In spring 1992, a mid-term assessment of English 10 students was conducted at Golden West College, in California, in order to compare four course placement methods. English 10, "Writing Essentials," is a nontransferrable course which focuses on paragraph writing and grammar review in order to prepare students for entry into English 100.…

The Indiana State Board of Education's 1984 legislative program focuses on seven broad aspects of education. Concerning early childhood education, section 1 recommends the expansion of Project Primetime (a program reducing the size of kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade classes) and the establishment of an incentive system encouraging…

An academic characteristics profile database for freshmen at the Pennsylvania State University is briefly described. The database was constructed through the Freshman Testing, Counseling, and Advising Program (FTCAP), which is designed to assist new freshmen in evaluating their educational plans by providing them, prior to initial registration, a…

The academic achievement and attrition of high school equivalency students attending Brandon University, a small undergraduate Canadian university, were studied, as were the students' reactions to college life. The students, who received a high school equivalency certificate after completing the Tests of General Educational Development (GED), were…

This collection of essays focuses on contemporary issues for two-year college education related to instruction, students, and faculty. The following essays are included: (1) "Entrance Testing at Community Colleges," by Patricia McElroy; (2) "Academic Advising in the Community College," by Ann Houpt; (3) "New Jersey Community College General…

Education should not be thought of as being confined within traditional, formal education, but as embracing all learning processes and activities. Formal and informal systems of learning have specific roles to play within the educational process, while maintaining close cooperative linkages with each other. In other words, education is a lifelong…

The educational system of the Commonwealth Caribbean is described, and placement recommendations concerning students who want to study in the United States are presented. After a description of primary education, the secondary education systems of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, and other territories are discussed. Information is…

Three Oregon community colleges collaborated to develop a model program to meet the learning needs of educationally disadvantaged students. The model consists of several Outcome Objectives, or goals for the program. The discussion of each objective includes background information relevant to the specific goal and a description of the methods used…

THE PLUS PROGRAM OFFERS REMEDIAL READING AND ARITHMETIC, ENRICHMENT, FIELD TRIPS, AND SOCIAL WORK, GUIDANCE, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES TO 27,000 DISADVANTAGED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT. AMONG THE PROJECT'S SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE THE REDUCTION OF CLASS SIZE, THE INVOLVEMENT OF A PUPIL'S FAMILY IN HIS PROGRESS,…

DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST GENERAL SESSION OF THIS STATEWIDE CONFERENCE WERE (1) THE OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROGRAMS, (2) THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED, AND (3) IMPRESSIONS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION OF THE DISADVANTAGED, WHICH SOME OF THE CONFEREES HAD ATTENDED. THE CONTRIBUTION OF…

A study determined the effect of school organization on pupil attitudes, achievement, conceptual maturity, and classroom behavior. Ten teachers in each of three groups in a midwestern school district were selected and 707 pupils enrolled in their classes comprised the sample. An experimental group was placed in a nongraded form of organization,…

A comparison was made among 640 high school seniors who requested that their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) results be sent to Los Angeles Community College (LACC), national SAT results for college bound seniors reported by the College Board in 1977, and enrolled students at LACC, where applicable. These 640 seniors are termed LACC applicants,…

This is a curriculum rationale developed as a preliminary to the development and testing of curricular materials in the slow learner classroom situation. Chapter one disucsses individual characteristics and a definition of a slow learner. The remainder of the report analyzes approaches to teaching, taking into consideration these characteristics.…

The nature of educational accountability, seen as an organized, systematized process of self-evaluation, and a review of available standardized tests for foreign language programs are examined in this paper. Teacher accountability is seen to rely exclusively on the judgement of the teacher and administration within the school itself. The author…

This 185-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles of recent years on various aspects of Indian education includes a special section on women's education. Emphasis is placed on educational psychology, examination and evaluation (teacher and student), policy and planning, teaching methods, and special education. Less extensive…