Examines the benefits of frequent testing, some recent variations of frequent testing, and attempts to extract whatever generalizations appear to emerge from the evidence provided by the review of the studies. (Author/RK)

Discusses the use of and pitfalls in interpreting profiles. Comments in the form of nine warnings were presented to assist the school teacher in using profiles appropriately. Also considers the profile configuration itself and evaluates the quantitative procedures that for certain purposes are superior to profile analysis. (Author/RK)

Discusses three different settings which illustrate the need for a cost-benefit type of evaluation and then gives examples of objective-based evaluation, goal-free evaluation, and cost-benefit evaluation. (RK)

Although competency-based graduation programs possess an intuitive appeal because of their clearly specified outcomes, external evaluation provision, and quality control mechanisms, they do pose a number of student evaluation problems which have rarely been encountered in American education. This discussion is concerned with such problems. (Author)

Discusses the relevance of applied performance testing to classroom testing and outlines strategies that teachers may take in incorporating this testing method into their classroom activities. (Author/RK)

The emphasis of this article is on students and the evolving character of their affiliation with schooling. It compares school conditions of the 1890s with those of 1970s, and presents a brief and selective review of professional literature on school discipline published during this 80-year span. (Author/RK)

This article reviews and clarifies the problems of antisocial student behavior in schools, ranging from talking out of turn to violent attacks upon fellow students or teachers. It focuses on the high school and junior high school, and attempts to identify causes while examining programs and procedures for remediating or preventing such behavior.…

Absence from school can be viewed from many perspectives. Social scientists' explanations depend upon their discipline and training, and this research explores the variety of explanations for high school absenteeism which social scientists might offer. It also describes some changes in educators' approaches to the problem. (Author/RK)

Describes some of the benefits of systematic behavior modification at the elementary level. Elementary school discipline is examined, not as a set of responses to deviancy and delinquency, but as an integral part of generic concepts of classroom management and instruction. (Author)

Reviews the use of behavior modification to control behavior problems in secondary schools. The literature reviewed demonstrates the effectiveness of behavior modification with both average and very difficult students. Describes behavioral techniques, such as group contingencies, home-based reinforcement systems, and contingency contracting, as…

Attempts to present reasons for using negotiation to resolve school conflicts, using a model based on the understanding of conflict and the cognitive and affective response to conflict. Describes the research upon which the model is based, how school personnel may be trained to use negotiation, and discusses briefly the relationship of negotiation…

Attempts to determine whether behavior problems were as great a concern in schools-within-a-school as they were perceived to be in regular high schools. Uses student and teacher ratings as criteria for evaluating behavior problems. (Author/RK)

This article suggests ways in which educators faced with student behavior problems can learn from and collaborate with pediatricians. (Editor)

Describes the traditional view of the relationship between student and school, documents the cultural tensions and shifts evident in several key Supreme Court decisions, and assesses the effect of these decisions on the present legal status of the student and the authority of the school regarding student behavior. (Author/RK)

This article discusses 11 hypotheses that may explain why respect for the school as a rule-governed organization has slipped to such a low status. It suggests that improvement in student behavior may require basic changes in the ways schools are organized and managed. (Author/RK)