Suggests that the development of models and of claims about their generalizability in the absence of information about how evaluation occurs does little to advance the field of curriculum evaluation. Includes a description of the evaluation activities in the Israeli Curriculum Center. A bibliography is included. (Editor)

Purpose of the study is to explore to what extend standard achievement tests introduce bias in the assessment of schools due to differences in their curricula. (Author)

The present paper called attention to the difference between discrimination among individuals and discrimination among groups and suggested that the intraclass correlation coefficient should be used in the process of item selection whenever one is interested in discrimination among groups. (Author)

Revision of building codes are discussed, as they relate to educational facilities. (RG)

Increasing multi-purpose utilization of school buses is forcing costs upward, and some school officials are considering contracting with outside agencies for their transportation needs. Two school business managers air contrasting opinions on ownership vs. leasing of school buses. (DE)

Serial Evaluation Activities (SEAs) are series' of focused evaluational studies, each dealing with a well-defined "component unit" within a complex project. Strategies for enhancing timeliness in SEAs include a comprehensive conceptual framework, a permanent institutional setting, a prearranged sample plan, utilization of item banks, and…

Results indicated that the average reading comprehension score of children whose parents immigrated from developing countries is above the range of the national averages of the developing countries. The level achieved by both groups is within the range of achievement attained in developed countries internationally. (Author/RL)

Evaluators may attempt to form particular relationships with their clients in order to increase the probability that the evaluation findings will be used for decision making. The evaluator's interest in this relationship should not overshadow the importance of ensuring the validity of reported results. (Author/GDC)

Three eras in the history of examining outcomes of education are described, and a new approach labeled as "assessment" is characterized as a postmodern era of achievement testing. This era is marked by increasing the teacher's authority to evaluate achievement and questioning the relevance of certain psychometric principles of evaluation. (SLD)

Although evaluation practice in Israel is strongly influenced by American thinking, it is also a unique local response to societal, political, academic, cultural, and interpersonal pressures. In this interview Arieh Lewy discusses educational evaluation in Israel and the cultural context in which it operates. (Author/BS)

This book is designed to meet the needs of experts working on curriculum planning and evaluation throughout the world, with special attention to the needs of developing countries. It presents both a model for curriculum evaluation and practical guidelines for evaluating new instructional materials. Part 1 contains a single chapter that briefly…

A study was designed to measure the effect of an individually prescribed instruction (IPI) program on the cognitive achievement of fourth and fifth graders. The 141 IPI students studied had been exposed for two years to the program which involved 600 students in two schools; they were compared with 198 non-IPI students from control schools matched…