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The following nine papers were presented to the Open Court Editorial Advisory Board Meeting, 1974. In "National Assessment of Educational Progress" J. Stanley Ahmann provides an overview of assessment aims, construction, and results. Jacques Barzun discusses the history of educational theory in "The Use of Tradition in Educational Disputes". In "Crisis in British Education," Rhodes Boyson explores declining standards of achievement as a result of neoprogressivism. Cleanth Brooks suggests the use of literature, poetry in particular, to illuminate the past in "Combined Studies Program: Literary Elements." Peter Hilton discusses five problems peculiar to higher education and applies that discussion to education in general in "Some Problems of Contemporary Education." Banesh Hoffman provides examples of the lack of objectivity in objective tests in "On The Mechanization of Evaluation." in "Reflections on the Disorder of Our Times," Sidney Hook appeals for rationality in our ideas about social order. Albert Williams Levi contributes "History and Philosophy in the International Baccalaureate." Ralph A. Smith outlines a sane educational theory and pedagogy for art instruction in "The 'New' Appreciation of Art." (JH) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

This book brings together 17 papers on Women's Studies, in particular on their future in the 1990s and on creating and maintaining Women's Studies programs at institutions of higher education. The first section, "Women's Studies Today," provides full accounts of the development of Women's Studies in Britain within all branches of further and higher education, and compares the situation in Britain with that in Europe. Further chapters in this section discuss appropriate teaching methods, assessment procedures for Women's Studies courses, and challenges to the institutional structures of education. The second group of papers, "Women's Studies and the Feminist Movement," touch on the problem of gender for Women's Studies, Women's Studies and politics, and the relationship between theory, action and personal experience. The third section, "Working With Diversity," contains papers that address questions of difference within feminism, in particular the place, or displacement, of lesbian and black women's experience. The final group of papers, "Making a Difference," investigates the impact of Women's Studies on mainstream disciplines and demonstrates how the interdisciplinary nature of Women's Studies breaks down traditional subject barriers. Notes on the contributors and an index are included. References follow papers. (JB)

The various scholars who contribute in the three broad sections in this volume orient their papers toward revealing the diverse forms and functions of race and education across cultures. They highlight the conditions in analyses of Britain, Australia, and the United States. The rationale behind the structure of the symposium provides a forum in which readers with different biases can discuss the issues or race relations by formulating new questions about social situations and human acts. In light of the variations involved in intergroup relations, one of the criteria in organizing the material is to focus on the possible relationships among differing racial, ethnic, and social groups in societies of the world today. In order to capture the diversity offered by the work of experts in this area, a framework in the form of brief opening passages at the beginning of each section is provided. A selected bibliography to these issues is appended to each introduction. The book neither pretends to deal with the science of race relations as a whole nor claims to settle the controversy which exists in the area of race and education. There are three biases: toward the academic approach of social psychology; towards empirical studies; and toward radical conceptualizations from these studies. The three major sections are as follows: intellect and achievement; attitudes, personality, and behavior; and curriculum studies. (Author/AM)