Purpose: To examine the impact of an experimental consumer-choice voucher benefit on the selection of independent and agency personal assistance services (PAS) providers among rural and urban Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities. Methods: The Medicare Primary and Consumer-Directed Care Demonstration enrolled 1,605 Medicare beneficiaries in 19…

A LISTING OF RETRIEVAL TERMS FOR DOCUMENTS IN MUSIC IS PRESENTED IN THIS EXPERIMENTAL THESAURUS. INCLUDED IN THE LISTING ARE "USE" ENTRIES WHICH DIRECT THE THESAURUS USER TO PREFERRED TERMS. (SEE ED 010 298.) (GC)

This report of the Youngstown (Ohio) Public Schools concerns the operation of their Motivation Center program, funded by Title I of ESEA. The purpose of the Motivation Center is to establish a working and learning environment in which the emphasis will be on building and improving the pupil's self-image. It is specifically designed to provide…

AN EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED FOR RECORDING EYE-MOVEMENT DATA. RAW DATA WERE IN THE FORM OF MOTION PICTURES TAKEN OF THE MONITOR OF A CLOSED LOOP TELEVISION SYSTEM. A TELEVISION CAMERA WAS MOUNTED ON THE SUBJECTS' FIELD OF VIEW. THE EYE MARKER APPEARED AS A SMALL SPOT OF LIGHT AND INDICATED THE POINT IN THE VISUAL FIELD AT WHICH THE SUBJECT…

Results of 2-year study for over 300 inner-city families indicate clients' preference for a personal relationship with a single worker requires that workers understand and make full use of potential contributions of other disciplines. (AG)

This fifth report of the Commission on Public School Personnel Policies in Ohio approaches the question of the 180-day, 2-semester, set school calendar. The commission recommends a through examination of the possible benefits of a change in the scheduling of the school year. Several underlying reasons are identified: a) the traditional school year…

THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE PROJECT PROVIDED MANY SERVICES INCLUDING--(1) A PREKINDERGARTEN TESTING PROGRAM INVOLVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASS NORMS AND PARENT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES, (2) INDIVIDUAL STUDIES OF PARTICULAR CHILDREN, (3) COORDINATION OF THE TESTING PROGRAM, (4) INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, (5) PARENT…

This third report of the Commission on Public School Personnel Policies in Ohio follows up on its first report (SP 006 262) which recommended that school districts build flexible staffing arrangements into their own school organizations. This report centers on descriptions of flexible staffing arrangements made in the Ohio schools. Flexible…

This publication presents the reports of 10 schools which for two years have been involved in the Revitalization of Guidance Project. This project provided service and consultative assistance for guidance leadership teams from each of the 10 schools so that the schools could revitalize their guidance programs around a developmental…

This report appraises a 3-year project that sought to develop leadership teams in 10 schools so as to assist schools in revitalizing their guidance programs around a developmental approach. The focus was to create a guidance curriculum that was proactive rather than reactive and for the program to be installed in the school's regular curriculum.…

The four year Teacher Development Program in Ohio features inservice programs which are based on adult learning styles; the learning is self-directed, experiential, job-related, problem centered, and individualized. Staff development activities encourage participants to be actively involved, allow flexibility and freedom of choice, use a variety…

This study focuses on the Competency Based Education (CBE) movement in a small Ohio school district, asking whether it represents radical change or reenforces status-quo social stratification. CBE was a product of the recent public demand for more educational accountability. It is a radical shift from traditional U.S. education insofar as it…

TWENTY-FIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ATTENDED A SEMINAR WHERE THE OBJECTIVES WERE -- (1) TO STIMULATE THE INITIATION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, (2) TO ASSIST LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL IN PLANNING SUCH…

The success or lack of success of the students who participated in the experimental pre-postsecondary programs conducted in four Ohio areas in 1974-75 was assessed. The program rationale was the need to offer students in grades 11 and 12 a diversity of pre-postsecondary programs to prepare them for postsecondary occupational or baccalaureate…