Nurture groups (NGs) are a form of provision for children with social, emotional, behavioural and learning difficulties. Although the first groups were established over 30 years ago, growth in the number of NGs in the UK has been exponential over the past ten years. This study attempts to assess the effectiveness of NGs in promoting positive…

In fall 2004, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) officially launched its own customized version of the online Career Portfolio, originally developed by Florida State University (Lumsden and others, 2001). This launch represented the culmination of nearly sixteen months of planning and development by a multidisciplinary team comprising…

There is a cross-national trend towards unified curriculum and qualifications frameworks in upper secondary education, but such reforms face epistemological, political and institutional barriers and "unification" remains a contested issue in many countries, including England. This article examines the experience of the Scottish Higher…

The changing world requires an improvement in school education, part of which involves the creation of self-renewing educational organizations to assist that implementation. This paper argues that the quality of teacher education can help to produce these self-renewing organizations and describes East Carolina University School of Education's…

Although not intended as a step-by-step guide for developing a communication assessment program, this paper shows how one department, the Department of Communication and Theater at Youngstown State University, began the process of assessing its program. The paper points out that the difficulty in assessment is that each program is different and…

Despite their success at improving writing, learning, writing in the disciplines, and teaching, writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs are seen by several researchers to be in difficulty. Increasingly, one of the most pressing questions for WAC advocates is how to keep such programs going in the face of numerous difficulties. Case histories…

A study explored whether recipients of graduate fellowships through the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Graduate Fellowship Fund become leaders in family and consumer sciences education. The usable sample consisted of 51 of 64 recipients from 1969-97; 29 responded to a mailed 2-part survey, Impact of the Fellowship Questionnaire and The…

Numerous methods for school reform have been promoted in the United States. Some lessons about school restructuring, reform, and improvement are offered in this report. The text examines four current educational reforms: Henry Levin's Accelerated Schools Project, Theodore R. Sizer's Coalition of Essential Schools, James Comer's School Development…

This annotated bibliography on student outcomes was developed as part of a Maine project studying the effectiveness of transition programs for students with disabilities. The 75 citations are listed alphabetically by author and date from 1985 through 1993. (DB)

A study was conducted to determine if progress made by primary grade students in the Cranford Public Schools (New Jersey) placed in a Chapter 1 (formerly Title I) remedial reading program was reflected in their classroom performance in terms of (1) report card grades in reading, (2) maintenance of skills within the classroom, (3) placement in…

A study was conducted to determine who, within a target user group, used and benefitted from a videotex system. The subjects were large-scale farmers who agreed to have videotex terminals installed in their homes to receive a wide range of informational and commercial transaction services provided by a bank holding company. At the end of an…

C.F. Leyba conducted a longitudinal study (1972-77) of the Title VII Bilingual Education Program in the Santa Fe Public Schools involving 1,257 students in grades 1-6. Three groups were studied: a longitudinal treatment group (LTG) which received uninterrupted bilingual education for a span of years; a nonlongitudinal treatment group which…

Conclusions and recommendations of a study of the effectiveness of nonformal education programs in the SEAMEO region are presented. (AG)

In 1989, a study was conducted to evaluate the study abroad programs offered for credit by California community colleges. Questionnaires were mailed to chief instructional officers at each community college, requesting information on the programs offered between 1984 and 1985. Study findings, based on responses from all 36 community college…

Current and former fellows of the Garden State Graduate Fellowship Program were surveyed to evaluate the outcome of the program in general and to compare sources of financial support among different fields. Of the 317 current and former fellows, 189, or 60%, responded to the survey. The survey instrument gathered data on completion of degrees,…