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Guynn, Stephen J. – 1989
Parents and guardians of children in the Indianapolis Public Schools' Montessori Option Program for kindergartners through sixth graders were surveyed. Parents and guardians were surveyed on: (1) the pupil progress report, which was used on a pilot basis during the 1988-89 school year; (2) the Montessori method; (3) strengths and weaknesses of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Montessori Method, Nontraditional Education, Parent Attitudes
Guynn, Stephen J. – 1989
Parents and guardians of children in the Indianapolis Public Schools' Montessori Option Program for kindergartners through sixth graders were surveyed. Parents and guardians were surveyed on: (1) the pupil progress report, which was used on a pilot basis during the 1988-89 school year; (2) the Montessori method; (3) strengths and weaknesses of the…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Montessori Method, Nontraditional Education
Guynn, Stephen J. – 1989
Parents and guardians of children in the Indianapolis Public Schools' Montessori Option Program for kindergartners through sixth graders were surveyed. Parents and guardians were surveyed on: (1) the pupil progress report, which was used on a pilot basis during the 1988-89 school year; (2) the Montessori method; (3) strengths and weaknesses of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Montessori Method, Nontraditional Education, Parent Attitudes
Graue, M. Elizabeth – 1993
This book examines the issue of school readiness, focusing on children's readiness for entrance into kindergarten and promotion to first grade. Chapter 1 reviews the literature on school readiness, exploring trends in policy related to readiness and readiness as a child-centered characteristic. Chapter 2 examines various theoretical frameworks for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Krueck, Thomas G.; Denton, William T. – 1972
The Skyline Career Development Center was conceived as an opportunity for upper secondary students in the Dallas school district to accomplish educational goals beyond the conventional curriculum, especially in the area of career education. A flexible curriculum was developed to offer courses not available elsewhere and to enable students to…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Flexible Progression
Caldas, Stephen J.; Mossavat, Mark K. – 1994
In April 1992 the Louisiana Department of Education sent individualized school-level profiles and district composite reports to all 66 district offices in the state. To measure the effectiveness of this program and identify areas of improvement for subsequent profiles, a survey was conducted. This report considers the responses of 363 parent…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Kochan, Susan E.; And Others – 1993
Louisiana is one of the few states to produce and distribute school report cards to public school parents statewide. The state undertook a formal evaluation, here reported, of the "1991-92 Report Cards." In Phase 1 a random sample of roughly 2,000 parents and 6,000 faculty statewide was surveyed by mail with a 30-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education