Abstract

THE PURPOSE of rating scales, score cards, and checklists in educational research is to provide criteria useful in describing and evaluating some phase or element in the total learning situation. The following sections discuss a number of areas in which these instruments have been applied, including the appraisal of educational institutions and programs, descriptions of instructional practices, technics for evaluating curriculums and courses of study, methods of rating the staff and pupils, procedures for appraising materials of instruction, and methods of rating schoolbuildings. The materials reviewed are drawn largely from studies published within the last five years. References to summaries of earlier research are included when available.

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