The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…

The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…

Comparative statistics on course attrition in the Maricopa County Community College District are presented for Fall 1971 through Fall 1980. After plotting high point enrollment (final number of students enrolled in a course plus withdrawals and audits), end of semester enrollment (the final number of students enrolled in a course), and percentage…

As part of Project BICAR (Binford Individualized Curriculum and Analysis Research), the study determined the effects of sequentially based objectives and criterion referenced tests on academic performance of 42 second, fourth, and sixth graders (eight of whom tested 1 to 4 years below grade level). A review of the literature supported the premise…

This final report provides an evaluative description of a child care provider training program. After a brief introduction, Section II discusses general service delivery in seven Texas counties. Tables represent number of trainees by county, trainees by facility type, modes of service delivery, and services provided to the counties. Section III…

This statistical report on collegiate sports and recreational programs in the United States provides information on the period from 1957 to 1977. Student participation in intercollegiate and intramural sports, physical education activities, recreational activities and women's intercollegiate athletics are described. Information is also provided on…

In a replication of a 1977 study, questionnaires and directed telephone interviews were used to gather information about programs preparing vocational and special education personnel to work with special needs students. Comparison of 142 returned questionnaires with 1977 results revealed that the relative order of coursework concentrations had…

Operation MEDIHC's (Military Experience Directed into Health Careers) final report is presented which firmly establishes the need for its purpose, which is providing a meaningful career continuation for medical personnel who were trained while serving in the military service. It is reported that the New Jersey MEDIHC Program experienced a…

In 1979, Rhode Island legislators mandated an assessment of the number of non English speaking children in the State. The resulting study was comprised of two main phases. The first, a census of non English speaking students, included (1) a teacher survey, in which every teacher listed his/her students and indicated an observed primary language…

Intended to be used for comparative purposes and in the design of generalized computer programs for systems using the MARC formats for bibliographic records, this publication contains a listing in tabular form of the content designators used in the various MARC formats. Content designators are listed under Leader, Control Fields, and Variable…

Findings from the Criminal Justice Directory Survey of Probation and Parole Agencies conducted by the Bureau of the Census in late 1976 for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice are presented. The survey was the first effort to collect information nationwide on the organization and activities of all state…

The eighth annual study of occupational opportunities in Nebraska is based on a 5 percent random sample of employers in each of the six Technical Community College Areas in the State. A computerized straight line projection technique was used to project total employment, need over the next 12 months, reason for need, and need over the next two…

This is the third in a series of surveys concerning the undergraduate teacher education program at East Carolina University. Only secondary education majors in their last week of student teaching during the fall quarter 1975 were surveyed. This survey covered the professional courses taught by the School of Education, Psychology Department, and…

This issue of the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) presents articles related to such topics as standardized tests, population education projects, and male dominance in educational success in mathematics and science. Five articles presented relate to higher education and its role in improving instruction…

Population growth trends and family planning activities in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania are summarized in this booklet developed by the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Narrative information for each continent gives a resume of population growth trends, reasons for the trends, population problems, policy formation, family…