This report describes the implementation of the Language Education Acceleration Program (LEAP) of Medford, Massachusetts. The program is evaluated. The administration of the program is discussed. Pre and post test results are given and analyzed for the Metropolitan Achievement Test, Stanford Early School Achievement Test, phonics, structural…

The Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure analyzes the merits, limitiations, and problems of various approaches to prison industry and recommends measures and programs to improve industries. Federal and State legislation affecting prison industries were examined, several prison industries were visited, and the literature of prison industries was…

This paper indicates eight problems faced by the teaching teams at Fremont Junior High School, including insufficient planning, lack of trust and openness, lack of correlation within the teams, inadequate assessment of pupil needs, insufficient change in teacher behavior, uneven level of total staff commitment toward the school, self-contained…

Evaluated is the third year of an Elementary Basic Skills Program in Baltimore, Maryland, public schools, a project funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The aims of this compensatory and enrichment effort are discussed and the components of the project are described. Findings are presented separately for the 1967-68…

This report deals with the aid to local school systems with high concentrations of children from low-income families, but excludes treatment of two other categories of financial assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I--aid to children of migrant workers and American Indian children attending schools operated by the…

This is the second in a series of three tests of selected micro-teaching and video recording techniques designed to facilitate the identification of alternate ways to increase the effectiveness of vocational teacher education. The tests were conducted to develop feedback techniques in a laboratory under simulated teacher education conditions. This…

At this Region X conference called by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 157 participants from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho met to discuss how career education needs of youth and adults and the needs of the economy are being met by schools in their communities, to determine the role that vocational education is playing in the…

This School Personnel Utilization battery is designed to help evaluate school staffing models (see TM 001 210). The battery itself contains three instruments. A Components Analysis instrument was devised to study the question of comprehensiveness. The second instrument, a Constraints Checklist, was developed to determine the extent to which the…

This descriptive and evaluative report documents four Title IV-funded agencies that deal with racial desegregation services: specifically, the General Assistance Centers, the State Educational Agencies, the Training Institutes, and the Local Education Agencies. The study is based on a statistical analysis of responses to mail questionnaires from…

This issue focuses upon planning, organization, and time management. Articles discuss program goals, saving failing programs, vocational agriculture program planning under the Perkins Act, program innovation, reviewing the focus of agribusiness education, the changing focus of vocational agriculture at one high school, time management for summer…

The sourcebook is for those people who serve as administrators of adult basic, adult secondary, and/or adult English-for-speakers-of-other-languages (ESOL) programs, whether those programs are school-based, community-based, or community-college-based. This is one of the various tools developed through the National Center for the Study of Adult…

This paper presents an overview and suggestions about the development of occupational and skill clusters by the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS), based on the observations of the executive director of the organization. Aspects reviewed include the following: development of occupational and skill clusters; classification…

This book provides 35 profiles that are a small sampling of the successful strategies, environments, and activities taking place within the school-to-work/vocational-technical education arena in Arizona. The profiles describe a variety of successful strategies. They include many types of activities serving a number of populations. They also…

An evaluation was conducted of three adult literacy and basic skills programs in Ontario (Canada) to identify the type and nature of clients served and services provided by the programs. Research methodology included mailed questionnaires (n=150, 78 percent returned), 92 personal and telephone interviews with instructors and administrators of…

In 1996, Kansas launched the nation's most sweeping attempt to radically transform the child welfare system by implementing a privatized form of managed care. Four years later, the child welfare system shows signs of instability and seems very much in transition. This report examines the current status of the child welfare system in Kansas and…