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Traumatic dislocation of the hip or knee can occur after high-energy trauma and is often associated with concomitant injuries and secondary complications. Concomitant traumatic dislocation of both hip and knee is rare. We describe a case of combined ipsilateral posterior hip dislocation with a posterior acetabular fracture and a complete open knee dislocation with disruption of the popliteal artery that resulted in amputation.

This article provides numerous examples and arguments for making the revised Program Evaluation Standards a touchstone document in local education agencies. The carefully crafted standards anticipate the questions, dilemmas, and pitfalls that beset LEA research departments and the programs they are asked to evaluate. The revised Standards document is especially important at a time when school-based programs are being questioned and cries for change abound. The Standards can assist LEAs in generating and synthesizing data so that educators can make informed, thoughtful decisions. The challenge is to ensure that the Standards are widely disseminated and appropriately applied.

The Judicial Evaluation Model or the Adversary Model of Evaluation has been used in a number of educational settings. This article examines the use by a local education agency of a modified judiciary model: the Advocacy-Judiciary Model. The model was used to investigate programs specifically directed toward the academic needs of the gifted and talented student population. This article presents the development of the model as well as the results of using the model in a local school setting.