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Carpenter-Huffman, P.; And Others – 1974
This book examines the process of change in American public education, focusing in particular on various experiments in performance contracting that were conducted between 1969 and 1973. Chapter 1 briefly reviews the process of change in education and describes the performance contracting concept and the ways its advocates expected it to overcome…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diffusion, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and Commission for Manpower Policy reported here reflect the Commission's concern that, classrooms, this booklet discusses the role of medical, social, educational, and unemployment are expected to continue for some time. This booklet's content is presented in four sections. The…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Experimental Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Gramlich, Edward M.; Koshel, Patricia P. – 1975
This book examines in detail the experiment in educational performance contracting conducted by the United States Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) during the 1970-71 school year. Major objectives of the OEO project were to find out whether a private educational firm could teach educationally disadvantaged children to read and write better than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged
