The study and evaluation of migrant education in Texas is the beginning of a program to provide relevant information for critical decisions concerning priorities, program planning, and program management. Of the 90 Texas schools studied, 45 had specially-funded programs for migrant children. Historical and background information for migrants in…

A description of the world science information system is given in this study report and the conclusion is reached that the establishment of such a system is not only necessary, but also feasible. The study is presented in four parts. The motivations for the study are developed in Part I which also deals with a recognition of the role of scientific…

Half of this paper is addressed to the national phenomena of shrinking resources and expanding needs and their effect on society. After noting that increased productivity can be a major intervention factor in mitigating their effect, the author gives ideas about how vocational education can become increasingly productive and where it might begin.…

A principal/counselor partnership in a small Colorado high school uses a microcomputer to enhance their roles and effectively provide services for the school and students. They have developed a unique needs assessment process, a word processing program for senior letters of recommendation, and a database on gifted and talented programs. (MD)

Two cornerstones to professional growth may be the right of educators to say "I don't know how" and their use of the appropriate planning tools for learning new skills and knowledge. (Author)

The reason for the failure of a training program was the lack of a clear definition of the trainee's needs. The following goals were formulated for a new training program: regroup, identify needs, set objectives, general alternatives, evaluate alternatives, design and develop the program, and test the program. (EC)

In response to a Congressional request, the General Accounting Office studied the process that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) uses to select projects for the homeless for funding, whether this process is consistent with statutes and community priorities, whether communities face any common problems when applying for HUD…

Article described an experiment in education which set out to find how much more effective a career officer might be and to assess whether the mutual needs of career officers and career teachers would be better served in this way. (Author/RK)

Vocational rehabilitation centers need to improve both client evaluation by upgrading the role of the work evaluator and work adjustment programs with specified goals to be achieved by each individual client. (Author/AG)

Discusses an approach to acquiring information about courses of action an organization should pursue in developing new training products or revising old materials." (Author)

A high school curriculum that deals effectively with the individual differences of students is evaluated. (MU)

Presented here are two different sets of criteria with which instructional developers evaluate projects and the profoundly different consequences they hold as to the type of development program which results. These two sets of criteria result from two basically different positions in instructional development - development of products versus…

Use the proposed outline for personal study, improvement of teacher training programs, or select from it to improve the course presently being taught. (Editor)