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Phelps, Schmitz, and Wade evaluated the adequacy and effec tiveness of a performance-based student teacher evaluation format and process. The form used to assess student perfor mance included behavioral descriptors for each skill observed and a specific statement of performance expectations. Results indicated the presence of both a significant leniency error and a significant halo effect in the summative assessments made by cooperating teachers of student teacher performance.

A sample of 863 U.S. college students enrolled at a large Midwestern university were poUed in an effort to ascertain what media sources a representative sample of college students might utilize most extensively; to gauge their actual knowledge of current events; and, finally, to compare responses obtained with reported types of media exposure.Response patterns on the current events test were analyzed in terms of the interrelationships among gender; frequency of use of television and newspapers; self-ascriptions of awareness of current events; ascriptions of the importance of a well-informed citizenry; and grade point average. Chisquare deviations and stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed significant differences in type of media exposure and gender on test performance.