A major objective of the final evaluation (third year, 1969-70) of the Grand Forks, N.D., ESEA Title III project was to test the effects of aides groups not intimately connected with teaching through survey of parents' opinions and attitudes of student teachers in classes where aides served. In addition to this, the cost utility study was expanded…

This report evaluates the second year of the Title III project in which one full-time paraprofessional was provided for each six professional members of the instructional staffs in one junior high and two elementary schools. The main sections contain description of (1) the use of teacher logs and teacher aide logs to determine the direct cost to…

This paper summarizes the first year of research at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, New York, to develop an alternative process for determining characteristics of graduates and leavers from the college, and to uncover attitudes of those students about their college experience. The paper summarizes findings to date, although the author…

Physical Education Opportunities for Exceptional Learners (PEOPEL) is a second year Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III project within the Phoenix Union High School System. This program is designed to meet the need for a program at the secondary school level that addresses itself to meeting physical, social, emotional and mental…

The 1969 Virginia Needs Assessment project was conducted in two stages: (1) identification of statewide school program goals, and evidences of programmatic effort and outcomes; and (2) the development of a model that focused on the learner in the school environment, and incorporated cognitive, affective, and facilitative data in the context of the…

As part of a social studies instruction improvement program, measurement instruments were developed to measure attitudes of and evaluate courses for teachers and students in grades 3-12. The measurement instruments presented are surveys used in the social studies program. The purposes of the improvement project are to use the multimedia approach…