A pilot study investigated what long-term significance programming at the Lewiston (Maine) Alternative Vocational Center (LAVC) has had on the occupational and employment status of special needs graduates. The sample (n=21) was the 1989 class of graduating seniors, who were interviewed and surveyed with a mail questionnaire. The participation rate…

The purpose of this study was to produce a written long-range plan for providing cost-effective and workable continuing education (CE) for the library community in the state of Washington. The report summarizes the information gathered from surveys of 26 library associations and agencies that were known providers of CE in Washington and in-depth…

A fourth grade teacher in an accredited parochial school implemented and evaluated a 10-week practicum intervention designed to improve nine elementary school teachers' understanding of terminology related to thinking skills and to increase their integration of thinking skills processes into the curriculum. Thinking skills addressed were…

Designed to improve underachieving high school students' reading and communication skills, the Secondary Developmental Reading program served 909 ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders in 13 Ohio schools. Funding was made available through the Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund (DPPF). Nine teachers from eight high schools participated in the…

This bulletin provides a general description of Alberta's Grade 6 Science Achievement Test which was taken in June 1986. Discussed in this document are: (1) the purpose of the testing program; (2) the nature of the program; (3) students tested (addressing concerns related to exceptions and instruction); (4) administrative regulations; (5)…

Three documents are presented which describe the Australian Open Learning Information Network (AOLIN)--a national, independent, and self-supporting network of educational researchers with a common interest in the use of information technology for open and distance education--and discuss two evaluative studies undertaken by the organization. The…

This paper summarizes an evaluation of the Interdisciplinary Seminars Program of the Honors Colleges at the State University of New York at Oswego. The Program, which was sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, involved teams of faculty and advanced students from the Honors College in the development of five…

The impact of a departmental honors program in psychology was evaluated at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Attention was focused on the impact of the introductory honors course on students' academic performance and adjustment. Students were selected for the honors program based on predicted grade point average, which was based on four…

A study was conducted to ascertain the status of remedial education in the United States as perceived by state directors of community colleges. The study sought information on how the states defined remedial education; the states' mission in regard to remedial education; the courses funded as remedial; the governmental agencies with authority in…

An Attendant Care Pilot Project, administered by the Home Care Service of New South Wales, Australia, and providing attendant care for 24 permanently severely physically disabled adults for 2 years, was evaluated. The patients were medically stable and intellectually capable of managing their own affairs; all had impairments which required…

During April and May 1980, the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service conducted a survey involving a nationally representative sample of examinees to gather detailed information on the background and preparation of persons currently taking the tests. This report is based on the responses of about 13,000 GED candidates at nearly 250…

The General Educational Development (GED) testing program is frequently used to earn a high school diploma, since about 14 percent of diplomas issued in this country during 1981 were based on the GED tests. A study was conducted to assess the impact that passing the GED tests has on adults' employment and participation in educational activities.…

This Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) report provides information on the nature of oral tradition/history; the role of recorded oral history as documentation in the absence of written records, or as a supplement where written records exist; problems in recording and administering such materials; and basic considerations involved in…

This study was undertaken to develop a comprehensive data base regarding the use of informal social support networks as avenues of help-seeking among Blacks for the solving of mental health related problems. The study population consisted of 451 noninstitutionalized Black adults from Richmond, Virginia, nearly two-thirds of whom were women. The…

This report describes an evaluation of the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools Media Services Program which was conducted to determine the extent to which the district has provided and maintained an adequate media program and the extent to which the goals of the program have been achieved. The major components of the program--the film library,…