Program descriptions for the School District of Philadelphia's 102 alternative elementary and secondary programs constitute the bulk of this booklet. Descriptions include information on number of students, grade levels, administrative staff, and program purposes. A brief summary of the evaluation of alternative education programs, as well as…

The three papers describe current projects in the field for the visually handicapped which are directed toward improvement of educational programs in both day and residential settings. The first paper (by F. Roberts) reviews the process employed for revising the standards for residential schools. Discussed in the second paper (by G. Scholl) is the…

In this booklet, the New York State Department of Education's approach to the evaluation of categorically aided projects is described. It is stated that in recent years, the emphasis has been on structuring the content of data and limiting it to factors which are comparable and useful at local, State and Federal levels. Measurement procedures…

This evaluation sought to determine the impact on students of the materials developed for Project Learning Tree (PLT). Three grade groupings were analyzed: (1) elementary (grades 4-6); (2) intermediate (grades 7-9); and (3) high school (grades 10-12). The basic design consisted of a treatment versus control group using a posttest designed to…

The document contains a composite of the summaries written for every Texas special education research and evaluation project in the 1977-78 school year. Sections address the following projects: Evaluation of the Implementation of Individualized Educational Plans, Project Help-Screening, Project KIDS (Kindling Individual Development Systems),…

The report summarizes the development, operation, and evaluation of a model for providing educational services to 2,274 students (grades k-12) with special educational needs in six New York school districts. It is explained that the Comprehensive Support Services Program focuses on early identification of students with special needs, detailed…

Critically examines the concept of leadership and the viability of leadership training. (Author/MLF)

The article focuses on decisions to be made in planning and implementing programs for gifted and talented students, including resolving issues in the following areas: definition of giftedness, identification, establishing the climate for success, delineation of program objectives and activities, evaluation, and dissemination. (CL)

The purpose of this project was to help teachers improve their classroom instructional skills by providing a teacher support system based on the clinical supervision model. Participating teachers and administrators came from Region VI of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Participants received training and practice in the clinical…

Reports of fourteen program descriptions and evaluations are presented. All but two were produced by the Department of Federal Evaluation Resource Services, a model state evaluation project. The projects varied in purpose; budget; grades served; and number of students, teachers, and administrators participating. Reports vary in detail from one to…

This paper presents a theoretical construct that can be used to describe the implementation process of school programs in terms of a multi-dimensional model. Focusing on the research process of the Urban Education Studies, which is devoted to the identification and study of educational programs which are beginning to make inroads for the…

The front matter of the annual report of career education developments in Arizona's elementary and secondary schools consists of a synopsis of Arizona career education activities with bar and pie charts depicting various aspects of the overall career education effort in the State's public schools. The report's first section analyzes the following…

The final report describes the second operational year of Project G.I.V.E. (Guidance in Vocations and Education), an exemplary career education project based on individualized instruction for students in grades K-12 in a Maine school district. The 14-page body of the report presents problem areas, goals, procedures, results, and evaluation of the…

This is the final report of one of three studies in an overall project entitled "Evaluation of Bilingual Education Programs." The objectives of this study were to: (1) identify and recommend as exemplary up to 10 bilingual education programs for submission to the Dissemination Review Panel (DRP) of the Education Division, DHEW, and (2)…

Five ethical issues concerning evaluation studies are discussed: identification of the study's audiences, choices of variables and information sources, cost effectiveness of instrument and procedures, rights of subjects and program personnel to confidentiality, and relationships between the evaluator and program sponsors, participants, and…