Examines correlational studies which consistently show significant, positive relationships between congruence and academic performance and persistence, job satisfaction, stability of choice, perceived congruence, and personality, but nonsignificant relationships between congruence and self-concept or sociability. More complex research designs…

The value of intelligence testing was extended beyond its intent, and psychologists were not answerable to any measure of accountability. Recently, the value of testing has been challenged in the courts and is now restricted by legislative mandate. Continued resistance by psychologists may lead to the demise of standardized intelligence tests.…

The history of the relation between achievement tests and curriculum programs is reviewed, and it is concluded that content specialists are best qualified as sources of curricular goals to specify content, kinds of attainment, and standards. The specification of instructional intents is also considered from the perspective of modern cognition…

The definition of developmental disabilities clarifies the functional intent of the Developmental Disabilities Act (P.L. 95-602), but it raises many questions. Issues discussed include the advantages of labeling, individualizing, and the prescriptive potential of the definition. Problems include complexities in implementation, inconsistencies in…

Discusses the 9 analyses of the career counseling profession's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that appear in this September 2003 special issue of "The Career Development Quarterly." Identifies points of convergence, proposes a mission statement, and summarizes what career counselors seem intent on doing in the coming years.…

Examines differences between clients who did or did not notify mental health providers of intent to discontinue treatment. Findings suggest that the adoption of mutual goals and empathetic counselor attitudes toward client treatment expectations might increase staff awareness of satisfied dropouts who have made therapeutic gains. (Contains 26…

Study elaborates on Tinto's (1975) theory of student departure by focusing on the concept of social integration. Examining freshmen at a Research I institution using three quantitative instruments, study finds that how students deal with stress impacts their level of social integration, institutional commitment, and intent to reenroll. (Contains…

Discusses the intent, goals, successes and failures of England's Immigration and Asylum Act and its provisions for the support of children and families. Urges accelerating decision making process for asylum claims, and argues against placing refugees into a financially disadvantaged situation upon arrival, and against negative government policies…

Provides a review of the literature on graduate and continuing education for community college leaders, including the preceding articles in this volume. Argues that uncertainties related to these graduate programs rest on two interrelated issues: program intent and professor-practitioner relations. Suggests steps to reduce the gulf between…

This article discusses using performance based assessment in the social studies classroom. The intent is to show how performance assessment in a social studies classroom can be the basis for providing integrated social science instruction using state standards to address student academic diversity. Elements of classroom performance assessments are…

Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active![R] is an after-school curriculum that seeks to empower young people aged 11 to 13 years to make healthful choices about nutrition and physical activity by helping them understand how media can influence their lives. This is a unique intervention for young people in that it addresses four key areas of…

Examines the interactional sociolinguists' treatment of context and its contribution to understanding how sociocultural information enters into the interpretation of intent and evaluation of motives and abilities. Negative perceptions of Zulus by White "gatekeepers" are explained in terms of interactional asynchrony stemming from…

Focuses attention on the intent of this special issue to highlight a small number of key issues, directions, and questions on the changing contexts in which scholarship on Africanized English and school education is occurring, including reference to past Black English, dialect studies, the changing demographics of the students, and the complexity…

Examines the attitude among 161 Black teenagers toward athletic shoe television advertisements featuring Black athletes, the perceived influence of such ads on the perception of the product and on the purchase intent, and any parent-child purchasing conflict. Findings show the ads had influence in the purchase decision and that parent-child…

Argues that study, research, and discussion is needed to determine more specifically how large-scale writing assessment has influenced curriculum and instruction in two-year colleges. Discusses the image of the two-year college, the intent of statewide assessment, faculty attitudes, and the lack of evidence of the impact of assessment upon…