Author holds that no educational research has ever shown that grades are helpful to children or to learning. He also lists eight major criticisms of the traditional grading system. (GB)

Describes innovative classroom practices developed by teachers with support from the Teacher Innovation Fund Award Program (TIF), established last year in the District of Columbia. (NH)

This book explores how teachers use class meetings for a variety of purposes, from planning for a substitute teacher to planning a science unit. It also looks at how students can use class meetings to set class goals and monitor their progress in achieving them, to reflect on accumulated learning, and to solve common problems such as teasing,…

Research in classrooms must be sensitive to new dimensions of teaching tasks that emerge at the group level. There are at least two tasks that can be identified as being affected by changes in group characteristics. The first task is to set the stage--the teacher must establish the proper context or setting to support academic activities. The…

A detailed description is provided of the variable, intraorganizational structure (IOS), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the…

A 12-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING NON-DEGREE-CREDIT COURSES WAS SENT TO EACH OF THE 34 PUBLIC 2-YEAR COLLEGES IN NEW YORK. OF THE 26 RESPONDENTS, 20 OR MORE INDICATED THAT THEY (1) OFFERED REMEDIAL COURSES DESIGNED AS PREPARATION FOR ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN DEGREE CREDIT COURSES, (2) DID NOT OFFER NONCREDIT ENRICHMENT COURSES FOR SUPERIOR HIGH…

THE NONGRADED SCHOOL IS DEFINED AS A SCHOOL WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE CONTINUOUS, UNBROKEN, UPWARD PROGRESSION OF ALL PUPILS, FROM THE SLOWEST TO THE MOST ABLE. THIS TYPE OF SCHOOL WAS ORGANIZED AT THE LARGO CANYON SCHOOL (APPROXIMATELY 50 STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-8) IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM WERE--(1) TO…

When classes are the units of analyses, estimates of the reliability of class means are needed. Using classical test theory it is difficult to treat this problem adequately. Generalizability theory, however, provides a natural framework for dealing with the problem. Each of four possible formulas for the generalizability of class means is derived…

Data from a total of 6,726 evaluation forms collected over three terms supplied information concerning instructors and courses. Items on the evaluation forms were separated into five factors. The variance-covariance matrix of these factors for each class was compared with the combined variance-covariance matrix of the other classes taught by the…

A report is presented of the total number of classes, class hours, and students in adult education programs conducted by Colorado public schools during the 1967-68 fiscal year. Adult basic education, high school completion, arts and crafts, commercial and business education, homemaking and family life education, hobbies, trade and industrial…

The context of this evaluation is described in terms of locale organization, financial status & enrollment trends of the school system. Special factors such as needs assessment and historical background of the district are described as well. CPMP is explained in detail by covering its scope, objectives, personnel required and procedures used…

The purpose of the national seminar reported in this booklet was to bring together a group of theoreticians and practitioners to (1) examine the present status of the nongraded school in the United States, and (2) establish guidelines for teachers and administrators who want information demonstrating how nongrading and continuous progress works in…

This document discusses the author's solution to students' demands for smaller, more individual classes vs. administrative pressure, forced by enrollment and financial demands, for larger classes. In the 1970 fall semester at Cypress College (California) 150 students participated in an experiment in which an economics 1A class size was increased…

A SUMMER PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR EDUCATORS WHOSE INTEREST LAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NONGRADED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM. EDUCATORS FROM APPROXIMATELY 35 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE INVITED TO OBSERVE THE PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL CONSISTED OF 80 CHILDREN 6 TO 12 YEARS OLD, AND A GROUP OF 20 CHILDREN 5 YEARS OLD. THE EMPHASIS WAS…