The project staff developed and evaluated nine instruction guides and tests, evaluated an innovative approach, conducted inservice staff education, constructed and refined pre and post-tests for all grades in five unified school districts. (Author)

Describes a California high school program called Students Exploring, Analyzing, Researching, Caring, and Hoping (SEARCH) that uses teacher-counselors and an individual curriculum. (JM)

Describes a study to determine a nongraded, continuous-progress program's effects on five- and six-year-old students' attitudes toward school, readiness scores, and mastery of subject matter. Results found no statistically significant difference in readiness scores between kindergarten students in traditional classes and those in nongraded…

Reports on a variety of assessment and professional in-service programs being implemented at six K-12 schools in the states of Oklahoma, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Arizona. Describes key program features as well as the processes of program development. (JDI)

After presenting information on the general inadequacies of the graded system in schools, this monograph discusses the possibility of advancing the individual educative process through the concept of continuous pupil progress. The following proposition is presented: If there are no grades; if a child progresses according to his own ability; if the…

The Continuous Progress Primary (CPP) was adopted in grades K-3 at Bethune Elementary School (Minneapolis) in 1970. The intermediate grades (4-6) were organized in grade levels. In the CPP, each child progresses at his own rate, the emphasis being on small-group learning. The school staff took part in a questionnaire evaluation of the CPP in May…

"The Northian", a Canadian magazine for teachers in Indian, Eskimo and northern schools, was located in the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. The article "Education: The Mixture as Before" was an examination of the educational trends across Canada in the wake of the Hall-Denis Report. The article sought to confront the…

Since 1996, 125 Ohio principals have attended the Summit (Ohio) Principal Academy. Participants agree on the urgent need for change, work on personal beliefs and missions, focus on student work tasks, learn inter- and intra-district collaboration, and empower teachers to make decisions. Leadership academies supplement this process. (MLH)

Describes a pilot program demonstrating that the grouping of elementary students by skill levels rather than by age can produce successful results. (Author/DN)

Discusses the alternative learning and teaching system, Individually Guided Education (IGE). (JF)