Critique of the Report of the Phi Delta Kappa Study Committee on Evaluation.

An evaluative symposium conducted during the 1971 Annual Meeting of the AERA offered the following critiques on "Educational Evaluation and Decision Making," a book prepared by the Phi Delta Kappa Study Committee on Evaluation: "A Critique of the Report of the Phi Delta Kappa Study Committee on Evaluation" (Henry M. Brickell); "A Critique of the Measurement and Instrumentation Aspects of 'Educational Evaluation and Decision-Making'" (John C. Flanagan); "A Critique of the Methodology of Evaluation in the PDK Volume, 'Educational Evaluation and Decision Making'" (William B. Michael); "Evaluation: Noble Profession and Pedestrian Practice" (Michael Scriven); "Determining 'Most Probable' Causes: A Call for Re-examining Evaluation Methodology" (James L. Wardrop). (MS)