Efforts to evaluate the extent to which twelve characteristics of the University of Houston's Professional Teacher Preparation Program (PTPP) had been implemented during the 1976-1977 academic year are described. The PTPP had been built on the assumption that an instructional system in teacher education would be more effective if it were…

In order to assess the impact of Title I programs, models specifying criteria, techniques and methodologies for evaluation were developed. These models prescribe pre- and post-test results for both Title I and non Title I children. This report describes the status of the use of the models, the experience of people who used them during the 1976-77…

The Perceptual Conditioning for Decoding Program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature, was designed for the teaching of decoding as the first phase in learning to read to 1900 kindergarten through third grade students in eleven schools in Queens County, New York. For those target students not knowing the alphabet, a…

This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The primary goal of the program was to improve the reading achievement of first and second grade pupils in selected schools through the use of photographs taken by the pupils. The program was conducted in six…

Approved under the Migratory Amendment to the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I, 10 educational programs, designed to allow flexibility in the placement of children as they progressed, were implemented in Pennsylvania during 1974. The 928 children participating in these migrant programs were identified and recruited by social…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) English in the senior year in the Memphis (Tennessee) City School System entered college immediately on graduation in greater proportions than students who were enrolled in other senior English courses. It was concluded that the number of students…

Research findings, theories, and examples of the effectiveness of radio and television programs are organized to create a guide for analyzing their educational messages. It is demonstrated that radio and television programs are composed of a set of messages made up of more than one level of language, such as verbal (words), paraverbal (pitch,…

Highlights and major conclusions of the report, "Reading with Television: An Evaluation of the Electric Company" are summarized. One hundred public school classrooms in each of two sites--Fresno, Calif. and Youngstown, Ohio--were involved in the study. Half of the classrooms studied in each site were randomly assigned as viewing classes…

This paper describes the Diagnostic Reading Clinic program, which is part of the Cleveland School System. The first section is an introduction which focuses on the needs and rationale of the program, the goals and objectives of the program, the historical background of the program, and the questions to be answered by evaluating the effectiveness…

This evaluation of Right to Read programs was undertaken to provide analytic comparison of pre- and posttest results in reading achievement and attitudinal change for a population of approximately 2200 elementary-level students in the following three Oakland, California, schools: Crocker Highlands, Prescott, and Webster. For each individual…

Presented are evaluations of eight 1973-75 objectives of the Oregon Model Center for children with learning disabilities. The center was developed to facilitate expansion of the Educational Evaluation Center, a diagnostic-prescriptive center at Oregon College of Education. Among objectives evaluated are: studying the process of the Education…

The report provides an assessment of the six Experimental Manpower Laboratories set up by the Manpower Administration to engage in long-term research concerned with developing improved manpower service-delivery systems. An advisory committee under the auspices of the National Research Council was established to conduct the assessment. The six…

Described is a federally funded summer program for 139 disadvantaged 5- and 6-year-old children. Preparation and planning aspects (including the proposal, objectives, and preservice training) are reviewed. The program is said to emphasize methods for implementing individualized instruction. Discussed and evaluated are inservice training…

This report evaluates the New Jersey ESEA Title III dissemination program during its first two years, 1972-74. Purposes of the program are to (a) determine if essential elements of successful education programs can be transferred from originating districts to adopter districts while yielding comparable student gains, and (b) provide educators with…

At the North Campus of Florida Junior College at Jacksonville, a Developmental Education Program has been initiated to serve the needs of students entering college with deficient skills. Individualized instruction, open-ended courses, counseling to improve student self-concept, performance objectives, and objective evaluations are ingredients…