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An assessment is made of the effectiveness of a survey feedback intervention in engendering a capacity for change within a sample of 10 Canadian teacher training institutions (TTIs). This article establishes a conceptual framework for the intervention, presents data on the process of program change, and considers the positive and negative effects resulting from the intervention. Unanticipated outcomes are described, and suggestions are made concerning future research. The results suggest that a survey feedback intervention can be moderately effective in engendering a capacity for change in TTIs, but success can only be anticipated if the model of intervention is diligently imple mented (especially thefollow through phase), is used selectively, and is sustained over time.

Online education has flexibility and cost advantages over in-class teaching and these advantages will grow with improvements in information technology. We consider likely market structures given that the quality aspects of online education exhibit endogenous fixed costs. Concentration in the market for courses could be high, as it is currently in the market for textbooks. The not-for-profit sector will exhibit lower costs, lower concentration, and possibly zero price.

Soon after 9/11, the advent of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in FATA remained focus of discussion among different scholars and stakeholders at different forums. CSOs are considered the messengers of peace and education. These organizations are getting funds from various sources, UN at their top, and invest in the targeted area(s) for the purpose of enhancing the education of a locality. The debate bifurcates CSOs between real objectives persuading and fabricated objectives persuading. Not only those CSOs who are purely working for education but all CSOs are part of this struggle directly or indirectly. This research is focusing on the programs of the CSOs running in FATA and their direct or indirect impact on the education system of the region. The Methodology used for this research is qualitative, comprising direct in-depth interviews and FGDs with students, local population and other stakeholders.

The article considers the development dynamics of the assessment system in Kazakhstan's educational institutions. The analysis of educational results in school-university system is presented: Aktobe Regional State University named after K. Zhubanov and specialized Aktobe secondary school No 25. The most acceptable assessment form in higher education system is credit one, interpreted by Kazakhstan scientists taking into account the national education policy based on the scientific principles of synergy. The score-rating assessment technology was designed for the secondary school within the framework of the regional pilot study. The experiment results show the changes in the field of cognitive student's personality and his personal transformation.