay on information science education explores the external educational concerns of academic affiliation, degree level, admissions requirements, jurisdiction and financing. The present state of these topics is discussed and cogent questions are raised for future study. (RAA)

Considered the process employed in selecting applicants for doctoral training in counseling through systematically investigating the admissions criteria used by the faculty of one counseling department. Of the number of categories available, approximately 45 percent were regarded as unimportant in making an assessment. (Author)

A short survey of the admissions procedures in the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States is made, gives a few points of reference for comparing both systems of education, and poses the question of the possibility of transporting elements of the American admission procedure to the German university system. (Author/RK)

Higher education's presence in school reform is limited because many university people equate reform with lowered standards and instrumental knowledge, view portfolios as complicating the admissions process, and have low expectations for the secondary school system. Oregon's Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (PASS) is a state-mandated…