EWP 4-2 Yr 1942 Yale U Disseration on Secondary School Evaluations
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EWP 4-2 Yr 1942 Yale U Disseration on Secondary School Evaluations
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In June 1942, a dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University explored the reliability of secondary school evaluations conducted by visiting committees using the Evaluative Criteria developed by the Cooperative Study of School Standards in 1940. The study focused on twenty-five schools in twelve states where two independent committees, designated as Committee A and Committee B, evaluated school programs simultaneously. The analysis revealed that while there was significant agreement between the two committees in some areas of assessment, discrepancies of up to twenty points were found in one-sixth of cases. The study recommended that school ratings be viewed as a range rather than a specific point, questioned the application of printed norms to individual schools, and emphasized the importance of relative rather than absolute ratings for program evaluation. Additionally, proposed conditions for meeting accrediting standards for guidance programs in high schools were outlined, including requirements for counseling time, qualifications of personnel, maintenance of records, and reporting of progress.
