The Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP) was initiated in 1969 as a federally supported client reporting system for community-based drug abuse treatment programs. Posttreatment follow-up interviews were conducted with over 4,000 persons from 34 treatment agencies to describe major findings from the drug abuse treatment research of the DARP relating…

The Disabilities Awareness Curriculum was used to teach able-bodied third-grade children about various disabilities in an effort to increase the accuracy of those children's perceptions concerning disabled individuals. Subjects were 140 children from 3 schools (2 classes from each school) representing 3 school districts. Children were randomly…

Through a comparative analysis of nine urban school improvement projects, it illustrates the association between patterns of constituent collaboration in the design of intervention projects and problem solving strategies and the degree of mutual adaptation, incorporation, and sustained project effectiveness. Many of the barriers to school…

This report consists of the descriptions and results of two studies carried out to examine Title I programs in the Newark, New Jersey, public schools. The Sustaining Effects Study focused on two groups of pupils: those who participated in Title I programs for two years (1979 to 1982), and those who received remediation for one year (1979-80) and…

This study compares the mathematics performance of pupils who received no day care experiences with those who received mathematics instruction in a structured day care setting, and those exposed to incidentical learning in day care centers. Eighty-six first, second, third, and fourth grade students who had completed four years in a Title I program…

Research related to the importance of involving parents directly in treatment programming for childhood obesity has provided inconclusive results because of methodological problems and relatively short treatment duration periods. The effectiveness of an extended behavioral weight control program was evaluated during a 10-week treatment phase and…

The therapeutic efficacy of drug therapy and of psychotherapy for improving the condition of the mentally ill was examined. Results were tabulated of clinical drug trials in humans as reported in English language literature between 1954 and 1977, wherein a psychotropic drug was compared to a placebo or no treatment at all. Results of this…

This paper clarifies the distinction between evaluating the effectiveness of student curriculum products and evaluating the effectiveness of administrative training products. Four product evaluation designs are described and critiqued along eight interrelated dimensions: the definition of product effectiveness; criterion measures of effectiveness;…

As a companion to a research report describing the evaluation of a simulation-style instructional package for training in electronic equipment maintenance, this appendix includes: (1) a copy of the instructor's lesson plan; (2) a handout on power supply procedure; (3) samples of troubleshooting simulations; (4) instructor recording forms; (5)…

Project Head Start and Project Follow Through are jointly exploring the effectiveness of 12 different educational approaches, or models, for the education of young children from poverty families. Investigations include study of (1) the effect of a continuous intervention program which begins with Head Start and extends through third grade, (2) the…

To compare the effectiveness of the traditional and the experimental approaches to Head Start classrooms, 68 children and six teachers in San Francisco participated in an educational experiment. The traditional approach emphasizes the children's internal motivation resulting from spontaneous free play and warm, accepting teachers, while the…

The audit report (1971-72) on the Southeastern New Mexico Bilingual Education Program, under the sponsorship of the Artesia Public Schools, critiques the project evaluation with notations on comparative findings of the evaluation and audit. The report is divided into 4 sections: (1) introductory and general comments on project evaluation quality…

High school juniors and seniors were interviewed to ascertain the effects of participation in the vocational education curricula. A comparison of the attitudes of students participating in vocational education programs and academic programs revealed the former to hold themselves in low esteem and to attach little value to their education. (Author)

Written in Spanish, the article reports a study which compared the self concepts and attitudes toward their culture, the American culture, and school of Hispanic students in a maintenance and a transitional bilingual-bicultural program and in a monolingual school. (NQ)

A study comparing continuous assessment of a British business administration program with traditional summative evaluation found that continuous assessment had resulted in a rise in standards. (MSE)