In the follow-up survey that serves as the focus of this report, questionnaires were sent to 430 Michigan State University alumni who earned an Ed.S or Ph.D degree in Education during a four year period from 1982 to 1985. Responses from 254 alumni were returned. This report offers an overview of some of the findings with respect to the graduates'…

This paper reports on findings from a survey on the involvement of institutions of higher education (IHE) in beginning teacher induction efforts. Five teacher induction program goals are briefly outlined as a context for presenting and discussing the survey data. Responses to the survey questionnaire were received from 300 member institutions…

The study examined the academic growth of students (N=326) identified as learning disabled since 1981 in a 9-county area of Iowa. All students in the study had been given at least one academic achievement test twice and the second testing was at least 90 days but not more than 1095 days after the first testing. The basic measure of growth was the…

The Eco-Behavioral System for the Complex Assessment of Preschool Environments (ESCAPE) has been developed for the evaluation of preschool environments by way of the interactions of students with such aspects of the classroom ecology as activities, materials, and grouping configurations, as well as teacher behaviors. The system follows a momentary…

Although marriage enrichment programs have been shown to be effective for many couples, a multidimensional approach to assessment is needed in investigating these groups. The components of information and social support in successful marriage enrichment programs were compared in a completely crossed 2 x 2 factorial design with repeated measures.…

Although recent survey findings have indicated a decrease in the percentage of teenage smokers, cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. A social learning smoking prevention intervention, consisting of four sessions which occurred at 2-week intervals, was conducted with fifth and…

This report reviews the research on the effects of school-based alcohol education on alcohol related attitudes and behaviors. The introduction comments on the past 10 years of research, and summarizes a drug/alcohol education research paradigm. The findings highlight the inadequacy of research and the persistent failure of programs to influence…

This report evaluates Chapter 636 programs in the Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools in 1984-85. The overall goal of these programs is to improve the quality of education in a desegregated setting. The report is divided into twelve sections. The first presents a general overview of all the programs' effectiveness in meeting five general…

A program was established to improve communication between students and the guidance counselor at one elementary school where a lack of student-counselor communication had resulted in a lower priority given to guidance services. The goals of the program were to: (1) make students aware of opportunities to meet with the counselor; (2) have teachers…

A description is provided of Tennessee's Volunteer State Community College's (VSCC's) approach to defining the goals, expected outcomes, and assessment procedures of individual courses, utilizing teacher-developed course instruction manuals and standardized course syllabi. Introductory material explains why and how the approach was developed,…

Presented are results of the tracking of the 1985-86 cohort of preschool alumni of the Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate (KS/BE) as they entered and completed kindergarten in the 1986-87 school year. During the 1985-86 program year, 100 preschoolers were enrolled in the KS/BE Pre-kindergarten Education Program at five sites. An additional group of…

This paper reports on findings from a survey of teacher education faculty and students solicting opinions on the effectiveness of foundations courses in the teacher education curriculum. The survey population was drawn from member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Perceptions were sought on: (1) the…

A hearing was held to examine the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) settlement of its imminent hazard enforcement case against the major manufacturers of all-terrain vehicles (ATV), a product causing, as of January, 1988, a total of 330,000 serious injuries and over 900 deaths, nearly half of these to children. Central to the Committee's…

The paper describes the application of a computer-assisted writing program in a special high school for learning disabled and dyslexic students and reports on a study of the program's effectiveness. Particular advantages of the Macintosh Computer for such a program are identified including use of the mouse pointing tool, graphic icons to identify…

This presentation reports outcomes of the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Study (H/SPCS). The PPP is an ongoing study that in 1962 began to follow 123 black youths who were at risk of failing in school. The study explored the long-term effects on the youth of participation versus nonparticipation in a program…