Stories of the Eight-Year Study -- Contents -- Foreword: A Tale of Lost Horizons -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Vignette: Wilford Merton Aikin (1882-1965):Hope, Success, and Realistic Expectations -- 1. The Educational Context of the Eight-Year Study -- Vignette: V. T. Thayer (1886-1979):A Middle Position of Integritywithout Compromise -- 2. Tests and Records: The Veneer of College Admissions -- Vignette: Eugene Randolph Smith (1876-1968):Recognizing "the futility of statisticsas an end in itself" -- 3. An Essential Faith:From Tests and Measurementto Appraisal and Evaluation -- Vignette: Understanding Ralph Tyler (1902-1994) -- 4. Guidance, Human Relations, and the Study of Adolescents -- Vignette: Alice V. Keliher (1903-1995):Fate, Frank, and Film -- 5. The Conception of Needs:A Dilemma of Progressive Education -- Vignette: .Caroline Zachry (1894-1945):None Quite Like Our Dr. Zachry -- 6. The Core Curriculum:Rethinking Curriculum and Instruction -- Vignette: Harold Alberty (1890-1971)and the Quest for Core -- 7. The Importance of Social Philosophy:Democracy as a Way of Life -- Vignette: Boyd H. Bode (1873-1953):Philosophy Brought Down to Earth -- 8. Staff Development:Teacher Workshops as Personaland Professional Growth -- Vignette: Margaret Willis (1899-1987):And Gladly Would She Learn -- 9. Reexamining Secondary Educationin America -- Appendix A. The Thirty Schools of the Commission on the Relation of School and College -- Appendix B. Testing Bureaus and Projects Related to the Aikin Commission -- Appendix C. Excerpt from a ComprehensiveStudent Record -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.