The guide provides standards for self study and evaluation by social work and recreation and leisure programs for blind and visually handicapped persons. Standards are classified according to four components for social work and for recreation and leisure programs: planning and organization, personnel, program services, and program evaluation. It…

These three booklets include the writing assessment tests of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program for grades 5, 8, and 11. The first exercise in each booklet is the writing of a story using a photograph as the stimulus. The second exercise is the revision of a story written previously. The eleventh grade test also includes a third exercise:…

The current state of the art concerning the provision of continuing social education and recent expansion and pressures for continued growth through the 1980s are considered. Specific topics include: the continuing education directors and staff; the continuing education program (CEP) as an organization; the CEP's programming, funding sources, and…

This evaluation guide is designed to assist local community college instructors, administrators, and other persons in the evaluation of their agricultural occupations program. The first of three sections provides an introduction and discusses (1) how standards benefit students, colleges, and the community; (2) how to prepare for a review of the…

Questionnaires for evaluating what people expect from environmental camps and what they learned while there have been developed and applied at the Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania. Nine questionnaires for various ages and types of users are presented. The results can be used by camp administrators and educators…

School districts in Michigan wishing to implement community school programs have access to state grant moneys. Analysis of questionnaires sent to Michigan's school superintendents in 1977 revealed that those whose districts participated in the grant program supported more fully and their districts followed more closely the definition of the…

This report presents a comprehensive evaluation of the Reading Enrichment/Achievement Demonstration (READ) Project after its third year of operation in the Washington, D. C., public schools. Separate chapters (1) explain the highly structured Weiss Phonic-Linguistic Method on which the project is based; (2) describe the program objectives and…

The paper describes a school store program designed to improve general work habits such as job attitude, job performance, and punctuality in students (15 to 18 years old) with severe behavior problems. It is explained that the curriculum is devised so that each week students apply for a self selected job by filling out application forms, are…

This report provides an overview of the impact that nine ESEA IV-C funded projects in West Virginia have had in relation to monies expended, individuals served, and continued support provided for them. These projects focused on skill development in grades K-12 and addressed three levels: basic, life, and enrichment skills. The instrument used in…

This Local Education Agency (LEA) Self Analysis Instrument for ESEA Title I is one of the products developed and validated by the SEA (State Educational Agencies) Management of Compensatory Education, a multistate project funded through ESEA Title V-505. An additional product of the project was a LEA Process Model said to support the…

Data collection instruments used in the first phase of a two phase longitudinal impact study of the Sixth Cycle Teacher Corps program are contained in this volume. The object of Phase 1 was to determine the relationship of intern background and Teacher Corps Program characteristics to intern exit characteristics. After a brief introduction, short…

Students' perceptions of their field placements rarely are taken into account in the literature on field practicum and supervision. This survey of master's program students at a southern university examines factors associated with student satisfaction with field agency, field instructor, and field learning. (Author/MH)

A Consultation Feedback Questionnaire was designed to examine subjective perceptions of consultees as related to assumptions regarding school-based consultation. Subjects were 191 teachers who had utilized psychological consultation services in diverse school settings. Results showed consultee's perceptions of consultation outcomes to be highly…

This year marks the seventh edition of the "Summary of State Student Assessment Programs" (SSAP) and the third year that the Council of Chief State School Officers has conducted the survey on which the summary is based on its own. The survey summarizes what is happening in statewide assessment programs and provides information on trends…

A study was conducted to determine whether the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is fulfilling dual public health and primary care missions of its Child Health Clinics, which provide services to 78,000 New York City children every year. Among the services provided by Child Health Clinics are health examinations for school and…